Small barn home The Old French Carriage House is going to be beautiful. We can pretty much guarantee this statement; here’s why. It’s patterned after one of our most popular carriage house designs, The Bennington. Look at the renderings and you’ll see the resemblance. The Old French Carriage House is the 2.0 version of The Bennington; currently in-process for a site on Martha’s Vineyard.
Small Barn Home Appeal
Post and Beam Living recently posted the article Upscale Living in Smaller Homes. The Old French Carriage House will be a perfect example of how YBH creates the small barn home, utilizing smart design. There is no wasted space in this 1,235-square foot house but there is plenty of gorgeous post and beam architecture and natural light. The barn home has several small bump-outs which minimally increase square footage while creating a unique configuration of the original design. The Bennington’s attached shed becomes incorporated into the interior space as an office in The Old French Carriage House design. The laundry/utility room is a bump-out to gain more garage space and a working door to the back of the house. On the upper level the layout is like The Bennington, though the kitchen layout has been modified slightly.
The Carriage House Explained
A Yankee Barn Carriage House combines elegant, energy-efficient living quarters of a barn home with garage space in a single structure. The first floor of a Yankee Barn Carriage House is generally used for vehicle storage. The primary living quarters are located on the second floor. Many clients find that a Yankee Barn Carriage House provides the perfect solution for a vacation home, guest house, in-law apartment or boat house. Some carriage houses look like classic American barns while others are designed to look like Victorian carriage barns.
*Read more about the components of a Yankee Barn Carriage House.
