Planning A Barn Restoration | DIY Black and White Barn Renovation

Rejected Hey guys, I'm Jen and I'm Chris welcome to the sunshine farm today. We are on site Of our next big project You made it So this video is gonna be part one of a barn renovation series But we're gonna share with you all the projects that we're working on here on our barn. It's been a long time of dreaming planning and Saving and it's finally time to get it started. Yeah, so Let's talk about the barn to give you guys a little bit of background. Oh, wait first The horses want to say hi to us. They're like, why are you on the roof? Hey TJ So to give you guys some background this barn was built when our house was built Which was the year 1987 and as far as we can understand this roof is pretty much original to the barn So that would put it at a little over 30 years old So cozy. It's so nice. So looking at the shingles and the condition of the shingles. It's clearly deteriorating We have a lot of shingles that have ripped off a little bit of leaky areas in some spots And so it needs to be replaced. It's ready to be replaced so our plan here on ground zero for the first project of the barn is to install a brand new metal roof over top of the existing asphalt shingles and That is going to obviously provide a lot of durability and beauty over the years It's also going to allow us to prepare for the installation of solar on our barn. Yeah, we're going solar We talked about this in one of our very First videos probably fifth or sixth. Yeah, I'll put it in the cards above if you want to watch us We are just getting started on YouTube But so we're gonna have a solar company come out once we finish with the roof They're gonna be installing 20 solar panels It's gonna be a little bit lower than a 7k W system And it's going to be enough with the net meter into the utility to cover our entire electric usage for the year Before we get started on the largest project for this barn renovation, which is the roof we're actually going to be installing a dormer on the front portion of the roof of the barn and what a dormer is is it's Basically an outcropping from the roof that gives you a little more space inside But it also allows us to install a door into the roof and up there on our second floor is actually our hayloft And so by installing the dormer, we're gonna have a lot easier access to the hayloft But it's also gonna add a lot of curb appeal and character to the front of the roof and really increase just the beauty of It and that was Jen's idea Not my idea, but I am So the other major modification that we're gonna be making to the front of the barn is actually Relocating the current entrance as it is So you can see right now the barn is actually like a garage door style and it's skewed to the left of the front of the building What we want to do is center it up in front of the building and install a double sliding door so that it slides out to both sides and what that'll do is it'll line up the main door with the main aisle way in the rest of the barn allowing us to have a straight shot down the barn with any Equipment or animals or anything like that? It's also gonna look a lot more pleasing from the outside having it symmetrical and It's just gonna be a bit easier for us and more functional We're actually planning on painting the barn white and we're gonna do some black trim. We're gonna do natural wood doors We're gonna do a small portion of corrugated metal siding down at the bottom portion of the barn Which will serve to protect the white paint for obviously getting dirty when it rains But it will also protect the wood that's close to contact with the ground from rotting So before you guys get upset at us for changing the color red of our barn because it's so classic and everything We're going for a totally new look. We're going to have windows in the barn doors that we build We're gonna have a window on each side of the main barn door. It's gonna be a totally new look We're really excited about it We we like veering from the norm and you know Just trying to go for projects and do things the way that we enjoy them The subject at hand Yeah, it's all in need of a little TLC that's for sure it's it's a strong barn it's got good bones but There's a lot we can do to make it better for us. Yeah I mean, we're not talking about a barn from the 1800s or anything like that this like I said, it's only 30 years old So the structure is mainly in taffy just need some upkeep also We have a pond. Have we ever shown you our pond? It's our seasonal pond This is my favorite angle of the barn actually And I'm really excited to watch it change as we go through the renovation process. I love this just like this great big peak I just love the way this looks Yep, that's pretty much it. I Think once this project's finished the thing I'm most looking forward to it's being able to just see straight through the barn once we center that door and being able to Look straight out from here and seeing those big willow trees in our front yard and then when I come up to the barn from the other direction just seeing the great big pastures and The trees out in the very back of our property. So just having that like sense of a great wide open space Is this frozen? Nope Yes kind of As part of our overall farm renovation, we're also planning on painting most or all this fencing Hopefully this year so we have a big wooden fence around the horse pasture But we also have unpainted fencing around our goat areas as well as our chicken runs So there's gonna be a lot of painting upkeep this summer So here's another shot of our roof from down below I don't know if you can see any imperfections from down here But that's essentially where our solar system is going to get installed. It's pretty much it. We're really excited about it Well friends, thanks so much for joining us today to learn more about our plans for our barn Yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed this video stay tuned for future videos in the series This is going to be drawn out over multiple months So you guys will get to see that see the progress as we go slowly, but surely. Yeah We have no idea when we're gonna be able to share the big reveal with you guys But hoping at least in the next year It's really fun to be able to bring our plans and hopes for our farm to this YouTube community We hope this project can serve as some form of inspiration to you guys Maybe give you some ideas as to things that you might like to do to your barn on your property but also just give you the inspiration to be able to tackle projects on your own and recognize that with just a little bit of Research and general understanding of tools and things like that. You can do accomplish a lot Yeah, a lot of it a research and a lot of tools And definitely don't start working on a roof until you've done a lot of research because it's dangerous yes, we are going to hop on down From this roof and Enjoy the rest of our weekend, which is ending very quickly coming to a close. I know We're so excited to share it with you guys We can't wait to continue sharing videos on this topic If you're not subscribed go ahead and subscribe so you can see them when we post them And if you're excited about our renovation Go ahead and give this video a thumbs up and share that with us because we would love to see what you guys have to Say about it We'll see you next time guys