A Barn Restoration Project
Many of our friends and long-time observers of these pages will have noticed that I have been AWOL from this blog for several years. I apologize for the absence. In August of 2017 Bartley, Evie and I began work on the repair and restoration of a 1947 dairy barn in Sharon, CT. In early fall of 2019 we finally moved in.
Above: The old roof has been stripped. New 12 inch gable overhangs have been built and installed to replace the originals. The old roof has been removed. Many large, rotted out holes holes were reframed and filled in with plywood.
Above are two of the many 'before' pictures taken of this project. I will be periodically adding additional photos and stories to this post to give you a better idea of the scope of the project and to describe how we designed it. By the way, even though we now live here, it still is not completely done! So please be patient! Some of the photos and stories that follow are taken from my Instagram account called #scofieldartdesign.
The barn is sited adjacent to a large, very handsome wetland. It's filled with many birds from large to very small, including a male Northern Harrier and some Wild Turkeys.
The barn is sited adjacent to a large, very handsome wetland. It's filled with many birds from large to very small, including a male Northern Harrier and some Wild Turkeys.
The photos below show the property and views closer to it's current 2026 condition.
