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By Wed afternoon, they had finished. It's been only 8 weeks since the timbers arrived at Brendan's house from the mill, and now, they have a completely finished their part. We can't say enough about how great they are.
As you will see when you visit, their work is craftsmanship at its best. Their attention to details, the willingness to accommodate our requests, and the fact that they are a pleasure to work with in every way is only capped off by the fact that they finished ahead of schedule AND under budget!!!!

-- John Giammatteo (See his diary of the construction of his studio for more photographs)

In 2002, The Barn Raisers built us a beautiful timber frame barn that is exactly what we were looking for.  The main barn is 720 square feet, with a 360 square foot second floor.  It also has a 360 square foot shed addition for workshop space.  The design process was smooth, the construction is flawless, and the barnraising event created a lasting memory for us. Brendan Matthews' meticulous attention to detail is something to watch.  We liked the work / product so much that we used The Barn Raisers to build a 700 square foot post and beam addition/loft to our home in 2007.   Now we enjoy this fine craftsmanship every day in our home, not just when we escape to our barn workshop!  Both projects came in under budget, which is no mean feat.  I highly recommend Brendan Matthews and his Barn Raisers crew! 

-- David Platt

"It's more like we commissioned an artist than simply hired someone to build a barn, AND we got to leave our finger prints on the final product." "we never had to worry about a thing... start to finish"

-- Amy and Scott Feulner