For the past few years, they are individuals who have been ruthlessly shedding the excess in their lives to squeeze into a home smaller than a walk-in closet. Well, move over tiny houses, some Minnesotans who are trading their minimalist, cramped space for the expansive lifestyle of the barndominium.
A barndominium is a play on words originally used to describe a living space built inside a barn or auxiliary building primarily used to house on-site employees. Over time, it includes guest suites or rental units over garages and now it incorporates a new design style.
Barndominiums typically are mixed-use structures, including either a workshop, garage or other utility room.
Modern barndominiums use simple barn or industrial buildings and convert them to spacious homes. Often these can be added to an existing structure, but home builders have latched on to this growing trend with building kits or quick-install prefabricated buildings. All incorporate wide open spaces: a blank canvas for the homeowner to use in creating the perfect home for their needs.
Merging farmhouse rustic with contemporary industrial style, these homes
offer big open rooms that often house living, dining, and kitchen areas.
Because there is minimal internal construction – few walls, open ceilings –
building costs are lower than traditional homes, making this attractive
option for younger home buyers who don’t want to sacrifice style to save
money.
Barndominiums bring the simplicity of an urban loft to the softer, rustic design of
an upscale farmhouse. After years of craving the simplicity of a tiny house,
modern homebuyers are finally taking the concept of an easy lifestyle but
enjoying the luxury of expansive living space.
Shannon Lindstrom, Realtor®, AHWD, CRS, GREEN, MRP
RE/MAX Results
7373 Kirkwood Court No, Ste. 300
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Direct: 612-616-9714
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