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    "Clean" shop inside of my barn. Design advice?

    Prime directives from my wife are: The room must be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Temperatures controlled in the mid-60's to mid-70's when she's working. The room will be nicely finished, with paint and good lighting. No "tin barn shop" finish in her space! Epoxy floor was...
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    "Clean" shop inside of my barn. Design advice?

    Hey, all... I've got a 40' x 60' steel barn with a nice concrete floor. Full building is spray foamed on the inside, nice and tight. I'm fixin' to build out a 20' x 40' x 9' tall section to be used as a "clean" shop and crafting space for my wife and I. The "ceiling" of the space has already...
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    Storms, lightning, and falling objects

    Strange occurrence here, looking for ideas. Sunday of this week, we had a small, but intense thunderstorm. Bunch of rain in a short time, 1"+ hail, and a lot of cloud to ground lightning, some very close. Interesting, but not super unusual around these parts of North Texas. Next morning, I...
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    Coyote, wolf, or ????

    Hey, all... My wife and DIL took this photo of some kind of magnificent canine last week, on our place in southern Grayson County, TX (about 20 mi south of the Red River). The photo was taken with an 800mm lens (hence the fuzziness), and at about 600' from our back patio. This guy is resting...
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    New barn project underway...

    Some of you may recall my previous barn thread from a year ago: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/223917-any-ideas-how-refurb-old.html Well, after taking a much closer look at what I had to work with there, I decided to have it pulled down, and to start fresh. I'm starting this...
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    Any ideas on how to refurb this old barn?

    My wife and I bought 11 3/4 acres with a nice house and a 40' x 40' barn outside of Gunter, Texas in May. The house was built in 2004, but the barn was there long, long before that. IMG_5187 by jcwellsq8, on Flickr IMG_5231 by jcwellsq8, on Flickr I'd like to get some input from all of you...
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