My husband is a carpenter too. I showed him the mid-life crisis coop and told him that is what I wanted. He thought about it for about 2 - 3 weeks and surprised me with this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/...eg&setName=&urlSlug=new-member-in-kansas-city
We most of the material is refurbished. We have stores near us called Restore that people donate their old or extra cabinets, wood, flooring, windows, lighting. He made the shingles from a job he did, it was old panelling or beadboard the owner had up. A lot of it is actually brand new - like the roofing shingles. We also have a chandler inside and he painted a blue sky with clouds in the ceiling. The outside pen is PVC tubing. Originally we had netting over it, but it wasn't predator proof. Now we have hardware cloth. We are originally from the New England, so he wanted to bring a New England style coop to the midwest,