A barndominium at dusk with warm light glowing from every window and exterior lighting along the porch and roofline, flat farmland fading into a deep blue twilight sky behind it.
Illustrative, not a portfolio

Barndominium Gallery

Every image on this page illustrates a construction method, size, or feature, not a photograph of a specific completed address. We would rather show you honestly what each option looks like than pass off a rendering as a finished job. Real job-site photography goes here once we have it.

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The build process

Four stages every project passes through, from a raw parcel to a finished home.

Aerial view of an undeveloped rural lot cut out of flat cropland, with a gravel access lane, dark topsoil in one corner and a tree line along a creek.
Stage one

The parcel

Zoning, setbacks, flood zone and utility access get checked before anything is drawn.

Overhead view of architectural floor plan and structural elevation drawings spread on a workbench with a scale ruler and pencil.
Stage two

Design & structural set

Floor plan and elevations, then the structural drawings the county or city reviewing your permit requires.

An excavator grading a compacted building pad on a flat lot, with black topsoil stockpiled to one side, survey stakes and a drainage swale.
Stage three

Pad & permit

Clearing, grading and a compacted pad, while the submittal works through review.

A finished barndominium at dusk with warm interior lighting glowing through its large windows.
Stage four

Frame to finish

Shell erected and dried in, then systems, insulation and interior finish through to certificate of occupancy.

Construction methods

Nine ways to build, each with its own real tradeoffs. See the services pages for the full detail on each.

A flatbed truck delivering banded steel frame members and stacked metal roof panels to a building site beside a finished concrete slab.

Barndominium Kits

A steel or post-frame shell package delivered to your site, sized to your plan and your parcel.

A completed barndominium home viewed from the front corner, with finished landscaping, a covered entry porch and an attached shop bay.

Turnkey Builds

Raw lot to certificate of occupancy under one contract, one schedule, one point of contact.

Barndominium floor plan and elevation drawings laid out on a drafting table with a scale rule.

Custom Plans

Floor plans drawn to your land and your program, not a stock design from another climate.

A post-frame home under construction, showing laminated timber columns on concrete piers and wide-span roof trusses with no interior bearing walls.

Post-Frame Homes

Wide clear spans with no interior bearing walls, framed with the roof open to the sky.

A red oxide primed structural steel frame partly erected on a concrete slab, showing bolted knee joints and anchor bolts.

Steel Construction

Red-iron frame erection, bolted knee joints and anchor bolts set to the structural drawings.

The interior of a shouse where a finished living area with warm flooring meets a shop bay with polished concrete and a tall roll-up door.

Shouses

A finished living space and a working shop bay under one roof, separated by a rated wall.

Exterior detail of a metal-clad home showing standing seam roofing, vertical wall panels, and a downspout discharging away from the wall.

Metal Homes

Vertical metal wall panels and a standing-seam metal roof, the roof installed by a licensed Illinois roofing contractor.

A dozer clearing an old fence-row beside a compacted crushed-stone building pad, with stripped black topsoil stockpiled and a culvert set at the driveway entrance.

Site Preparation

Clearing, grading and a compacted pad, the stage that most often moves the budget.

A building permit submittal package on a desk with rolled construction drawings, forms on a clipboard, and a hard hat.

Permitting & Approvals

The permit set and the submittal package it depends on, filed with the authority that covers your parcel.

Seen a method that fits how you want to build? We can draw it for your parcel.

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Sizes & styles

Common footprints and features, each backed by its own real structural reasoning on the floor plans pages .

A completed 40x60 barndominium showing a residential entry on one end and a wide shop door on the other under one continuous roof.

40x60 Barndominium

A 2,400 sq ft footprint wide enough for two rows of rooms and a real shop bay.

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A compact 30x40 barndominium sized like a starter home or cabin, with a covered entry porch and no large shop bay.

30x40 Barndominium

A 1,200 sq ft footprint built almost entirely as living space, not a shop-first building.

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A barndominium exterior showing a deep wrap-around covered porch with posts and railing along two sides of the building.

Wrap-Around Porch

Its own structure with its own footings, deep enough to actually use.

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A barndominium raised on a stem-wall foundation with steps up to the entry and enclosed storage space beneath the elevated floor.

Elevated Foundation

The realistic alternative where the ground will not give you a basement.

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A vaulted barndominium great room with exposed wood trusses, a wall of glazed sliding doors, and a stone-clad fireplace.

Vaulted Great Room

Exposed trusses and large glazed openings, genuinely cheaper to build in clear-span construction.

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A barndominium great room with an open loft level and railing built over part of the room, reached by an open staircase.

Open Loft

A partial upper level, not a second story, put to work over an open volume.

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A barndominium with a tall, deep RV garage bay attached to the residence under one continuous roof.

RV Bay

Sized to the actual coach first, door height and depth follow from there.

A completed single-story barndominium with a long, low roofline and no upper-level windows.

Single Story

The load path clear-span construction is naturally built for.

A completed two-story barndominium with visible second-story windows and a small covered balcony above the entry porch.

Two Story

More living space on a smaller foundation footprint than an equivalent single-story build.

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A barndominium with a smaller attached in-law suite wing that has its own separate covered entry, distinct from the main entry.

In-Law Suite

A separate covered entrance and its own fire-rated wall, distinct from the main home.

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Keep reading

These are illustrations of method and scale. Here is what turns one into a real project.

Turnkey Builds

What it takes to go from the parcel in these pictures to keys, under one contract and one schedule.

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Where We Build

Barndominium builds across Illinois, and who issues the permit where your land is.

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Custom Plans

How a building like one of these gets drawn to your land rather than pulled off a shelf.

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Want something like this drawn for you?

Start your plans and we will draw to your program, then confirm what your parcel will take. That conversation costs nothing.

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