As a small business owner who is still figuring a lot of this stuff out, I appreciate how candid you are about your expenses, building costs, etc. I don't get why people are usually so coy about it, but thanks for talking openly about it -- it really does help to frame my own thinking about how to do things.

On the payback calculus, don't forget to include the convenience of being at your house, not having to pay for fuel to commute, and the time involved to commute.

When figuring out your payback time, you also need to take into account rent increases over time, as well as the fact that after your payback period is complete, you're left with a functional building, whereas continuing to rent leaves you with nothing.

When you add the porch/carport you can put the head(toilet) next to the side door.

Matt, Please be careful, you won’t be the first person to walk off of a high platform or scaffolding. May I recommend a fall harness? You have a family depending on you.

I laughed when I first saw that little track lift when you were slinging tree trunks around at your old place, but damn, that little thing sure comes in handy.

Getting organized always takes time. You have done well with space utilization. It will continue to evolve as your business evolves and changes over time. The great advantage is that you have it all on your home base. 'Don't eat the yellow snow." Things work out best for those who make the best of the ways things work out."

Nice job Matt. Payback cost is irrelevant to me. You built it for the best reason in the world: you wanted it. The internal arrangement is a slow but very satisfying process. It is like finally putting your life back in order.

Matt- you are the hardest worker that I have seen. You will never have enough shelves but what you have you have organized. Enjoy the video's.

Mathew, as one of those who kind of asked about pay back time thank you. I kind of expected it to be good, I didn't realize that it was going to be this good. Congratulations, a job well done. As I am in the process of reorganizing my own much smaller shop I can empathize with what you are currently dealing with. Proper organization is key to running a successful business. It may not feel like it, but putting in the work now will pay off tenfold later. I have found that doing the job in detail on paper is invaluable. Erasing a line on paper is much much easier than moving something around in the barn. Now for a bit of negativity. I was freaking out when watching you initially put up the ducting. As an ex ironworker I have a very good awareness of what working at heights entails. You my friend, were screwing up badly ! An unexpected shift in a load can have disastrous consequences and you were completely unequipped for such. I was holding my breath as I was watching you move those tubes around. You were so close to losing them a couple of times. You would not be the first person to be pulled or pushed off of a workspace by the load that they were dealing with. I speak from experience, it was just shear luck that in my case I didn't go all of the way over from the third floor of the building that I was working on. If I had there were a number of rebar rods protruding up from the concrete that were just waiting to skewer me. When working on our own we often pay less attention to safety then when we are part of a crew on a jobsite. You were definitely guilty of that at about minute 3 or so of this video. Falling ten feet onto a concrete floor is no laughing matter. I have a friend who fell off of an eight foot ladder when setting up his printing business. He was on the top rung of the ladder which we all know is not right. He ended up losing his business due to the months that he had to spend healing, with no income. Do you have three months of no income built into your business plan? There is a VERY simple way of protecting yourself in what you were doing. Most elevated platforms have a safety chain to close off the open side when you are working. Either yours didn't have one or you did not bother putting it up. An alternative to that is spending about eighty bucks on a safety belt and clipping it onto the railing of the platform. If you do end up going over the edge at least your injuries will be minimal with this. I apologize for the criticism, but I have been watching you on your journey for a number of years now and am so glad to see all that you have accomplished, (aside from the greenness of my envy for not having done something similar). You have been an inspiration to me in my own endeavours. I would seriously be saddened to see it all coming to an end for the lack of such a simple and cheap fix. I want to see how far your journey goes. I will be able to say, "I remember when Matt Cremona was cutting up logs in his backyard, now look at him." I kind of think that your wife and kids are a bit invested in your progress as well. Being a risk taker can lead to some great rewards, but why do it when there is such little gain as saving a couple of minutes? OK, rant over. Congratulations on getting the barn finished and now being able to work in warmth and dryness. Looking forward to much more. STAY SAFE and keep on trucking.

Awesome. Feels good to organize and store things in its proper place. Lindsey gets her office space back, you get workshop back and chair parts are organized together in the new Barn. 2023 is starting to look really good.

Okay, forget the bathroom for now. We actually have a local company that sells used porta-potties, that you can pay to get dumped on need. The last one I bought was $200 and handicap accessible.....lol

Dude, I dunno how you do everything you do with 3 kids! What an inspiration. Also, that camera-inception at 5:45 was nicely done

You are smart, handy and pleasant with a nice common sense approach. Thanks for the metric, too.

Hello from Tennessee! Just a thought to consider...a composting toilet is a great option for a space and no water or sewage hook-up is needed. They don't smell bad at all!! I have one in my studio that's away from my house and it's perfect. Amazon has them. 😉.

You are fun to watch! You’re attitude is very admirable and addictions to watch! Thanks for your videos Matt!

Another option for the bathroom, in addition to the composting toilet as others have suggested, would be to plumb it to a buried holding tank. Depending on usage, a 1,000 gallon holding tank (a smaller size for a septic tank) might only need to be pumped every year or two. The same people that pump a septic tank can pump the holding tank. That would allow for a sink, something that the composting toilet doesn't. A water supply tank could be buried or inside. Refilling it could be done in the same timespan.

