A barndominium floor plan with shop space solves the problem that sends most people to a barndominium in the first place: you want the workshop, the equipment bay, or the business space attached to the house, not sitting in a separate building across the yard. These barndominium plans with shop space run from a 1,150 square foot workshop up to a 2,705 square foot shop that dwarfs the living quarters attached to it.
The decision that matters most is not which plan looks best. It is how much shop you actually need and whether you want it integrated under one roofline or attached as a separate wing. That choice drives your foundation size, your roof span, and a meaningful part of your budget.
Integrated Shop vs Attached Shop: Pick This First
Every barndominium with shop plan resolves into one of two layouts, and they build very differently.
Integrated. The shop sits inside the main rectangle, under the same continuous roofline. This is the cheaper build — one foundation pour, one roof system, one set of exterior walls. The trade-off is noise and dust transfer. A shared wall between a living room and a working shop needs real insulation and a solid core door, and even then you will hear the compressor.
Attached. The shop extends off the house as its own wing, often with a breezeway between them. Total footprint gets longer — 80 to 100 feet wide is common — but you gain separation. Dust and noise stay where they belong, and you can heat and cool the two spaces independently, which matters more than most people expect on the utility bill.
A useful rule: if the shop is for hobby woodworking, storage, or parking, integrate it. If it is for a business, welding, painting, or anything that runs while people are asleep, attach it.
Barndominium With Shop Floor Plans
CDD-1005 Chaston — 2,705 sq ft shop
The shop-first plan in this group, and by a wide margin. Chaston puts 2,705 square feet of shop/garage against 1,493 square feet of heated living space — the shop is nearly twice the house. The full building runs 100 feet wide by 60 feet deep, with the living quarters occupying a 40×30 corner and everything else given over to work space and 1,300 square feet of porch.
This is the plan for someone whose shop is the point: a contractor storing equipment, a car collection, a working business with the house attached as a convenience. One bedroom, one full bath and two half baths, single story. The half baths matter here — a shop this size with no bathroom of its own would be a daily irritation.
- Heated: 1,493 sq ft
- Shop/garage: 2,705 sq ft
- Total under roof: 5,498 sq ft
- Footprint: 100′-0″ W × 60′-0″ D
- Beds / baths: 1 bed, 1 full + 2 half
- Stories: 1
View CDD-1005 Chaston plan details
PL-2832 Lawrence — 1,850 sq ft shop
The best all-round balance on this page. Lawrence pairs 2,150 square feet of heated space with an 1,850 square foot shop inside an 80 by 60 foot footprint — a genuinely large shop without the 100-foot width that Chaston and Jodi require. If your buildable area is limited by setbacks or a tree line, that 20 feet of saved width is often the difference between a plan working and not.
Three bedrooms, two full baths, single story, with 1,100 square feet of porch. Overall height is 24′-1 3/4″, which is worth checking against any local height restriction before you commit — barndominiums with tall shop bays run closer to height limits than most people expect.
- Heated: 2,150 sq ft
- Shop/garage: 1,850 sq ft
- Total under roof: 5,100 sq ft
- Footprint: 80′ W × 60′ D
- Beds / baths: 3 bed, 2 bath
- Stories: 1
View PL-2832 Lawrence plan details
PL-64007-J Jodi — 1,610 sq ft shop plus full basement
Jodi is the only plan here with a full basement, and that changes the storage math completely. You get a 1,610 square foot shop at grade plus 2,400 square feet of basement underneath the living space — so the shop can stay a working shop instead of silting up with the things that usually end up in one.
Three bedrooms, two full baths plus a powder room, single story over the basement, on a 100 by 65 foot footprint. Worth knowing before you fall for it: a basement is the single most site-dependent element in any of these plans. On rock or a high water table it can add more to the build than the shop does. Confirm with a soils test before this plan drives your land decision.
- Heated: 2,400 sq ft (first floor)
- Shop/garage: 1,610 sq ft
- Basement: 2,400 sq ft unfinished
- Footprint: 100′ W × 65′ D
- Beds / baths: 3 bed, 2 full + 1 powder
- Stories: 1 over basement
View PL-64007-J Jodi plan details
CDD-4101 Haven — 40×60 living space with a 1,200 sq ft shop
The tightest footprint here and the cleanest answer to the 40×60 question. Haven’s living space is a full 40 by 60 feet — 2,400 square feet — with a separate 30×40 shop attached, bringing the whole building to 60 by 60. You are not carving the shop out of the house; you get the complete 40×60 layout and 1,200 square feet of shop.
The shop carries four overhead doors at 110 by 99 inches each. Four doors on a 1,200 square foot shop is unusual and genuinely useful — it means you can pull equipment through rather than shuffling it, and each bay gets its own access. A breezeway separates the shop from the living space.
Two bedrooms, two full baths plus a powder room, single story. The bedroom count is the constraint to weigh: this is a large amount of living space for two bedrooms, so it suits a couple with a serious shop requirement better than a family that will want a third bedroom later.
- Heated: 2,400 sq ft (40′ × 60′ living space)
- Shop: 1,200 sq ft (30′ × 40′), 4 overhead doors
- Total under roof: 5,370 sq ft
- Footprint: 60′-0″ W × 60′-0″ D
- Beds / baths: 2 bed, 2 full + 1 powder
- Stories: 1
View CDD-4101 Haven plan details
BCO-40193-K Kriss — 1,150 sq ft shop, narrowest depth
Kriss is the plan for a shallow lot. At 80 feet wide by 46 feet deep it needs substantially less depth than anything else here — every other plan on this page wants 60 to 65 feet. If your building envelope is constrained front-to-back rather than side-to-side, this is likely your only option in the group.
