
Texas Style Barndominiums: The Epitome of Rustic Elegance
In recent years, the concept of barndominiums has gained immense popularity among homeowners seeking a unique blend of practicality and aesthetics. These versatile structures, combining

On The Rise: The Popular Black Barndominium
In the Last 12 months in particular I’ve noticed a steep rise in black colored homes being built in my area. It’s caused me

Gorgeous Black Barndominiums You’ll Love
Barndominiums are becoming the most popular house plans for home buyers. With their open concept floor plans and vaulted ceilings, it’s easy to see why.

The Process To Finding The Perfect Barndominium Floor Plan
Finding the right barndominium floor plan for you can be a daunting task. With so many floor plans to choose from, it’s easy to feel

Barndominium Kitchens You’ll Fall In Love With
For many people, the kitchen is the heart of a home. It’s not just where you cook but where you make memories with family and

Barndominium Interior Designs and Ideas
The best part of building a home is getting to decide exactly what it will look like both inside and out. You get to decide

What is a Barndominium? 4 Stunning Examples with Pictures
You may have seen the words “barndominium,” “barndo,” and “shophouse” floating around on the internet. Maybe it’s your first time seeing these words and you’re

The Best 5 Bedroom Barndominium Floor Plans
There are so many floor plans to choose from that have varying attributes, but it may be difficult to find one that has everything you

The Best Barndominium Floor Plans With A Shop
With so many floor plans out there, it can be overwhelming choosing one. Barndominium floor plans can make finding the right one much easier. With

Forget Tiny Homes – It’s All About Barndominiums Now
Forget Tiny Homes – It’s All About Barndominiums Now For the last several years, people have been obsessed with tiny homes. Tiny homes had dominated

The Best 2-Story Barndominium Floor Plans
The Best 2-Story Barndominium Floor Plans Just like traditional homes, barndominiums offer many different styles of floor plans. Within these styles, you’ll find both ranch

The Best Small Barndominiums To Consider: BM1600 and BM1440
The Best Small Barndominiums To Consider: BM1600 and BM1440 Many people have begun to look into building a small barndominium. Not only is the style

What Are Pole Barn Homes & How Can I Build One?
What Are Pole Barn Homes & How Can I Build One? When it comes to building a home, you have many steps you need to

What In The World Is A Barndominium?
If you’ve been looking to buy or build a home, you’ve likely seen the words “barndominium,” “shophouse,” “shouse,” and “barndo” floating around. You may be

Top 20 Barndominum Floor Plans: BM3945
Top 20 Barndominium Floor Plans: BM3945 When you think about barndominiums, you may picture a barn house. You imagine something that looks just like a

Choosing The Right Barndominium Floor Plans
Choosing The Right Barndominium Floor Plans Choosing to build a home over buying one is a huge step. Building a home has so many steps

The Barndominium Company
The Barndominium Company When looking for the barndominium company that is best for you, here is why BuildMax is “The Barndominium Company” of choice. BuildMax

Small Barndominium Plans
Small Barndominium Plans When looking for a home, you want to find something that matches your needs. Oftentimes, what you see in the market today

Barndominium Plan BM1853
Barndominium Plan BM1853 As you’re looking at floor plans on the long journey to building a home, you’re exposed to so many styles and layouts

The Barndominium Life
The Barndominium Life When you’re looking into building a home, you’re bombarded with house floor plans, building terminology, and different home styles. While wading through

Barndominium Floor Plan BM3151-G-B
A Closer Look at the Barndominium BM3151-GB When you’re in the process of building a home, the process of selecting the right house plan for

Barndominium Floor Plans
Barndominium Floor Plans When it comes to building a house, there are so many factors to consider. Is building a house the best route for

Metal Building Kits
Metal Building Kits The History of Kit Homes Between 1908 and 1942 Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Sears) sold over 75,000 homes from their Sears catalog.

