Our Farmhouse Chicken Coop: 8×10 Coop Tour, Design Ideas & Everything We Used

Updated 2026

If you're dreaming about a chicken coop that's just as pretty as it is functional, come take a tour of ours!

We designed our 8×10 farmhouse chicken coop to give our chickens plenty of room while also creating a separate walk-in area where we could store feed, treats, egg cartons, medicines and all the other things that somehow accumulate when you own chickens.

From the beginning, I wanted a coop that felt like a tiny extension of our home—cute enough that I wouldn't mind looking at it every day, but practical enough to make caring for our chickens easier.

Over the years we've learned what worked, what we loved and what we'd do differently. Below I'm sharing all the details of our coop, including the flooring, nesting boxes, storage, windows, predator protection, automatic chicken door and the products we've actually used.

Our Coop at a Glance

Size: Approximately 8' × 10'

Style: Walk-in farmhouse chicken coop

Exterior: T1-11 siding with white exterior stain

Roof: Black metal shed-style roof

Flooring: Sheet vinyl in the chicken area + peel-and-stick vinyl plank in the storage area

Nesting Boxes: Four cabinet-style nesting spaces

Run: 6' galvanized fencing with buried hardware mesh and overhead aviary netting

Favorite feature: Separate walk-in storage area

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These are some of the products and finishes we used to create our coop.

Automatic Chicken Door — Shop Here

Gooseneck Farmhouse Barn Lights — Shop Here

Coop Windows — Shop Here

Black Window Shutters — Shop Here

Solar Motion Lights — Shop Here

Predator/Aviary Netting — Shop Here

Briarsmoke Wood Stain — Shop Here

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What came first, the chicken or the coop?

Well.... in our case the chickens definitely came first. As I am sure many people probably suffer from the temptation of the baby chicks at their local farm store, we fell victim to those sweet little chirping balls of fur and ended up with 12 baby chicks. While I do not recommend getting an animal before you have researched them, we quickly figured out that it wouldn't belong before they would need a home. I had a vision for our coop that was a mashup of several ideas I saw browsing Pinterest. I knew that I wanted something appealing to the eye, but functionality was extremely important to me. At the top of my wish list was a walk-in style coop with plenty of space where we could store things like food, treats, extra egg cartons, medicine, etc. Also on my wish list was a cabinet style nesting box space where my family could easily access the eggs without having to stand outside. My amazing fiancé built me the coop of my dreams and I am very excited to finally share the details with you!

 Our 8×10 Chicken Coop Design

We wanted our coop to be roughly 8'x10'. This would allow enough space for our walk-in portion and also have room for growth should we ever get more, you know, chicken math. We started out building our coop in our garage. Since our chicks were currently living in our indoor patio (yes I said indoor) time was of the essence. We are blessed to have a Nonna who allowed the dusty poop filled babies to roam around her indoor patio. This got old quickly, so once we had a frame up we moved them into the coop as soon as we could.

Once the frame and walls were complete we used a truck and some tie straps to drag the coop outside and with a few strong men and a crow bar we got it up on pavers. We used T1-11 for our siding and chose a basic shed style slanted roof. We had some left over roofing from when we replaced our barn roof so we went with the same black metal roof with the DripX coating to prevent condensation. One of my favorite things to do on a DIY project is to mix in sentiment. For this project, Armand made our coop door out of reclaimed barn wood from one of our old barn stalls. I love the way it turned out! I wanted the door frame to be cohesive with the reclaimed wood so I used my favorite stain, Briarsmoke to match the look. I love this stain because it gives the wood a weathered look with minimal effort.

Once we achieved the look we wanted with the door we started our paint job. It was recommended to us that we use wood stain instead of paint to prevent chipping and to extend the longevity of the color. We went with Sherwin Williams WoodScapes stain in extra white. It was difficult to get the paint on with a roller due to the texture of the T1-11 but our good friend over at Valley Finishes LLC hooked us up and came to spray the coop for us and saved us hours of time on the stain application.

Chicken Coop Flooring

As far as the interior finishes go, for the coop floor we chose an inexpensive sheet vinyl that we purchased at Home Depot. I wanted one continuous sheet so it would be super easy to clean. We just cut it to size and stapled to our plywood floor. This was a super simple installation. For the storage portion, I chose a peel and stick vinyl plank. This was also

super easy I just use a box cutter to cut them to size and just stuck them down.

