In this world, nothing is permanent, everything is ephemeral. That includes old barns, which sometimes fall apart due to age. In one case, though, one of the barns I've catalogued in my Old Barn Project has been repurposed into a house! I was astonished when I discovered this recently while reviewing some of my old barns via online satellite imagery.
The following image shows OLD BARN № 095 as I saw it a few years ago when I added it to my collection, and the cute little house it has now become! The view on the left is a photo by me (with enhancement by Copilot™), and the view on the right is a screenshot from GoogleMaps™ "Street View" from June 2025.
as a barn, a few years ago (left) and now a cute little house! (right)
The hay door on the second level has been turned into a door opening onto a little balcony. More durable siding now graces the exterior of the building, and the old roof has been updated. The front door has been replaced and windows placed throughout. I really like how the basic structure of the barn was remodeled in such an artistic manner, keeping the charming design intact! Not only has this preserved the historical presence of the barn in this neighborhood, but it probably reduced the work the homeowners had to perform in establishing a residence! Building a new house from the ground-up would have been more expensive, too.
And, of course, seeing the above on GoogleMaps™, I had to drive down there and make my own pic, shown below... 😁 Round-trip was close to an hour, but I snagged photos of another ten barns along the way so it was a very productive trip through the countryside (I carefully planned my route ahead of time via satellite imagery).
photo & editing by me, 07-Jun-2026
There is also a fence along the roadside now, which wasn't there previously. Were some of the boards from the old barn were used in the construction of this fence? Maybe they pulled some of the boards before putting on the siding?
I also can't help but wonder what the inside of the house looks like. Did they keep any of the beautiful wooden walls on the interior of the house? Or did they put sheetrock or some modern paneling there, instead? I'd like to think they kept at least some of the lovely wooden walls, but I'm not going to knock on the door and ask to see inside... 😆
And it is an adorable little house! 😍 Kudos to whomever was overseeing the remodeling! If someone jingled the keys in front of me and asked, "Do you wanna live here?" I would agree to it in a heartbeat!
𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘! 😊
NOTES
- All writing is always by me with NO AI used, not even for proofreading.
- Photo citation included in the text, above
11-Jun-2026
