On a small, but affordable Minneapolis lot, Jean and Joe built a barn-style house to maximize the vertical on their skinny lot. With a limited budget, but zoning that required a garage (priced at $30,000), they bought a $6,000 Quonset hut big enough to fit two cars and erected it with the help of friends over a weekend.
They had originally thought of buying a weeHouse prefab, but decided that the barnhouse by Alchemy architects (creator of the WeeHouse) would fit better with the boxy Victorians in the neighborhood.
The barnhouse also opened up the interior for a floor-to-ceiling unobstructed living room. Wanting something that felt like the Manhattan apartment they had left behind with their move to Minneapolis, the couple chose not to use all possible second-floor space, and instead they created a treehouse-style bedroom that overlooks the living room.
To keep costs down they picked up an IKEA showroom kitchen at 70% off, working wooden highlights into the gray laminate to personalize the cabinets. Not wanting to spend on “floating walnut stairs”, they instead opted for diamond-tread for the stairs to continue with the lighty industrial feel of the space.
The couple's “treehouse” bedroom cabin has an inside window that both looks down at the living space and matches with the exterior window so the bedroom still experiences the sunrise.
On *faircompanies: https://faircompanies.com/videos/couple-fits-lofted-barnhouse-quonset-hut-on-skinny-lot/
” tight budget” lol yeah it seems so
So their neighbors now have to look at a rooftop of a building that shines brightly in the sun . Forget being neighborly every man for themselves.
Nice build. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful home. Sad neighbourhood.
Looks like a happy neighborhood to me! Nice well-kept houses, lovely street trees, grassy medians. Maybe you are just depressed?
FINALLY: and english speaking home owner that can explain clearly whats going on and I am able to visually see everything without having to concentrate on reading the bloody translation at the bottom of the screen missing out on the visual side.
Note to self: intumescent paint.
That is a very tasteful and COOL House!!!
Amazing ideas.. using natural light..to light up. N what a simple logic ways… Et.
Nice
Now I know how to spell Quonset Hut
I find it odd that it took her 2 months of reserch and no one from the field told her about coating the metal… It’s what you do with any opened steel structure in my country. That’s common knowledge for any architect or engineer
Considering how off-center and narrow the driveway to the garage is, i can only imagine the nightmare it must be getting out of the garage in reverse.
You guys (Americans) gotta bring back the porch as an architectural feature, it s a pity it s dying out.
Great and interesting house, love how people create good design on a small budget!
House looks nice (especially master bath), but I think a carport with a breezeway (if allowed) would have been nicer for the lot. It would allow the car to be driven straight out. Beside it a small shed or structure for tools or even bbq and entertaining could be constructed. This could be made to better blend with the house. There’s a lot of unnecessary headspace in that garage which makes it look disproportionately large and plane hanger.