My first fake barn.

[EddieWalker]

A few weeks ago, the church that I do allot of work for, and their members, asked me to make a fake barn for their Christmas show. The theme was Christmas in Texas. They wanted a big red barn with a Texas Star on it.

I had a budget of $200 for materials. Since they are such a great client, and word of mouth is so valuable to me, I volunteered my time to do this.

I bought five sheets of 3/4 inch foam insulation, and cut it to the shape of a barn. Then I cut the scrap pieces into the trim. I attached the trim so that it overlapped the edges to hide the seems and help lock the five pieces together.

Then I primed and pained it. And painted it and painted it!!!

Today, after service, I loaded it onto my truck. That was a little more tricky then I thought it would be, but with some scrap wood, screws and black electrical tape, I got it secure.

Setup turned out to be a big party. There was about a dozen people there helping out, so it went real quick and easy. In addition to the barn, I brought the hay bales. I needed them for my Christmas Eve party hay ride, so I told them that I'd take care of the hay and then keep them afterwards.
Four teenagers can move ten bales of hay in about two seconds!! I never touched a bale.

The barn was a big success and I received allot of compliments on it. Several clients were there too, so it was a great PR move on my part. They all came by and said hi, and mentioned some projects and friends of theirs with the need of a contractor, so who knows?

Eddie

 

[ultrarunner]

Great idea and looks very good!!!

 

[Lefty_Kubota]

nice work Eddie

 

[sixdogs]

Very nice barn with good dimensions and reaistic appearance.

How did you make the "seams" that appear on the face of the building that makes it look like spaces between boards?

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

hollywood will be calling next!

 

[ToadHill]

Great job! By the way how are you doing on your 2008 goals?

 

[blueriver]

NICE job Eddie ... those are the kind of things that make memories !!

 

[jamestaylor72]

Beautiful job Eddie ! We expected nothing less of ya though !!!

 

[Bird]

Very nice!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Eddie,
Hey Eddie, could you make it a bit larger and move it up to East Wells ?

All kidding aside, very nice, it must have been a bit tight to stay within budget !

Great job !

 

[gotrocks]

Eddie, I don't reply to all of you posts but this one caught my eye because I'm building a simple set for our church children's Christmas play.

The barn is outstanding, wish I could have attended the performance.

Though I don't reply to all as mentioned, every time I see one from you and Steph, I think "Man would I like to have them as next door neighbors."

Merry Christmas

PS
I'll take Bird on the other side.

 

[Tig]

Nice job Eddie.

 

[jamestaylor72]

I think "Man would I like to have them as next door neighbors."



Thats funny,,, I was thinking the same thing !!
Hey Ed,,,, You wanna move up to Ohio ????

 

[EddieWalker]

Thank you everyone for your kind words and encouragement.

sixdogs,
I'm not sure what you are referring to with the spacings comment. I painted the sides of the trim red so that the white would have more depth. If it's the ends of the trim that you mean, I cut and installed the trim so that it overlaps the flat pieces to lock them all together. When I put it all together on stage, I had screws with me to hold it together, but it was so tight that I didn't need them.

ToadHill,
My goals for the year are a total failure. I'll start a thread in a few weeks admitting to this, but the short of the story is that I kept getting distracted and did other things, or spent money on things that I didn't expect to buy.

As for moving, it's part of our long term plans. When we travel, we're also looking for our dream home location. This place is our retirement fund and when it's all said and done, we hope to sell it for a fair amount. Hopefully in 20 years, we just might end up being your neighbor. LOL

Eddie

 

[czechsonofagun]

I like the material choice. Too often are decorations heavy to move and difficult to store, the insulation was a great idea.

And your work is superb