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Dreaming

Goals always begin with dreams. Start here for personal stories, project examples and creative ideas to keep your eye on the prize.

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Plan the work, work the plan. Learn where to focus your attention as you research how to bring your dream to life.

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It’s go time. See which steps are required to get your project off to a good start and avoid any costly roadblocks.

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Customer Spotlight

Customer Spotlight: Spoiled Dog Winery

Karen Krug is the owner and creator of Spoiled Dog Winery on scenic Whidbey Island. She’s been making wine on the island for the past 15 years, with a focus on quality, sustainability and local production. Instead of widely distributing their wines, Karen enjoys welcoming visitors to the island to experience the vineyard and the winemaking process (and their lovable…

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Barn Pros Lumber Yard

We started as builders, so we know what it is like to find the right lumber while balancing cost, strength and beauty. That is why we only sell the materials we use every day. Decades of sourcing only the best materials for our structures have given us the experience to find the right lumber at […]

Anatomy of a Barn: Common Terms & Styles

Throughout the process of designing and building a barn, you will have to wade through a sea of barn terminology. While you don’t need to speak the language fluently, the more terminology you understand, the better you can communicate your dreams to us and builders. With this in mind, we have put together a guide […]

Understanding Post Frame Structure Construction

Post Frame Construction Post-frame (or pole-frame) construction has been used for centuries and is a leading construction style that provides an efficient way to build strong, long-lived buildings. For Barn Pros’ engineered kits, this involves using pressure-treated (PT) posts, encased in concrete, to provide structural support. A key value post-frame construction offers is flexible design […]

Planning Checklist: How to Prepare to Build a Barn

Welcome to the Barn Pros planning checklist! We pride ourselves on being good stewards of your project, assisting and advising where we can to ensure a smooth and successful project. With this in mind, we have created this checklist to prepare you for selecting, ordering and building the barn of your dreams! Outline your goals for […]

How to Find & Choose a Barn Builder

Barn Pros pre-engineers beautiful barn and barn inspired home kits while efficiently sourcing the highest quality materials to provide a complete package that goes together fast and with minimal chance of errors. Our unique system allows you to have more control over your barn without the usual price tag for custom barns.  Barn Pros ships […]

The Barn Pros Process: How to build a barn right

Building a high-quality wood structure can be a long, painstaking experience. But Barn Pros has created a smarter building process that is faster and less error-prone than traditional building approaches. For over 35 years, Barn Pros has refined a system that uses pre-engineered building designs and high-quality building materials that are delivered to your doorstep […]

How to Finance Your Barn Project: Understanding Your Financial Options

Enjoying every step of the process on the journey towards getting your structure is key to an overall good building experience. Many frustrations, both in planning and in execution, can be mitigated by taking a little extra time at the start to research and familiarize yourself with the process. We’ll help guide you through many […]