I think I mentioned once that friends of mine bought a turn of the century piece of property, which only had a barn and pasture for their horses. As it turned out, for them, they needed a bigger home for themselves (children from both sides of their family came to live with them). So they converted the barn into a home. It was fairly unusal by design and I have yet to come across any photos on the web that come close to resembling what they accomplished with their property, but I do love the idea of taking a barn and converting it into a home.