On a plateau in the Missouri Ozarks, an 1880’s barn named Storybook has a reputation for catching eyes and galvanizing the senses of all who step through its open doors.
Lined with native red cedar, Storybook’s interior provides a vaulted sphere of scented space. Like an invisible elixir, the scent tends to brighten the eyes and quicken the senses.
Lined with native red cedar, Storybook’s interior provides a vaulted sphere of scented space. Like an invisible elixir, the scent tends to brighten the eyes and quicken the senses.
The lofts of Storybook give rise to the sound of footsteps on creaky floors and guests who delight in hearing the wind gusting about the weathered cedar shake roof.
Roused, too, is the desire to touch the past in its current form. Fingers brush along rough beams, rails, and doors. A pair of pine doors, nine feet tall and nine feet wide, centers the back wall of the barn.
Each door has twenty panes of old wavy glass, forty in all, through which warm sunlight floods the interior. Right next to the towering doors, a small plaque rests upon the wall:
“Be an Opener of Doors”
— R. W. Emerson
The pithy quote gives pause to guests, who mull over the line’s collective meaning.
At Storybook, we love to open doors and invite people into our 140-year old dairy barn. Where milk-cows once stood, in stanchions clamped, wedding guests and prom dates now dance to rhythmic
tunes filling the place of days gone by.
Storybook’s interior of rough-cut oak and swaying beams evokes images of nineteenth-century settlers who eked out a way of life on the windswept Missouri plain. In structures lit by window pane and candlewick, they came to grips with sparsity and the utter necessity of hard work.
From their pioneering work, a sense of worth arose that offered its own reward. This lasting legacy undergirds the mission and ethos of Storybook.
Storybook is more than a venue in a popular area of venues; it’s a place where stories of worth are woven into time.
Two words, aspirational and inspirational, guide all that takes place at Storybook. The words live on in the scented sphere of Storybook, as a tiny plaque beckons all to “be an opener of doors.”
Events at Storybook
Weddings and Receptions
Storybook is one of the most unique, affordable, and charming venues in the Ozarks.
Proms
Dancing, dining, firepit, pavilion all in a perfect Storybook setting.
Reunions and Celebrations
They’re definitely in at Storybook!
Holiday parties
Storybook is oh-so-festive!
Corporate Gatherings, Day Conferences
Storybook’s aspirational
and inspirational setting
is ideal.
Ensembles, Recitals, the Arts
Let the arts thrive at
Storybook!
Fundraisers for nonprofits
Storybook was created
with nonprofits in mind.
Day Retreats
Everyone could do with some contemplative time at Storybook.
Info & Pricing
Storybook Barn has tables & chairs, sound system, WiFi, 60” TV, variety of decor items. Two lofts with solid wood tables & chairs. Also a bistro section with four, 30” round tables plus three 10’ split pine live edge tables.
The Outdoor covered pavilion (30’ circle) for outdoor events has bench seating for 100 with additional chairs available, fire-pit, stone cottage and a very cool functional silo,catering kitchen, H/VAC.
Lots of beautiful garden areas for yard game, plenty of parking, lights,wheelchair accessible
Come to the historic 1880’s former dairy barn! Now, Storybook Barn.
Prices range between $600 – $4,500
50% deposit to hold the date.
Balance due 30-days prior to the Event date
Contact Storybook today!
Call Us
417-848-2821
Email Us
Info@storybookbarnmo.com