Our Cabinet-Style Nesting Boxes

For our cabinet style nesting boxes we used leftover T1-11 and built a cabinet. with 4 spaces. I painted the front of the nesting boxes with a fun little design to add a special touch. We added a little wooden lip to the inside of the coop so the chickens good easily fly up to the boxes.

I found these black book boxes at Target last summer for a few dollars a piece and they make perfect nesting boxes. These are plastic and they can easily be removed and sprayed down for cleaning. We fill them with a little straw and the chickens love them!

Chicken Feed & Supply Storage

In this corner we keep our feed in this large aluminum trash can and use a little freestanding shelf for the chicken's treats, extra egg cartons and medicines. As you can tell the coop gets pretty dusty so most of the items we have in our coop can be easily wiped down.

Farmhouse Coop Windows & Lighting

Now on to the fun stuff, our exterior finishes! Our two farmhouse sconce lights were originally just for aesthetics, but now that we have electricity at our coop they look great lit up at night. Our coop windows are actually playhouse/shed windows. We chose these because they are functional, easy to install and they allow for a breeze when it gets hot in the summer. These windows are 14" x 21" and they were the perfect size for our coop but they have smaller options available. You can't hav

e these windows without the little black shutters they add the perfect touch. I see some cute little window flower boxes in our future for these tiny windows. All of our interior and exterior door hardware was purchased from Home Depot. I love to swap out my decorations and wreaths seasonally. It is so fun to decorate the coop for the holidays. I can't find the exact wreath I have now but I love this option Artificial Eucalyptus Wreath.

How We Predator-Proofed Our Chicken Run

We have slowly been adding things to our coop to fit our needs. This fall we decided to add a little floating deck to prevent mud slips. I think it made such a big impact on the overall look of the coop. Another modification we had to make was our run. As much as we wanted our chickens to free range, we had a couple losses due to hawks and ultimately decided the safest thing for our birds was to build a run. For our run we set 4x4 posts in concrete and wrapped 6ft galvanized wire fencing around.

Since these holes are fairly large, we buried 1/4" hardware mesh at the base of the fencing to prevent any predators from digging under the coop. For overhead protection we used aviary netting. The small light you see attached to the coop post is a solar powered LED motion light and it does a great job of deterring predators at night because the sudden onset of bright lighting scares them away. I highly recommend these lights we have them all around the coop and we have watched several animals run away when they kick the lights on.

 Our Automatic Chicken Door

The exact automatic door that we purchased is no longer available however I have linked a similar style above. This option is not battery operated but functions similarly. It lets the chickens out for us in the morning and all we have to do is just go out in the evening to make sure they all made it in.

I think that just about wraps up our Farmhouse Coop. I had so much fun coming up with a design for this coop and it is so rewarding to watch it come to life. Thank you for reading! I tried to include all the details but I would love to answer any questions you may have. For the best response, please direct any questions to our Coop Instagram post here: https://www.instagram.com/evergreenravine/?hl=en You can also reach out via email at evergreenravine@gmail.com If you like seeing these details you can subscribe to my blog and give us a follow on Instagram. You can also use the chat function on the website for an immediate response!

xoxo Nikki

2026 Update: What We Think 5 Years Later

It's hard to believe we've had our farmhouse coop for about five years now! After years of daily use and Ohio weather, I'm honestly surprised by how well everything has held up.

The Automatic Door — Still a Favorite

One thing we would absolutely choose again is our automatic chicken door. We still love it, and it has been one of those features that makes keeping chickens so much easier.

If I were building another coop tomorrow, an automatic door would definitely be on my must-have list.

What We'd Change: The Flooring

We actually used two different types of vinyl flooring in our coop—a continuous sheet of vinyl on the chicken side and peel-and-stick vinyl plank in the storage area. Both have held up surprisingly well, but after five years of living with both, I definitely prefer the sheet vinyl.

The peel-and-stick hasn't failed; it's simply more difficult to clean because dirt, dust and chicken mess can collect in the seams between the individual planks. If we were building the coop again, I would have carried the continuous sheet vinyl throughout the entire coop. It's one smooth surface with fewer places for mess to collect, which makes cleaning so much easier.

Everything Else? We'd Do It Again!

Other than changing the flooring, we've been incredibly happy with the coop. The design and other features have held up surprisingly well over the years.

Looking back, I love that we put so much thought into making the coop functional—not just pretty. Having dedicated storage, easy access to the nesting boxes, predator protection and an automatic door are all decisions we'd make again.

Five years later, we still love our little farmhouse coop!