Barn project part 2

I don't have before pictures for this project and also can't take any credit here because John did all this himself ;).

Part 2: The barn floor

Our barn is a bank barn so the bottom part is set up for horse stalls and is actually built cut into the bank. The top part of the barn/barn floor is built above ground and is used for storing hay and feed as well as equipment.

  However....when we moved in the barn floor was split into 2 levels to make an art studio which caused some problems. One being that the bottom half was too low to park any equipment. The second being it was also too low to stack big bales of hay more than 2 bales high. Splitting the barn floor also made the lower half very dark because hardly any light could reach it.

So...John bought an electric sawzall and a lot of blades and cut the floor out!

I didn't get before pictures of the barn (I wish I had some!) but hopefully this gives some idea of where the floor was before it was removed and how much additional working space and light we now have. 

This is the right side of the space we can now use to store small bales, there is storage for an equal amount of small bales on the left side as well.

There are many more barn projects ahead but I am so thankful to now have functional stalls and more space for hay and the tractor!