Living a comfortable life in their barndominium
Cindy and Ron Fehring’s barndominium sits on about two acres.
“My first wife and I had a very nice home on four acres. Then she got pancreatic cancer. She died six months after she was diagnosed. It was a beautiful home. But it just wasn’t … It was not a happy time for me. I was lonely and lost. I don’t know how I came up with the idea to build a barndominium. It would have been difficult then for a married person to build a home like this. But it was perfect for me. My wife passed away 15 years ago, and I built it shortly after that. Then Cindy came along. She had been single quite a few years. It was obvious that a man hadn’t lived in her house and a woman hadn’t lived here. So she’s domesticated it somewhat, the best she can.”
Cindy and Ron Fehring have been married nine years. Their barndominium has about 1,500 square feet of living space and 3,000 square feet of shop space.
“I did have my own house, and I had it fixed exactly the way I wanted. We talked about him moving in with me. But when I saw all this stuff out here in his shop I said, ‘I don’t have any room for it.’ So the best choice was for me to come here. It’s still a little hard because I feel like I’m running out of house. But it’s all good. It’s comfortable. Plus, we have a second home in Goliad. It’s an older home that I got to remodel. That house has sort of allowed me to stay here as long as I have. When we get in the car on Fridays to head down there I think, ‘I’m going to my happy place now.’”
— Cindy and Ron Fehring
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