The 8,000-square-foot Modern Mountain-style house was on the 2022 Artisan Home Tour and is one of the most complete homes in terms of showcasing every possible room type—from a craft room, sauna and tornado/gun safe to a home theater, library, music room and dog-washing station.

But the outside is where the couple prefers to spend the majority of their time. And, again, they went with one of everything—pool, gas fire pit, wood-burning fire pit, hammock station, putting green, giant chess board, sand volleyball court and grain bin bar.

Grain bin? Yes! As owners of PCDI, a custom homebuilding company, the couple was developing a parcel of land for a neighborhood of estate-sized lots and removed a metal silo from the old farmstead there. Its unique cultural heritage stirred interest from several would-be buyers, but Sarah had a vision for it.

“I need that grain bin,” she told Pete.

Pete listened. He is the doer; she is the idea generator. Together, really, they can create anything.

“If we haven’t done it before, we consider it fun—a challenge,” Pete says. “We don’t mind trying until we figure it out.”

So the grain bin was positioned poolside and stocked with a fridge, sink and cedar-backed shelves for bottles. With the help of metalworker Paul Lamb, they cut out a window and installed a motorized hoist for it. Paul also welded doors for easy side access and fashioned an artistic metal pergola above. A similar piece artfully surrounds and conceals the pool equipment. Pete built the bartop base, added color-changing fiber-optic lights and poured a smooth layer of concrete on top—an effect that looks like a rock ‘n’ roll starry night show.