Barndominiums have quietly become the floor plan of choice for couples who need their home to hold two full lives, and the Blackwood Close is a good argument for why. It delivers a four-car garage with dedicated shop space, an open great room sized for lingering, and a layout where nobody has to negotiate away a single hobby to make the square footage work.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 2,890
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
Three bedrooms anchor the left wing, with the master suite tucked privately away from the others. A central great room opens into the kitchen and pantry, keeping the social core of the house connected. Over on the right, the shop runs tall — 16-foot walls — and nearly doubles the home’s footprint on its own.
Outdoor Kitchen and Stone Chimney Anchor a Covered Patio Built for Real Use
Dark board-and-batten siding gives the rear elevation a clean, modern edge, and the stacked stone chimney running full height through the covered patio keeps it from feeling too spare. Wood-toned cabinetry on the outdoor kitchen pulls the warmth back in. Sliding glass doors connect the inside to the outside without making you feel like you’re crossing a threshold every time.
Warm Neutrals and a Built-In Media Wall Give This Living Room Its Backbone
Shiplap-backed built-in shelving frames the TV while oversized sliding doors flood the seating area with natural light — which is exactly the combination a great room needs to justify the name.
Black Marble Backsplash Runs Floor-to-Ceiling and Owns the Room
White shaker cabinets pair with black marble that climbs from the counter all the way to the ceiling, giving that wall a genuine presence rather than the usual backsplash afterthought. The island anchors the center of the space with a built-in sink and enough seating for a few stools — so the kitchen actually functions as part of the social floor, not just the cooking zone.
Common Mistake: Pairing black marble with white cabinets works, but running slab material all the way to the ceiling means grout lines and seams need to be mapped out before installation, not during. If the pattern doesn’t align between the backsplash and the upper field, it reads as two unrelated materials rather than one continuous surface. Mock it up with the actual slab first.
Moving into the private quarters, the primary bedroom makes a case for doing less and doing it well.
Gray Leather Headboard and Shiplap Wall Set a Quiet, Confident Tone
Wide hardwood floors and a low-profile platform bed keep the sightlines open straight through to the green views outside. Two oversized abstract panels hang on the wall above the headboard without overwhelming it. Best detail in the room: the sitting area near the windows has a pair of wing chairs angled toward each other, not toward a screen.
Marble Vanity, Wood Tower Cabinet, and a Wet Room Glimpsed Through the Doorway
Gray walls push the marble countertop and warm wood cabinet into sharp relief against each other. Through the doorway, a freestanding soaking tub sits inside a fully tiled wet room with its own floor drain. Two rooms, two distinct jobs — neither one compromising for the other.
Did You Know: Wet rooms — where the shower and tub share one open tiled space with a floor drain — are easier to clean than traditional shower enclosures because there’s no door track or frame collecting soap scum. They also suit aging-in-place design well, since there’s no threshold to step over. Keeping the wet room separate from the vanity area is smart for another reason: steam warps cabinetry over time, and a door between the two prevents most of it.
Oversized Iron Clock and a Built-In Mudroom Bench Make the Entry Work Hard
Black-and-white gallery frames march down the hall while a large iron clock holds the entry wall above coat hooks and shoe cubbies — the kind of arrival sequence that tells you exactly where to put your stuff before you’ve even taken your shoes off.
An iron clock anchors the entry wall above a coat rack and shoe cubbies.
Marble Countertops and Upper Cabinets Turn This Laundry Room Into Actual Storage
A Whirlpool washer and dryer sit flanked by full runs of upper and lower cabinets, all topped with veined marble. A utility sink tucks into the counter run. The folded towels already staged on the surface aren’t just styling — they’re telling you this room was actually planned to be used, not just photographed.
Why It Works: Upper cabinets that run close to the ceiling keep detergent, cleaning supplies, and the rest of the laundry room’s miscellany out of sight without needing a separate closet to absorb the overflow. The marble-topped lower run doubles as a folding surface, so nothing extra has to be brought in. One thing worth checking early: counter depth relative to the washer doors. Standard depth can crowd front-loaders if clearance isn’t mapped out during design.
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Exterior rendering shows a modern barndominium with board-and-batten cladding, paired with a first-floor plan featuring three bedrooms, a shop, and an outdoor kitchen.
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