Barndominiums are not barns
BARNDOMINIUMS ARE NOT BARNS. One of the biggest misconceptions about barndominiums is that they are barns that are converted into living spaces. Although that can

All About Post Frame Homes
All About Post Frame Homes What Are the Framing Types? When it comes to building a home, there are 3 major building types: Stick, Post,

Metal Building Homes 101
Metal Building Homes Everything to Know About Metal Building Homes When it comes to building a home, you have three major options for construction: stick,

Top 20 Barndominum Floor Plans: BM2334-G-B
BM2334-G-B Barndominium A Closer Look at the 2334-G-B Barndominium If you’ve been dreaming of the perfect home, I’m sure you’ve looked at hundreds of pictures

Pole Barn Kits
Pole Barn kits How different is a pole barn house than a convention home? Pole barn homes use a different construction method than a conventional

Why people are opting for small house plans
Small house plans With the increase in interest rates rising more people are turning to smaller homes. Small house plans can be just as intricate

Pole barn house plans and pole barn kits are gaining popularity
Pole barn house plans and pole barn kits are an increasingly popular choice for those looking to build a home. These structures make use of

Are metal building homes going away?
Are metal building homes going by the wayside? Metal building barndominium homes have been popular for the past decade primarily because metal buildings offer a

Winter Planning for a Spring Barndominium Build
Winter Planning for a Spring Barndominium Build If you are planning to build a barndominium this spring, then the winter months are an ideal time

Build a Storyboard for your New Barndominium Build
Storyboards and Barndominiums A story board is a visual representation of your ideas or plans for a project. It can be used to help you

Why Homeschoolers love barndominiums
Homeschoolers and Barndominiums Homeschoolers are increasingly turning to barndominiums as an affordable homebuilding solution. A barndominium is a versatile style of architecture with a barn

WGN Radio interviews BuildMax about barndominiums
Tony Golladay and Lou Manfredini talk about the popularity of barndominiums and how BuildMax is leading the industry in new designs. Lou asks “What is

5 Economical ways to heat your Barndominium or shop house this winter!
Hello Friends, I love wintertime with it’s snowy landscapes and crystal icicles hanging from the branches of my pines trees. My favorite spot to snuggle

Why ‘Barndominiums’ are overtaking Tiny homes in popularity
Hello Friends, I wanted to briefly talk to you about how the tiny home market has shot to the moon in terms of popularity, especially

What is a barndominium and who’s building them
It might surprise you who is building barndominium’s and why they are building them. We talk with thousands of people monthly that are searching Google

Barndominium Builders Near you!
Unless you happen to be an actual builder yourself or you lucked out and you are best friends with a builder. I mean really best

Preparing your barndominium for potential flooding.
Hello friends, I wanted to talk today about something that hits extremely close to home and very close to my heart in a lot of

Types of Barndominium Decks
A back deck is a special place! Many people wake up in the morning, take their coffee out on their deck and watch the

Why Empty Nesters Love the Barndominium Lifestyle!
When your kids first move off to college or finally get married off to that high-school sweetheart, many if not most parents will quickly find

Free Cabin Floor Plan!
Tiny homes are emerging and becoming a popular trend here in the southern united states we have seen how barndominiums started as a small trend

Barndominium style Floor plans we are excited about!
It’s no secret that barndominium house plans are hot right now. They are all over facebook groups, & Instagram is flooded with amazing pictures &

Why are Barndominiums still making a splash?
Barndominiums are still a hot trend on the market, even a couple of years after I first started to seriously notice them around. I began

Why stock Barndominium plans might be right for you!
Everyone who decides to build a barndominium wants to build it as economically as possible, essentially your first big purchase on your journey to build

Reclaimed, refurbished, and reconditioned: A bygone approach to barndominium styling
Barndominium styling comes in every taste and theme that you can imagine, every person has their own personal styles and decor that they prefer over

Building on barndominium trends
Cashing in on a trend when it’s in full swing can cost you a ton of unnecessary time & savings simply on account of the

Skyrocketing Interest rates: How building a barndominium can help
How will all these rising interest rates affect the barndominium industry? Better yet, how can it affect you? The sudden rise in interest rates Nationwide

Cabin Fever!
Cabin-style barndominiums are the new hot thing in the south. I was recently browsing a national chain bookstore in my local area, also in the

How the housing market grew with the pandemic
Since the start of the pandemic, everyone was on edge financially. Nobody knew if our economy had enough grit to pull through. With the shortage

Planning for barndominium financing
Knowing what you want out of a barndominium can sometimes be the easiest part of the whole process. While getting funding from a financial institution

Tips for rural barndominium living
Finding the balance between your ideal rural barndominium life and the pursuit of the American dream doesn’t always have a straightforward path; Rarely is this

