Saturday, October 17, 2009

grain silos

everytime i drive by the grain silos in the northern neck, i dream of converting a few of them into a variety of living spaces. one would be a guest house; the second could be my studio; number three would be a very organized shed. wait: i need one more for a potting shed! the ones above are great inspiration. Abbey Road Farm Bed & Breakfast, shown in the photo on top, has three grain silos incorporated into one large structure. the silo converted to 1-bedroom loft apartment is a unit available for rent at the gruene homestead inn in texas. love these! via weburbanist.

3 comments:

  1. They look neat, don't they?

    DH would never agree to converting the grain bin to anything else. It is a storage place for shelled corn, or oats, or other grains. The bins would need to be well insulated to use for habitat.

    I have been in a grain bin in the next county that was converted into a brooder house for growing quail. Hard to describe, but there were several levels of cages built into the bin.

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  2. I've thought the same thing but only with my 40 ft high concrete silo :)

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  3. I have seen the one at Gruene, Texas. Nice post, we use what we have, don't we?

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