The Proctor farmhouse, a post and beam home by Yankee Barn, is looking good. Nearing completion, the homeowners have been working like crazy to complete their home in time for the summer season. It has been an amazing project to watch (see Floor Plans and Update for previous posts on this home). The homeowners have…
Yankee Barn Homes is thrilled to be featured in the latest book from Sheri Koones Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe. As the fourth book in the Prefabulous series, Sheri once again shatters the myth about the prefabricated home. In this book Ms Koones takes you from country to country, with the…
This post and beam pavilion is ready to take center stage as the summer season will soon be upon us. Set adjacent to a gorgeous Yankee Barn in the Catskills of New York, the tiered patios, pool and pavilion – complete with a summer kitchen – combine to create a backyard playground for young and…
The barn loft is a perfect space for kids. At Yankee Barn Homes, we’ve seen our clients utilize the loft space in a number of creative ways to incorporate a space meant solely for the kids, be they children or grandchildren. For those of us lucky enough to have been able to play in and…
The barn home is a special creature. It has major character and interest due to the added hues and textures of the exposed post and beam frame. Color on the walls becomes all the more important when considering how to best accentuate and highlight your barn home interior. Jeffrey Rosen, Creative Director for Yankee Barn…
Great Idea Part II: more barn home plans! We’ve had such success with our first post, Barn House Plans, we’re back at it with more great barn homes including renderings, floor plans and in some cases, the finished product. The beauty of Yankee Barn Homes’ business model is this: if you love a plan but…
When building your dream barn home you take every detail into account. No one knows this better than the Westchester, NY couple who built their home away from home using houses they’d seen in the Rocky Mountains as a spring board. The couple also loved the rural barn architecture of the Catskills; so much so,…
In today’s real estate market, you should definitely consider building your own YBH custom home. What many folks don’t realize is this: we can build a new home for the same price as buying a used home. Here are my Top 10 Reasons for building your own YBH custom home: 1. Complete Design Control of…
Our newest barn home, The Grantham Lakehouse, is a custom design which takes us back to our 40 year old roots. Barns and barn imagery are strong architectural influences, particularly in the New England market. The simplicity of form is not only appealing to the eye, but economic to build. The Grantham Lakehouse is a…
Pardon my reference to the Wizard of Oz, but I wanted to talk about the differences between the various building systems of our home construction process. The Prefabricated or “Prefab” term is used to define any construction which assembles sections of a home. The prefab definition can be further broken down between Manufactured, Modular and…
Yankee Barn Homes will be displaying at the 2014 New England Home Show located at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, MA this weekend, Feb 21-23 at booth #634. Be sure to mark your calendars and join us. Not only does Yankee Barn Homes have an impressive array of photos, floor plans and information,…
Yankee Barn Homes is sponsoring COVER’s annual Benefit Concert featuring Keb’ Mo’ on Wednesday, March 19th at 7:30 at the Lebanon Opera House. Winner of three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Keb’ Mo’ is a proven champion of blues in the 21st century. Hope you join us for this terrific event, tickets are…