Finding barndominium inspiration online
The Internet can be an intimidating place to search for home building advice, house plans, or even financing options for purchasing a potential barndominium. This

The ideal modern homestead
Homesteading has become a popular alternative lifestyle all across the united states, as families began to migrate out of the larger cities and spread out

Sketch your own barndominium with Buildmax
When it comes to sketching, some people are just more artistically skilled and it comes naturally to them, like riding a bicycle. I wasn’t gifted

Barndominium kit prices & what to expect!
I’ve noticed lately that most of the people that I speak with who have been dreaming and planning to build their own barndominium generally have

Barndominium Hotspots!
The hottest places in the nation to build a barndominium might surprise you! You could be living in a barndominium hotspot and not even realize

Multi-family barndominiums; Designing the ultimate compound
Not every family unit is the same size or has the same physical needs & capabilities. Not every family has a similar background and history.

All About Steel Barndominium Kits
Just about everyone I talk to wants their barndominium now, and I assume you’re probably no different than the rest of us. The sad hard

Cold-Formed Steel & Red iron Barndominiums
Cold-formed steel and Red iron construction methods are some of my favorite ways to build a barndominium on the market today, in this article I

Insulating your barndominium with spray foam
Spray foam insulation has become a premium building material in today’s barndominium and shop house arena. Not only is it more efficient in keeping the

Re-discovering The Barndominium.
With the huge rise in popularity, barndominiums are being built all across America at an unprecedented rate, especially in the last few years with more

From mother-in-law suites to granny pods, and more!
Don’t laugh too hard at the title, you may find yourself in a similar situation someday where you’d be thankful to have such wonderful accommodations.

7 ways to get your building materials cheap or free!
The first few things we’re going to go over may seem kind of trivial to some readers but remember, there are some people out there

Transitional Traditions
Hello sweet friends, I have a question for all my sweet peeps out there. Do you like having the traditional Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter every

Modern Farmhouse Refresh!
What’s Up! sweet friends? If you are loving the farmhouse style, but do not have the cash for a total makeover, well… this is the

Most Common Misconceptions About Barndominiums!
I have read so many articles online lately titled “What is a Barndominium” most do a fantastic job going over what a Barndominium is, unfortunately

8 things you’ll be glad you did before building!
They say hindsight is 20/20 and looking back it seems so crystal clear…. I compiled a list of some things that I’m glad I did

How much wind can a barndominium take?
With the tornado season right around the corner for most of the US, here in the southeast where I have lived my whole life, many

Improving your barndominium’s curb appeal
When it comes down to how your barndominium is seen and perceived from the road this is called curb appeal; the architectural attraction from the

Common home building mistakes to avoid
Building a barndominium can be super exciting and a real dream come true for most families! There is something incredibly special and almost magical about

What is included with a Barndominium Kit?
Barndominium Kits Barndominium kits are typically built as either metal or wood structures. A “shell kit” package includes exterior walls, roof trusses, metal siding, metal

Eye-Catching Barndominium house plans!
Anyone looking into building a barndominium of their own will surely have looked through many house plans online searching for that special eye catching barndominiums.

Improving the value of your Barndominium by D.I.Y
I almost always wonder midway through a project, when things get tough, if it’s really even worth the trouble doing all this work myself. Then

Coffee Bar Craze!
Hello there, sweet friends! It’s that time again, time for another cup of coffee. I always need my coffee in the morning. Although I am

Barndominiums and Barnwood: How to process reclaimed Wood
Finding a suitable barn to use as reclaimed tongue and groove barnwood for inside your barndominium can be a tall order nowadays with the uptick

Improving your barndominiums curb appeal
Have you ever considered how others view your Barndominium from the road? In the industry they call it curb appeal, which is what makes your

Millennials, barndominiums and simple living
Simple living doesn’t always equate to kicking your feet up and laying around all day enjoying the sunshine; it can oftentimes mean the exact opposite.