A compost toilet system on a mezzanine would require much less plumbing and the negative air pressure makes it surprisingly civilised. Plus you get compost. For 'least popular' products you could substitute 'smaller inventory'. Have an excellent new year in your new toy/workspace.

Here I am on my day off watching someone else work... and enjoying it! Thanks, Matt!

I'm still amazed how far you have come since you first started.

A blower on the mini seems like a really nice size. Big enough to get a lot done, small enough to not take tons of space.

@5:45 When you started to lay out your ideas for space utilisation, my first thought was 'you needed to make this fifty percent larger and have the other end door in'.

Great job Matt, fun to watch it come together...

Greetings from the BIG SKY. This calculation is a good exercise in forecasting and budgeting. A simulation of many possible decisions. Fun stuff.

This is a really interesting process to watch. Thanks for sharing!

Great video! A lot of work went into this one. Keep up the great content. Thanks

Aswesome work and well thought out setup!

Great progress, Please continue the set up next video.

Thanks for sharing. Love to watch your videos and the evolution from the start. I will keep watching. 😊

Thanks for sharing , very interesting 🤨

What a good-looking barn; now I want one. Excellent job.

Every time you do something new with that skid steer, I find myself completely amazed about how much that tool can do!

Isn't it amazing how the building has shrunk. It was vast when first finished, but now seems so much smaller. I had the same feeling when I built my workshop years ago. It seemed so large when empty. You should see it now. A beautiful building Matt . Enjoy it. You do beautiful work. Much better than my poor efforts.

It is great to see your work area come together, and like they say, nice when a plan comes together. That is a very cool snowblower

Looking great man. It takes a while and trying stuff out to find what will work best for you as you stated. Great video 👍🏼

getting there....keep on keeping on!

I am loving your new work space!!!

This is how the end plan evolves - when things go a little slower!! love your channel. Thank you for the effort you put into filming. Awesome!!

It's looking amazing! And I know your efficiency and productivity is going up up up!! so happy for you all !!

Was expecting a shot catching that snow sliding off the roof. Wouldn't' want to be standing under that! haha. Love seeing the space come together. Bet you can't wait until everything is done, house and all. Looking forward to getting back to the house stuff and your millwork. As always, great job.

I’ve enjoyed this entire series on this build. Coming along so nicely

Awesome stuff Matt! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

Awesome work Matt, great job man😊👍😊👍👏👏👏👏

Looking amazing

Oooo-weee, you got a lot of stuff! I enjoy seeing it all come together. 👍

From someone who LOVES organizing thank you for this video it was so nice to see your progress continue. Loved the snow blowing also

Excellent view angle from drone and at ground level. Your videographer has talent. Once again you do this type of video so well.

Bro tell me why I just saw your face for the first time in almost 20yrs and your KZfaq famous and a carpenter!! Love what your doing, I’m def going through your archives to learn some new skills!

Watching you take time out of your day to blow snow was a good reminder for me of one of the many reasons I left Michigan and moved to Tennessee when I retired. We still get 4 seasons but my snow shovel hasn’t come off the wall since I hung it up 6 years ago.😊

Kick ass Matt! Another great vid. Thank you Sir

I'm always interested in your progress!

Thanks again for sharing your extremely helpful and informative comments. Such a great opportunity for me, and I'm sure for many others.

Thanks for explaining the idea behind the aesthetic of the windows.

Thanks Matt

If you plan to add a covered area outside for picnics or working is the issue of placement. You better build it at the opposite end of your large barn door. If you build it on the side facing your house, the snow falling off the main roof on the sides of the barn would quickly destroy most patio roofing unless you make it very heavy duty. That snow doesn’t fall off the main roof until it starts melting and at that point it’s very heavy. Imagine the weight of a foot of heavy wet snow on a 60’ x 30’ half of the barn roof is and then calculate its effective additional weight gained as it falls 30’. That patio roof better be able to withstand 10-20 tons of weight or it will need a slope of at least 45 degrees to allow it to shed the snow quickly off. Ask an architect to give you a working design unless you plan to build it halfway up on the side of the barn.

You are doing an amazing job at getting that barn organized it takes a lot of pros cons change this change that but that's OK you get it the way you want it we enjoy watching you!

Snowblower really works nice!

That noise from the snow falling off the roof was crazy. Happy New Year to you and family.

i really happy about your talking during snowblower it makes listen and looking more intressting. and now you tell about payback and traveltime its a win win with this build. like your steady camerawork..ty

...the snowblower is awesome! Wish I had one when I lived in Winona...

Matt, you are one intelligent, resourceful, talented individual, some of your videos are like candy!

I'm from sedona az and I appreciate watching you blow snow. That's a lot of work and in the future your boys will be able to help 😀

Matt: Didn't think I would be interested in this but it seems that I am an organizer at heart and loved watching your line of thinking as you did it. Love those machines.

