The South Side
  This side of the barn has been a thorn in my azz ever since we moved in. It is the most visible side of the barn and faces the main road passing our house. Beautiful aint it? The bryer bushes and trees made this side virtually impenetrable. First I hired a guy with a huge backhoe and he made quick work of a nasty mess. He also removed 3 large tree stumps that were pushing against the stone foundation. Its a mystery to me how someone could sit back and let that happen. Thats about to change !
It is 26 feet to the peak and the older I get, the wiser I get, and I am now wise enough to know that I hate big ladders! I wanted an extra good job done so I called in the professionals.
Owner Glenn Pianca and his crew from Lebanon Country Collections LLC. came in and did a beautiful job on the main portion of this side. Restoring, moving and building new barns is their specialty and passion. I would recommend these guys to anyone !



They removed all of the old siding and sophets and repaired a beam by the old hay door that was bulging the side out a bit. When they framed the opening for the new siding they went above and beyond the call of duty and also boxed an area in to the dimensions of a window I all ready had ready to install for when the time came.



They used tongue and groove Eastern White Pine boards and I was impressed with the materials. At his suggestion they tiered the siding to give the wall some defintion. I was really pleased with the look and had I have done the work on this side myself, I never would have thought of doing that. What a beautiful job they did on the new sophets as well.



I cleared all the brush and exposed the stone walls that you could never see before and this area will be fenced one day for animals. The walls need some repairing since you can see the tell tale signs of where the stone thiefs struck throughout all the years. When you walk in the woods of Connecticut, you cannot go 10 feet without tripping over a stone, but for some reason these thieves really prefer the stones you all ready have.
This sloped area you see I did myself last year previous to the rest of this side. The story on that can be found HERE .

In this photo to the left you can just make out the peak of the barn in this mess and this is how it looked the first year we were here. Years of neglect had taken its toll on the siding but the wood beams are all still solid.