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Barndominium with a standing-seam roof and a wraparound covered porch
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Barndominiums

People don't build a barndo for the steel — they build it for the way it lives.

A barndominium is a home that wears its barn heritage on the outside: the tall gabled roofline, the deep wraparound porch, the board-and-batten or wainscot skirt, the wide sliding doors on the shop end. It reads as rural and intentional — a place, not a metal box. That look is the whole reason the barndo took off, and it's what we build: the barn-style steel shell and weathertight envelope your home goes inside.

Inside, the barn form pays off in a way stick-built rarely matches. Because the steel frame carries the roof from the outside walls, the interior is column-free — a genuinely open plan with soaring ceilings you can lay out any way you like, and change later without moving load-bearing walls. Vaulted great rooms, a loft over the bedrooms, a living end that opens straight into a finished shop: these are the layouts people picture, and the barn shell is what makes them possible.

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Price-beat guarantee
Free delivery & install · 40 states
20-year rust warranty
Factory-direct — no middleman
The shell lineup

Barn-style shells, open and full of character.

Pick the width for your floor plan and the length for your square footage — we engineer and raise the barn-style shell with the roofline, porch, and openings that give a barndo its look. The finish inside is yours.

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Have a look in mind?

Tell us the footprint, the roof pitch and porch you want, and where the shop and living ends go — a specialist will spec the barn-style shell to match the home you're picturing.

The barndo way of living

Why people fall for the barndo life.

Strip away the trend and the appeal is real and specific. These are the reasons people choose a barn over a conventional house.

01
The open great room

Column-free steel means a wide, vaulted living-kitchen-dining space with nothing breaking it up — the heart of every barndo floor plan.

02
Shop and home as one

The signature layout: a finished living end and a bay-door shop or garage end under one barn roof, connected or walled off as you like.

03
The porch and the roofline

A deep covered porch under a tall gable is the barndo's face. It's outdoor living and curb appeal in one, and it's designed into the shell.

04
Rooms you can rearrange

With no interior load-bearing walls, you move a bedroom or open up a wall years later without touching the structure.

05
Room to grow into

Loft the extra ceiling height for bedrooms or an office; leave part of the shell unfinished now and build it out as life changes.

06
Land-and-lifestyle fit

On acreage, a barndo looks like it belongs. It's the home for people who wanted the rural life, not a subdivision box on a big lot.

The barn look

The details that make it read as a barn.

A barndo isn't a metal building with a house inside — it's a set of deliberate design cues. These are the ones that give it the look.

01

Tall gabled roofline

A steep, simple gable — often with a raised center or a lean-to porch roof — is the barn silhouette that sets the whole tone from the road.

02

Wraparound porch

A deep covered porch on one or more sides, carried on the shell's frame, is the single most recognizable barndo feature.

03

Board-and-batten & wainscot

Vertical panel texture up top, a contrasting metal or stone wainscot below — the classic two-tone farmhouse skin.

04

Big sliding shop doors

Barn-style sliding or roll-up doors on the shop end keep the working-barn character even on a finished home.

Industry-standard floor plans

The layouts people actually build.

Barndos cluster around a handful of proven footprints. Use these as starting points — every shell is engineered to your own plan.

Square footage is the shell footprint; a shop or porch end reduces finished living space accordingly. A specialist will size yours to the rooms you want.

Compact single-story
30×40 · ~1,200 sq ftstarter / 2-bed
The popular mid-size
40×60 · ~2,400 sq ftbest cost per foot
Shop-house split
40×60, ~⅓ shopliving + working bay
Family barndo
50×80 · ~4,000 sq ft3–4 bed + great room
Loft plan
add ~14–16 ft eavebedrooms over the core
Estate / dual-wing
60×100+wide open, room to grow
Sizes & starting prices

How big is a barndominium?

Barndo shells are most popular around 40×60 (2,400 sq ft) — the sweet spot for cost per foot and a full, open floor plan — and scale up to 60×100 and beyond for a family home with room to grow.

Every shell is engineered to your plan and site, so treat the sizes below as starting points. Open any one for the footprint, the SKU, and the shell price.

The price is the barn-style shell, delivered and erected — the interior finish, foundation, and permits are separate, and a specialist will help you plan the whole build.

100′x250′ barndominium shellSKU: SC192

100′x250′

Starting at
$366,875
  • Family-size plan with room for a shop end
  • Body shop and detail bay combo
  • Also great for an event hall.
Barndo vs the alternatives

Three ways to build a home — and where a barndo wins.

A barndo isn't just a cheaper house or just a prettier metal building. Here's how it stacks up against the two things people compare it to.

The look
Barndominium
Intentional barn / farmhouse
Stick-built home
Conventional, any style
Generic metal home
Style-neutral box
Open interior
Barndominium
Column-free, vaulted
Stick-built home
Framed walls & posts
Generic metal home
Column-free, plainer
Structure cost
Barndominium
Lower — steel shell
Stick-built home
Highest — full framing
Generic metal home
Lower — steel shell
Curb appeal
Barndominium
High — the whole point
Stick-built home
Depends on design
Generic metal home
Low unless dressed up
Rearrange later
Barndominium
Easy — no load walls
Stick-built home
Hard — load-bearing
Generic metal home
Easy — no load walls
Two ways to pay

Own it sooner, pay it monthly.

A barndo is a big-ticket build; most projects use conventional or construction financing that covers the shell and the interior finish together. A specialist will point you to the right path.

Crew fitting wall panels to a steel frame from a boom lift
Delivery & installation, included

We raise the barn; your builder makes it home.

Our crew erects the engineered barn-style shell — roofline, porch frame, and all — on your prepared, cured foundation. From there your builder handles insulation, mechanicals, and finish. We hand off clean framed openings and stamped drawings so the character you picked stays intact through the build.

  • Anchors for concrete, asphalt, or ground — included
  • Certified builds: engineer-stamped for your county's wind & snow loads
  • 12- or 14-gauge galvanized steel — carries our 20-year rust warranty
  • Factory-direct pricing with no middleman markup
Free install · 40 states
Reviews

Owners say it best.

Real, verified Google reviews from owners who bought their building from us, straight from our business profile.

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We are building a barndominium and they delivered the shell on schedule. Our contractor said the framing was straighter than most stick-built shells he sees.
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Priya & Dave L.
Bend, OR
Loafing shed for the horses showed up exactly when they said it would. The crew leveled and anchored on uneven ground and didn't try to charge extra.
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Greg H.
Bowling Green, KY
Hurricane-rated anchors and engineer-stamped drawings were ready when our county asked. Permit went through the first time.
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Tonya W.
Lakeland, FL
Barndominium FAQ

Answers before you buy.

Picturing your barndo? A specialist will scope the shell and the look, and be clear about where finishing begins.

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