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| I posted a question back in January about style advice for our barn. Â I got some great ideas and then ultimately disappeared on here (you can imagine how hard it is to get to the computer with a 4 year old and a 2 year old:) Â But here I am with some almost finished pictures I took of our barn "apartment". Â The lights are being built (they are barn style pendants) and the furniture and accessories are not in, but the basics are and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. My cabinet maker is using some of the wood remnants to build a plate rack/shelf for just above the sink in between the windows.
This is a new build barn in Montana. Â We finished the upstairs of the barn to be able to stay here when we want to (and I have a feeling DH is going to do some serious convincing to live here full time) Â DH was dead set on stained cabinets, otherwise I was considering grey or green, but he won out with rustic alder. Â It took lots of samples to get the stain right so it wasn't super orange, and I really like it. The granite is seaweed and the tile backsplash is Daltile urban putty. I wanted it simple with all the wood and it needed to be light so I went with *gasp* subway tile:) The floors are circular sawn hickory. Â The ceiling through the whole structure is cedar plank with douglas fir beams. Â The structure is post and beam. Â I'll post a finished post when it's all done with all the specs, but feel free to ask questions in the meantime. Â I just love seeing other people's finsihed spaces so I thought I'd share. Â This forum has been so helpful to me during our last house remodel and this project that I wanted to show you all what you helped me create:)
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- Posted by modern_mom35 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 15:56
| wow! that is just incredible! those floors are to die for -- details please! |
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| GORGEOUS! What a view:) |
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- Posted by waterdamage (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 15:58
| Very beautiful. I like all the light between that great skylight and the sink window. The wood is lovely. |
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| Very cool. It looks like place I'd love to stay full-time! thanks for showing it to us. |
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| It's fantastic! I'd live there full time in a heartbeat. I love the windows and ceiling. |
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| What a nice structure, and in such beautiful country, Countrygirl. I can certainly think of worse things than living there full time. DH's idea for the built-in sound system? :) I really like the way all the surfaces pull together, and the way evoke the outdoors. We built a bookcase very similar to that one, but in the eaves in our attic bedroom. Congrats, and happy cooking. |
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- Posted by countrygirl217 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 16:50
| Yes I would love to live here full time, its just quite remote and we have little kids so that is my hangup. Something to consider though. Yes, DH absolutely had to put in the sound system. We have a sonos in our home and we went ahead and wired the barn for it too. Its amazing how technology can allow you to control the world with your iPhone! Thanks for the kind comments. I just love the light that the cupola's let in too! The view is normally much better, but its still spring in MT so the fog and endless rain is upon us. Today is much better though. It lifts my spirits when I can see the sun for sure! |
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| Countrygirl, I live in Texas. When I was 17, my parents took me to Montana for my graduation present because for some reason, it was the one state that we hadn't visited that I LONGED to visit. All that to say, Your home reminds me of why I cried to stay in Montana, and it is as LOVELY as I remember seeing. Those hickory floors are to die for, and I love knotty aulder, that is what my island will be. But, it ain't Montana. Where do you live? |
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- Posted by beekeeperswife (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 17:14
| First, Thank You for the picture of the view. It was the first thing I thought when reading the post..."I hope there is a picture of the view"... More would be appreciated. Your kitchen is perfect. I can't imagine anything else in that space. Congrats! |
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- Posted by countrygirl217 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 17:18
| @Susied3 We live in Missoula. I can identify with your appeal of Montana for sure. We uprooted our family from TN and moved her one year ago and haven't looked back. We miss people and things about the south, but are absolutely in love with our lifestyle, surroundings and home in Montana. (We got some strange reactions when we moved here, sometimes I feel like my life theme song is Chris Ledoux "Western Skies") I was in Red Lodge not long ago. It is very beautiful there for sure! Although it's beautiful everywhere in this part of the country:) |
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- Posted by countrygirl217 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 17:20
| @beekeeperswife The next time I'm down there and you can actually see apart from the fog I'll post a better view picture:) Just off to the right of the kitchen is double doors that open to a deck that look back directly to the national forest. |
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| WOW! This is not your everyday run of the mill kitchen makeover, that's for sure. You did an amazing job! What a great kitchen! |
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| LOL... What is it about Montana? We went there 12 years ago for my BIL's wedding and we thought it was amazing. DH, the kids who are old enough to remember, and I still talk about it. We could almost feel the stress in the environment when we got back into Western Washington and into the suburbs near the city, where everyone was tensely tied to their electronics and rushing about. I almost felt like crying, too, Susie. I looked at real estate ads in Montana occasionally for years. Life seemed 'more real' in MT where there were the more basic struggles of physical labor, weather, and terrain. (I'm sure they have electronics, too...Like iPhone music in the barn!) The people were so nice and helpful to each other, and I love a town where combines drive the streets. ;-) |
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| Your barn kitchen is just gorgeous, and that view, heaven! |
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- Posted by sanjuangirl (My Page) on Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 1:21
| We went to Montana last summer and I could not believe how open and majestic it was. We saw hundreds of.buffalo, pronged antelopes,etc! I was amazed. What a fabulous kitchen that just "goes" with the setting. Congratulations and enjoy! |
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| What a beautiful, warm space. Those floors are incredible! Just gorgeous! And that view!!! LOVE IT!! |
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- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 3:15
| beautiful space - love the ceiling and upper windows! what a view. can't wait to see more views also. "We went to Montana last summer and I could not believe how open and majestic it was. We saw hundreds of.buffalo, pronged antelopes" sounds just awesome. |
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| Your kitchen looks absolutely perfect there--especially with that amazing view! Your hickory floors are absolutely gorgeous! I would definitely never want to leave. Big congrats! |
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| Very beautiful! I love your kitchen! Love the light and the view. Gorgeous! |
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| Countrygirl217, love it!! Great work! I can relate to the feelings of moving!! We get the same strange reactions when we say we are moving to Kentucky(from SE Texas). It IS hard to leave our friends here, and the little bit of family, but we will have a place that is OURS, not MIL's (even though we Own it technically, but not emotionally) , and not trying to constantly put band aids on things that are not worth redoing.... Great place!! Nancy |
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- Posted by countrygirl217 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 6, 12 at 16:54
| Thanks everyone! Yes, it is a majestic place. We regularly see elk outside in the field, but I have only seen them a couple times. DH sees them often when he is working down there. I'm excited to be there and able to glance out the window at them casually. And I was just in Houston last month and after living here for a year and out of the "city" I was amazed how hard it was for me to adjust. I felt like I was in an alternate universe filled with concrete and cars and mean people. It was nice to enjoy the city amenities for a few days but when I stepped out of the airport in Montana I breathed a sigh of relief:) Hopefully I'll have a truly finished kitchen post in 2 weeks or so if anyone is interested in seeing the final product. I'll be sure to post details and show cabinet features. Our cabinet guy was just fantastic! We used a big box company for our house and this guy for the barn was a fraction of the cost and the quality was 10X better! |
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- Posted by flwrs_n_co (My Page) on Wed, Jun 6, 12 at 21:28
| Oh my gosh, your barn kitchen is beautiful! Love everything! And your view--amazing! Can't wait to see more pics!! |
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