Advantages to Geothermal heating & cooling
Geothermal heating and cooling have long been approved and encouraged by the EPA as a fantastic source of sustainable renewable energy. With geothermal heating and

7 ways to make your Barndo feel like home!
Anytime you move into a new space the first thing you want to do is make it comfortable for you and your family by adding

What are your options for Barndominium siding?
The siding on your barndominium could be the one thing that finally tips the scale and really sets your barndominium apart from every other metal

Bow Wow Barndo
Welcome Sweet Friends, I hope you all had a great weekend, I did! I took a little spontaneous road trip with my husband to Franklin,

Cozy it Up With Chenilles
Hello sweet friends, for everyone who watched my DIY Tiny House Tour // Tiny Cottage Farmhouse Tour And my DIY Tiny Farmhouse Christmas Tour on

Is structural steel a smarter option than wood?
Steel framed buildings have become a revolutionary concept in the construction industry since first being successfully incorporated in architectural form by way of; The Home

What is post-frame construction?
So, are you interested in building your own barndominium or shop house sometime in the near future? I’m sure you started out your journey much

Why people are building Barndominiums
With the tiny house craze exploding across the nation, and everyone wanting a piece of the pie there’s a bunch of unique styles and sizes

How to power your Barndominium with renewable energy
Our planet is in the clutches of some never before seen; profoundly serious and substantial environmental changes. I’m talking about changes that directly impact our

What is a barndominium?
Ok everyone let’s clear the air and settle this once and for all. What is a barndominium you ask? This article will explain what a

What is a farmdominium?
Hello Sweet Friends, it’s me again! Have you fallen for the gorgeous farmhouses with shiplap walls and sliding wooden barn doors, with exposed wood beams?

How to find honey hole antique shops to decorate your barndominium
Good Morning Sweet Friends, It’s a cool October morning here in Kentucky. While I sit here at my desk drinking my coffee out of my

4 Inviting Holiday Home Inspirations
Hello Sweet Friends, Today, I want to talk about holiday entertaining! Okay! I could spend hours on this subject but not today! Is it just

Potential issues for first time builders of a Barndominium
Here you will find some of the most common and potentially project halting issues that get overlooked by the first-time home builder. Knowing the steps

What is the difference between a Shouse and a Barndominium?
Shop House or Barndo? What is the difference? When I first became interested in the shop house / barndominium craze, there were very few shop

When is a good time to build a Barndominium?
If you ask homeowners across the country that have built their own homes if they wish they would have waited to build, many will say

Black Barndominiums and why are they so popular?
The barndominium craze is like the wild west of home designs and they have paved the way for artist designs and styles. One of the

Barndominiums explained and what I have learned about them
Move on over tiny homes! There’s a new house on the Block …and they are being designed and built at a truly unbelievable pace, what

Barndo Bathroom
How amazing is it to have large sliding barn doors separating your bedroom and your bathroom? A Large window above a soaking tub, brings in

Barndominium Pantry Style
Rustic reclaimed barn wood, with saw marks on the front panels provide a unique country charm in this wood cabinetry. The rustic look is carried

Farmhouse Bathroom
Looking to do something totally different? In this bathroom honeycomb shaped tiles pour out from the shower area to underneath the sleek soaking tub. The

Classic Pantry Style
Tall custom pantry doors with frosted glass panels, open to a pantry anyone would love. Bead board on the wall with lighting hidden behind the

Farmhouse Pantry Style
The floor to ceiling open style shelving in this pantry; full of beautiful glass jars and canisters, reflect the beauty on a simple 6 panel

Modern Pantry Style
The look of this pantry with the addition of the soft wood tones adds a touch of luxury and charm as you enter. The wide

Painted Kitchen Cabinets
Painting your kitchen cabinets can give your new kitchen a perfect balance of beauty and power, making it one of a kind. We’ve recently seen

Farmhouse Kitchens
A farmhouse kitchen can be a modern, classic or even cottage style. Modern and cottage style farmhouse kitchens incorporate a lot of woods and whites

Barndominium Kitchen
The barndominium movement is clearly making a statement these days. The outside design of a barndominium can take on a variety of styles and the

Modern Kitchen Style
Design features really depend on your personal preferences. The kitchen below has accents of gold pulls and handles that bring out the copper tones in

6 Tips To A Dreamy Space
WALLS: I just simply love soft white tones on my walls, I realize not everyone feels the same about white. But you do not have

Free Cabin Plans
A hunting cabin? A tiny home? Yes. BuildMax is devoted to homebuilding education and providing products and services free when possible. Download your free copy

Viers Farmhouse
A COTTAGE STYLE FARMHOUSE A cottage style farmhouse with a spacious wrap-around porch. Galvalume metal roof (optional) Board and batten siding. 9’ ceilings on the