increased. Styles can mimic the look of your home, from
Victorian to modern to rustic barn, while design choices
include different types of siding, on-trend black aluminum
windows, copper cupolas and weathervanes, timber accents,
dormers, transom windows, sliding barn doors, decks and
more.
“We’re doing a lot more customization of the structure,
finishing it off more than the typical shed,” Skinner says.
“That includes interior finishing, painting, finished floors,
sliding barn doors with glass, pre-wired electric packages
and more, so customers can get exactly what they’re looking
for without needing other contractors.”
Arel advises homeowners to check building and zoning
codes for size and set-back limitations. “On the larger sheds,
you need a poured cement foundation or slab,” she says. “If
you go ahead without the proper permits and you build too
close to the neighbor or build too large, they will likely make
you take it down.” ◆
LEFT PAGE: A twelve-by-eighteen-foot Victorian Carriage House by the Barn Yard in Ellington, CT. RIGHT PAGE FROM TOP: A fourteen-by-twenty-four-foot Grand
Victorian Cape by the Barn Yard; A twenty-four-by-twenty-four-foot Grand Victorian Cape Pool House by the Barn Yard.
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