More of the inside...

When we tore down the old barn we were able to salvage the hay loft door. This door was designed to swing down and open the loft area for hay to be loaded. Chris and Hunter decided that it would make a cool table for when we have guests and need more table space. We put boards on the back of the barn wood to make the table top smooth and there were a few parts that needed to be repaired.

Chris put an edge around the whole thing and then we stuck it up on the wall where it will go. For now it is just screwed to the wall until we get the hinges and latches on it. All of the wood we used to repair it we already had.

This is Chris putting up some of the ceiling.

Now you can see where the hay loft door(now a table) is on the wall.

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We are trying to figure out the satin for the floor. We are trying areas that will be hidden in the hopes that we can figure out before we commit. So far, no luck finding what we want.

This is the door going into the laundry room. The bottom piece that is broken will be repaired. 

I thought it would be nice to have an area to put our dogs in when people are there. We have two very big dogs and not everyone likes big dogs so it is better to have somewhere to put them when people show up and they are already in the house.

Looking out at one side of the living room. We decided to do one side and then sift everything and do the other side.

Working on the living room walls

In the living room area, Chris has decided to go ahead and start on the walls. He put up wood to cover the studs and then I painted it black. The reason it is painted black is so that the barn wood that will go over it will not show the boards underneath if there are areas that have cracks.

There will be barn wood all along the walls that are not grain bin. 

The front side pre-paint.

Starting to put up some of the pieces of barn wood. 

We are adding a barn hay loft door to the wall that will be able to fold down and into a table. ( we like to have lots of people over all the time so it will be used often!) The barn wood came from a barn we tore down about a year ago. All the tin that will go on the ceiling also came from the same barn. The cost of all that we took from that barn cleanup was $500.

Today a new dumpster was delivered....by my youngest son :)

Maybe this will be the last one!!!