Watching you build the trailer in your back yard was great but this project is super great. Thanks for taking us along and sharing your family with us too. Get a Lego shelf kit and Max will build you all the shelving you need 😀

Thanks Matt. We really enjoyed the barn-thing-build series!

Good work Matt hard without help but interesting how you are using your space work safely so that we can continue to see your progress

Always enjoy your videos. Have a barn of my own (36’ x 54’) that I am trying to get organized as well. Getting a lot of useful information. Interested in prices on bench and chair kits. It is fun when you do things that when you do them you can see the transformation instantly. Keep up the great work!

Great info, l like seeing your success.

Great stuff Mat I would be over the moon with a corner of it. I am glad to see it is not just me who does thing on their own [Struggling ] Looks great and just doing it how you want it is good to do

The depth and care with which you plan and analyze makes me realize how poorly I do that, and I need to do better. Thanks!

You're hardworking and have a great "can do" attitude. Great job, Matt.

Thanks for answering. I think you are way ahead.

Great video, ty as always

Beautiful shop. Enjoy it.

Great building and it's great that you are on your own property. Great job

Matt , a very good episode. Lots of good progress and information. I enjoyed it very much . THANK YOU

In you payback comparison you forgot to mention that after 7 years of rental the money is gone and the barn is still there. And someday if you want to sell your property the barn will be still worth something. Wise decision to build it. I am renting actually about the same size for almost 2000$/month. But as you said I am in the startup phase and don't have the money nor do I know if the journey continuous the way I want, so it's less risky for me at the moment.

Great job Matt! Thanks for always sharing your adventures with us!💖👍😎JP

Watching you use the snowblower was cool. Seeing how you're choosing to layout your equipment in your warehouse was interesting. It has to feel great to have enough room for everything or almost everything.

Just an idea about the bathroom plumbing... My aunt has a horse barn out on some farm land. They bought a older porta John to use and call a septic guy to clean it out as needed (for guests and emergency #2's). Guys just need a tree to go #1 🤣

What a tremendous investment you have made in the building. Great job! I addition you can build a couple more.

You got a lot accomplished on this video (especially considering this was probably over the holidays). You really are quite good at working solo.

Matt. As a person who has lived in the UP of Michigan and now is in Key West, Florida, I love to see somebody moving snow! Thanks for the memories! Keep on keeping on.

Its amazing to have watched you progress from the backyard at the old house to this facility at the new place. I know you are busy, but take time to think of how far you have come. Also, I'm surprised there is no bridge crane. 😄

From an external point of view, you seem to accomplish a lot in a day, specially while taking the time to set up cameras and hang out with us! Thanks for sharing it all.

Interesting , Thank You . Looks like you have a well designed building , Should be a long term asset

As per the issue of adding a bathroom might be adding an addition to the side of the building. That way you don't lose any floor space in the barn. All the plumbing could still be added easier also.

I saw that 'owie'. I totally relate to your attitude of knowing it's a lot of work once you start but the covers are so warm.

Thanks for the snow blower footage. Didn't know that you had one. Keep making videos and we will keep watching. The financial breakdown was interesting. A payback of less than 10 years or less is fantastic. The other cost saving is less wear and tear on your vehicles and more time to be productive in whatever you choose to do with that time.

Just a thought. IBC tote you can move with telehandler for water supply. Point of use water heater. Incinerator toilet. And Bob’s your uncle!😊 Really enjoy your videos. Keep them coming. Thanks Matt.

Congratulations, very impressive, that you were able to do all this work, especially, on your own.

Happy New Year Matt, things are coming along nicely. As overwhelming as things may get, you have the capabilities that many people can never get from within themselves. Your problem solving is as good as it gets. Keep up the good work.

Dude I remember when you were lamenting about building this facility and I told you back then that this place will pay for itself and that you will appreciate how much more convenient it would be working from home 🏡. It sounds like you are now HAPPY WITH THE BUILDING. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 👪 ❤️.

I had to chuckle when you had the "roof avalanches". I was out and about in your area the other day taking photos, and man...we got a shit load of snow. Your barn is coming together nicely, Matt. Keep up the great work.

A mezzanine with a bathroom would be a good use of space. When you move into a new space all the plans are written in sand until you have spent time in the space working seeing what works best for you.

The barn thingy has come together very we!!. The flow through the building seems to be logical and effective. Of course changes are a normal part of business. Seeing how much snow you had to clear really demonstrates how much space you are responsible for!

0:50 -ish LOVE seeing how snow isn't melting on the house roof! Sign that your insulation job was VERY well done!

You managed to get the snowmobile about as far from the door (ie: the snow) as possible... I thought you stored that in the little barn. Great to see the space getting sorted out, Matt.

In order of preference... I love your home remodel videos, your woodworking videos, the Barn Thing building videos, the wood collecting and then slicing videos, and these rambling while doing stuff videos... please keep them all up, well mixed to keep us on our toes! I'm glad to see you settling into the Barn Thing happily, I look forward to the next stage of your home, and whatever odd things show up whenever you please. :)

Congrats Matthew on setting-up ur Barn to able to run ur business. lv from florida..