Five Leaf Clover Farm

Pittsburgh, PA

In realizing her dream to create an equine sanctuary, the owner sought to build a barn that allowed her horses to live as simply as possible. Prioritizing their needs and comfort, high ceilings and light colors create a calm environment for the horses. This ethereal equestrian barn is perched on a hillside overlooking picturesque pastureland. Western Red Cedar siding glows with a natural warmth and aging patina, emphasized by the charcoal black standing seam roof.

Cedar-sided horse barn featuring a stone façade with black sliding barn doors covered by a copper eave, surrounded by pastures.

Three cedar-shingled dormer windows line this horse barn with a black metal roof and black windows.

Cedar horse barn featuring a balcony, stone base, twin cupolas, and Dutch doors lining the timber frame covered aisle.

Cedar horse barn lit up at dusk with two cupolas, a black metal roof, and a custom six-pane window with different colors.

Ornate lantern sconces flank the sides of a black sliding barn door on a horse barn with cedar board and batten siding.

The space was envisioned as a sanctuary for horses, with their needs and comfort central to the design. The high ceiling and light colors create a calming environment for the horses, while the center aisle and stalls are finished with interlocking rubber pavers for comfort and safety.

Twilight view of a cedar horse stable with glowing lights shining on Dutch doors beneath a covered timber frame aisle.

Black window set in a stable with a stone façade and board and batten cedar siding. A horse peers through the open window.

Center of a timber frame horse barn, stalls with black grills and wood inlays lining the aisle, with warm light filling the space.

Open black barn doors, flanked by iron lantern sconces, lead into a horse barn center aisle lined with stalls and sliding doors.

Horse stall fronts with black grills and wood inlays are lined with timber frame beams with mortise and tenon joints.

Close-up of a horse stall front with a black steel grill with wood inlays. ‘Woodrow’ is displayed on the stall’s steel nameplate.

In this 5-stall barn, the custom, European-inspired stall fronts were designed to be as open as possible, with Dutch doors opening to the outdoors. A staircase with hand-hammered iron railings leads to a second-floor loft, where an office opens onto a small balcony with views of the surrounding landscape.

A horse barn layout showing an open black sliding door to the feed room with supplies and an adjacent tiled wash stall.

Overhead view of occupied horse stalls featuring open black Dutch doors, wood and steel partitions, and pendant lighting.

Second-floor loft of a horse barn featuring Edison bulb sconces, timber frame, wood handrail with steel mesh, and a wood window.

Close-up of saddles mounted on saddle racks in this horse barn tack room with shiplap-style walls in the background.

Close-up of a dark brown timber frame beam and mortise-and-tenon joinery with a silver sconce with an Edison bulb.

Second floor of a horse barn with dark timber frame and warm sconce lights, with doors open to an office overlooking a balcony.

Wooden stairs with black railing mesh and a forged iron handrail lead down to the first floor of the horse barn.

Dutch doors set in a stone foundation and cedar board-and-batten siding, with curious horses peering through the open window.

Twilight view of a cedar-sided horse barn with a stone base, glowing entry through open doors, and ornate lantern sconces.

Close-up of a black metal standing-seam roof with rolling pastures and green trees in the background.

Close-up of a fieldstone foundation featuring multiple shades of grey and brown.

Twilight view of a cedar horse barn with a fieldstone foundation and interior lights on, with two horses in the foreground.

A unique window installment with stained glass near the barn’s pinnacle catches the eye of visitors and has special significance for the owners – the colors of the stained glass each represent the birth stone of a family. "Their work is impeccable, and you can just tell there’s so much heart in it.” – Romi Glessner in an interview with The Plaid Horse

PARTNERS

Jaimeson Ellis Architects, Inc.

brand partners

Mid-Atlantic Timberframes

Mid-Atlantic Steel Fabrication

Blackwood Equestrian Stalls

Five Leaf Clover Farm

The space was envisioned as a sanctuary for horses, with their needs and comfort central to the design. The high ceiling and light colors create a calming environment for the horses, while the center aisle and stalls are finished with interlocking rubber pavers for comfort and safety.

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