Our Story
Iden Barn Homes is a premier barn restoration and conversion company located in the Bucks County Area of Pennsylvania. For over twenty years owner Curt Iden has been committed to creating unique, interesting and spacious living for clients in PA, NJ, NY, and VT.
Our company has available antique barn timber frames ready for reassembly and conversion and provides a variety of services including: barn conversions, reconstruction, quaker sheds, and studios. In addition, Iden Barn Homes builds rustic furniture from special recycled barn woods.
"First of all, I love the old barns of our past here in the countryside of Vermont to Pennsylvania. When a barn is on the block and must come down to make way for the land's new use or the farmer simply cannot afford the maintenance of an obsolete structure, I treasure the responsibility of saving the structure and its integrity of hand wrought joinery. To this end Iden Barn Homes was born." - Curtis L. Iden
Our Expert Team
- Curt Iden, Owner (215-262-2476) - curt@idenbarnhomes.com
- Devich Farbotnik, Associate
- Ed Kallatch, Associate
- Christopher "Kip" McNeil, Carpenter/furniture
- Andy Duffy, Carpenter/craftsman
- Bill Talvitie - Model Design/Kitchens (web album)/Green Advantage certified
Green Building Practices
Our work, by its very nature, preserves and reuses old structures and materials and is therefore conserving of lumber and trees. Much of the wood we are privileged to work with is a century or more old, and is impossible to replace with new materials. We have so little waste that most projects don’t even require a dumpster. We respect the site as we do the buildings we recycle, and we design for efficiency as well as beauty, in some cases using natural materials such as straw bale. Most of our sources are local. We invite Green projects.
Where We'll Go
Even though our projects have been in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, and New York we will erect our timber frames anywhere in North America. The cost of travel and shipping will be quoted on a per site-request basis.
Acknowledgement
Iden Barn Homes acknowledges the dedicated years of service by Judy Iden prior to its establishment. Judy Iden was a full partner in Judith and Curtis Iden Partnership which operated from 1984 thru 1999. Examples of successes in this partnership are indicated in photos of projects on the previous pages. Judy continues architectural design and restoration of antique barns as a sole proprietor. She can be contacted at 610-737-1861.