Beyond the Barn Home
Many of our customers are attracted to us by the beautiful barn homes that adorn our website and socials. But while our acreage buildings are undoubtedly perfect for converting into stunning accommodation, we’re here to show you that the true power of a Cedarspan lies in its incredible adaptability.
If you’re reading this, chances are you have some rural land – whether it’s a small parcel or sprawling acreage. It might be that your barn home dreams are out of reach for now? Or perhaps you love the look but don’t actually need accommodation? Imagine adding significant value, practicality, and even income-generating potential to your property, all with surprising simplicity and versatility. And what if you could achieve all of this in ways you hadn’t even considered?
And did you know, on rural land in some parts of Australia, you may even be able to build an exempt structure – meaning no council approvals, no delays, and no fuss.
Let’s explore five inspiring ways our customers have made their mark with a Cedarspan…or two! Each one proves that often the most rewarding projects are the ones you can start tomorrow and adapt into the future.
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The Wedding and Events Venue
Imagine a setting so picturesque, it becomes the backdrop for some of life’s most cherished moments. Belle Heath Estate has achieved exactly this…and the centrepiece to these celebrations is their stunning all-white Cedarspan barn.
Providing a crisp, elegant setting for weddings, events, photoshoots, and special gatherings, it’s the backdrop to those picture-perfect moments that guests talk about for years.
For now, it’s a multi-car garage inside, and it’s the exterior that steals the spotlight. But this beautiful barn’s potential for conversion into an interior venue showcases the intrinsic adaptability of a Cedarspan – start with one vision, evolve into another as your needs and dreams grow.
What makes this approach brilliant is its immediate impact and income potential. While your future plans might be bigger, a venue-focused Cedarspan can start generating returns from day one, while serving practical daily needs.
2.
The Teenage Retreat
Every parent knows the challenge. How do you give your teenagers the space they need, the independence they crave and the privacy they deserve while keeping them close and safe? And how do you do this while still sharing special moments and making memories as a family?
Meg and her growing teenagers struck the perfect balance with their coastal backyard Cedarspan retreat.
It’s not quite a secondary dwelling, it’s not quite a games room. It’s something far more special.
Built with teenagers and their friends in mind, it’s a fun and funky rumpus room, perfect for hangouts, gaming, movies, music and sleep overs. The barn aesthetic feels unique enough that teens actually want to spend time there, yet it fits the South Australian coastal aesthetic perfectly.
With a teenage retreat like this, you gain immediate family harmony and unlock huge potential for future evolution.
As teens become young adults, it perhaps transforms into a dedicated multi-generational living space, offering the ultimate independence without moving out of home.
When that time ultimately arrives, its future may lie as a home office, entertainment hub or even an Airbnb.
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The Machinery Shed
Gone are the days of ugly farm sheds. Sam’s machinery shed on his 113-acre working farm in the Southern Highlands proves that even agricultural buildings can be beautiful. Built to house machinery, store supplies, and handle the rigours of daily farm life, it seamlessly integrates into the rural landscape rather than dominating it with industrial ugliness.
For rural property owners across Australia, the perfect farm building, shed or barn is about more than just basic storage. It’s about creating a durable, multi-use space that caters to unique farming needs, while enhancing, rather than detracting, from the natural beauty of the land.
It might be housing machinery, storing supplies, holding stock or keeping produce. Perhaps it serves as a garage, tractor shed or workshop. Whatever its purpose, it’s a space that must withstand the rigours of daily life on the land and often in a punishing environment.
It’s not just a storage solution, though. Farming is changeable and needs evolve. Today’s machinery shed could become tomorrow’s farm gate retail space, agritourism venue or event barn as your property develops new income streams.
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The Stables
A Cedarspan isn’t just for humans, and these stables are the ultimate showcase of the flexibility of these buildings.
Offering exceptional equestrian facilities combined with a classic barn aesthetic, Tony and Anna’s twin Cedarspans in the Macarthur region of NSW demonstrate how the same building can serve two very different purposes.
With three roomy stalls, soaring ceilings, and custom stable doors, they position this equestrian enterprise as first-class accommodation for prized horses…and humans next door.
By using a Cedarspan as stables, modern design and functionality combine with authentic barn heritage. It’s not about adapting a contemporary concept – it’s using it exactly as barns were originally intended, just with contemporary flair. The result feels both timeless and thoroughly current.
What many don’t initially realise is how versatile our barn configurations can be. Even if horses aren’t in your immediate future, the design principles work beautifully for other livestock, high-clearance storage, or workshop spaces with genuine rural character.
With the ability to adapt the design with customised openings, Cedarspans create possibilities that extend far beyond equestrian use for evolving rural properties.
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The Workshop
The backbone of any rural property is the classic workshop. Whether you’re a serious car enthusiast, a skilled hobbyist, or simply need a robust space for tools, equipment, and projects, a Cedarspan barn can be custom-designed to be your ultimate domain.
Think beyond the basic shed.
Geoff’s workshop and garage on NSW’s far south coast is a robust yet aesthetically pleasing space that is built for functionality while looking absolutely beautiful.
It’s secure and spacious enough to house his cherished classic cars while offering ample overhead storage, generous workshop space and practical access through multiple sets of double barn doors.
Add a bathroom, and it provides the ultimate in convenience and comfort for days spent tinkering.
And already the future looks bright for this garage and workshop, with plans for it to be converted into barn accommodation down the track.
Because it’s this adaptability that makes every Cedarspan an investment with endless possibilities.
Barn Basics
These five examples barely scratch the surface of what’s possible with a Cedarspan. Start with immediate needs, then adapt as dreams – or life – evolve. Whether you’re drawn to the income potential of an events venue, the family harmony of a retreat, the functionality of a farm building, or the daily joy of a beautiful workshop, your Cedarspan can deliver from day one while keeping future options wide open.
And the possibilities don’t just lie in what a Cedarspan can become, but in how quickly it can happen. While traditional projects can take years to plan and execute, a Cedarspan can transform your property and lifestyle in months, not years. Immediate enhancement to lifestyle and property, while future plans can evolve at your own pace.
The question isn’t whether a Cedarspan could work for you – it’s which exciting possibility you’ll choose to pursue first. And how you can make it happen.
We’re here to guide you through that.
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