Riding Arenas that Transform Homes into Horse Properties

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Riding Arenas that Transform Homes into Horse Properties

Upgrading a Colorado property into a valuable horse property can be a wise choice. In Colorado, one smart move might be to transform a country home into a premier horse property. By adding a custom equestrian riding arena, a large pole building. Professionals at Lester Buildings engineer our pole barns to more than withstand the extreme weather fronts found along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. At Sapphire Construction in Castle ...

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Build a Hobby Shop with Upstairs Man Cave

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Build a Hobby Shop with Upstairs Man Cave

How can you squeak out a man cave in your hobby shop? Maybe raise the roof. Put a second floor into your garage pole barn design. Here’s how another customer accomplished that feat.

Hobby Shop with Upstairs Man Cave

Project# 613501 is a 2880 square foot hobby shop with upstairs room. The dimensions are 48 feet by 60 feet. By raising the roof pitch, the pole building incorporates both 16-foot ceilings, a mezzanine, and ...

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The Art & Science of Pole Building Design

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The Art & Science of Pole Building Design

How a building comes into form is truly wonderous. Science melds with art. Pondering the art of pole building design, we can all take cues from talented artists and architects who help us bring a touch of awe to a finished building.

Brush strokes on the design canvas each contribute to the final masterpiece. Every design decision plays a role. The artist chooses a medium and idea. Step by step, stroke by ...

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Hobby Shops for Car Collections

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Hobby Shops for Car Collections

Sapphire Construction designs hobby buildings, many customized for auto collections. Whether you want a small extra garage or an arena-sized building, we’ll deliver the custom build kit that will kick your car hobby to a new level.

Sample Car Hobby Shops

Project #620060: This Douglas County, Colorado Hobby Shop won honors in the 2024 NFBA Building of the Year competition. Did the Whiskey Bar, the mezzanine, or the Flying Gable give it extra credit? ...

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Shed Row Barns for your Minimalist Horse Barn

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Shed Row Barns for your Minimalist Horse Barn

If you want to forget boarding and bring a couple horses home, consider building a shedrow barn. This type of barn is a series of stalls that open to a breezeway supported by a portion of the roof. Designed with both a door and a window, The stalls have cross ventilation. The simple and functional design offers views of the outdoors.

Shed row barns cost less to build than a traditional barn and ...

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Pole Building Kits for Oversized Vehicles

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Pole Building Kits for Oversized Vehicles

What large vehicles and toys do you need to protect? A bus and RV? A semi-truck or a limousine? We’ve got metal pole building kits for any kind of oversized vehicle. Our partner Lester Buildings stands miles ahead of other suppliers. Lester Building kits are delivered as complete, fully coordinated systems.

Custom Designed Pole Building Kits

Many professional skill sets go into formulating each kit before the shipment arrives by truck to your building site. As ...

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Plan a Separate Pole Barn for an Art Studio

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Plan a Separate Pole Barn for an Art Studio

If you want to create an art studio—a standalone art shop at home or elsewhere–get started with a budget. As for design. Fellow artists suggest considering beauty, health, airflow, energy savings, layout, electricity and water needs, and potential customer access. Begin by inspiring yourself with doable design ideas.

Ponder the Options

For an at home studio, think about what you’d need if you did have a separate building with more space. It could ...

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Functional Equine Buildings Loved by Horses, Too

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Functional Equine Buildings Loved by Horses, Too

Horses deserve safe and functional equine buildings. And we think there’s no better place to go to design and build horse barns and arenas than Lester Buildings. Since 1947, Lester Buildings appears to be “making other horses envious.”

How Impressive are Equine Buildings?

Horses love our buildings. How do we know? We give them safety and comfort, space for exercise and views. Oh, the natural lighting and fresh air make both the handlers and the ...

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Build a New Horse Barn Outside of Denver

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Build a New Horse Barn Outside of Denver

New to Colorado? A new horse barn will raise the curb appeal and value of any Colorado property. And we love our horses. We’re willing to build comfortable stables for them. Since we spend considerable time and energy caring for our horses, we also prefer nice comfortable horse barns for ourselves.

The Colorado Equestrian

There’s something calming about driving past the beautiful pastures and iconic barns that line the country roads near the Rocky ...

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Post Frame Homes for Central Colorado

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Post Frame Homes for Central Colorado

Their sleek metal roofs and metal siding give today’s post frame homes a clean, casual look. In comparison to traditional buildings, post frame buildings feature durability and easy maintenance. Metal reflects solar energy and can improve cooling costs by 40%.

People experience both clean air and energy efficiency inside their pole barn homes. Also called ‘barndominiums’, well-built post frame homes have become solutions for many who suffer from poor inside air quality. That’s because our ...

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