2,035 square feet of heated space, made up of 1,650 on the main floor plus a 385 square foot finished basement area, with a 1,150 square foot shop. Three bedrooms and two full baths in that footprint is efficient. Overall height runs 26′-3 1/2″, the tallest here, so check it against local restrictions.
- Heated: 2,035 sq ft (1,650 main + 385 basement)
- Shop/garage: 1,150 sq ft
- Total under roof: 5,350 sq ft
- Footprint: 80′ W × 46′ D
- Beds / baths: 3 bed, 2 bath
- Stories: 1
View BCO-40193-K Kriss plan details
The only two-story plan here, and the second story is what makes its ratio work: 2,600 square feet of heated space over two levels against an 1,800 square foot shop, in a 90 by 60 foot footprint. Going up rather than out keeps the house footprint small enough that the shop can be genuinely large without pushing the building past 90 feet. Three bedrooms, two full baths.
LP-3206 Condley — 1,800 sq ft shop, two-story
Condley also includes a three season room and a storage loft. If you are weighing a second story purely on cost, the honest answer is that stairs and a second floor system usually cost less per square foot than extending the slab and roof, but they add framing complexity that some rural builders price high. Get bids both ways before committing.
- Heated: 2,600 sq ft
- Shop/garage: 1,800 sq ft
- Total under roof: 5,400 sq ft
- Footprint: 90′ W × 60′ D
- Beds / baths: 3 bed, 2 bath
- Stories: 2
View LP-3206 Condley plan details
Choosing Between These Designs
If the shop is the priority — a business, equipment storage, a serious hobby operation — CDD-1005 Chaston at 2,705 square feet is the only plan here that treats the shop as the main event. Accept that you get one bedroom.
If your lot is narrow front-to-back, BCO-40193-K Kriss needs only 46 feet of depth against 60 to 65 for everything else. That single number rules plans in or out faster than any other spec on this page.
If you want a full 40×60 house plus a shop, CDD-4101 Haven is the one — a complete 2,400 square foot 40×60 living space with the 1,200 square foot shop added alongside rather than subtracted from it.
If you need three bedrooms and a large shop, PL-2832 Lawrence gives you 1,850 square feet of shop in the smallest footprint that manages it. LP-3206 Condley matches it on shop size and adds 450 square feet of living space, at the cost of a second story.
If storage is the real problem rather than work space, PL-64007-J Jodi’s full basement adds 2,400 square feet that no amount of shop square footage replaces.
What Does It Cost To Build A Barndo With A Shop?
Plan on $65 to $160 per square foot for a finished barndominium, with the spread driven mostly by interior finish level, your region, and how much of the work you take on yourself. If you are going the kit route, the metal shell typically runs $20 to $35 per square foot, with assembly adding another $10 to $15 per square foot on top.
Shop space is the one part of a barndominium that reliably lands at the bottom of that range. An unfinished shop is a slab, a shell, overhead doors and lighting — no drywall, no trim, no cabinetry, no HVAC if you leave it unconditioned. Budgeting shop square footage at the same rate as living space will overstate your build cost significantly. The reverse mistake is more expensive: assuming you can finish and condition the shop later for a small number. Running gas, adding a mini-split, and insulating an 1,800 square foot shop after the fact is not a small number.
These are planning ranges, not quotes. Get local bids before you commit to a plan — regional labor and material costs move these figures more than any design decision you will make.
Frequently Asked Questions
How big should the shop be in a barndominium?
For general storage and light hobby use, 800 to 1,200 square feet handles most needs. A woodworking or fabrication shop wants 1,200 to 1,800 so you can keep a work triangle clear around stationary tools. Above 2,000 square feet you are building for a business, equipment, or a vehicle collection. Depth matters as much as area: 40 feet of depth lets you pull a truck and trailer fully inside, which 30 feet will not.
Can you get a 40×60 barndominium with a shop?
Yes, and there are two different versions of that question. If you mean a 40×60 building with the shop carved out of it, a 1,000 square foot shop leaves roughly 1,400 square feet of living space — workable for two bedrooms, tight for three. If you mean a full 40×60 house with a shop added alongside, CDD-4101 Haven does exactly that: 2,400 square feet of 40×60 living space plus a separate 1,200 square foot shop, for a 60×60 building overall.
Should the shop be attached or detached?
Attached is cheaper to build and far more convenient in bad weather — one foundation, one roof, no walking outside. Detached wins on noise, dust, fire separation, and insurance in some cases. A breezeway is the middle path and appears in several plans here: physically connected for convenience, separated enough that dust and sound do not carry into the living space.
Do barndominium shop plans include the shop interior layout?
Usually not in detail. Plans show the shop footprint, overhead door locations and sizes, and any plumbing or electrical rough-ins, but bench placement and equipment layout are left open because they vary so widely by trade. Confirm what is included with the designer before purchase if you need a specific electrical service size or floor drain.
Can the shop be finished as living space later?
Often yes, and it is worth checking at the plan stage rather than assuming. The questions that determine it are whether the slab is insulated, whether the wall height suits a finished ceiling, and whether the roof structure allows for the additional load and ductwork. Building with that option in mind costs little; retrofitting for it costs a great deal.
How many overhead doors should a shop have?
One door per bay you intend to use independently. Two doors on a 1,200 square foot shop is standard; four, as on CDD-4101 Haven, lets you pull equipment straight through rather than reversing it out. Drive-through access is worth more than most people credit until they have shuffled a mower to reach a trailer. Confirm door height against your tallest vehicle, not its length.
