The barn house at Oyster Shores is flying along. Seriously, I just wrote a post about our new Yankee Barn Home showing photos of the build site and the beginnings of a frame. I’m back to this home so quickly because more pictures have since come in and the home is that much closer to…
Building a post and beam home can be daunting. Heck, building any home can be daunting! It is always a good idea to have a “wish list”; the personal requirements and desires you’re looking for in a home. Along with that list, compile a hard copy folder and/or an electronic file of home features you…
The Beacon Carriage House is now in it’s final stages of exterior completion. Continuing through the rain and snow of this Connecticut winter, Yankee Barn Homes and the build team have soldiered on and the building displays all their hard work. The Beacon Carriage House Yankee Barn Homes Director of Architectural Engineering, Chris Sevingy,…
In this day and age, creating a barn home pantry is a “must”. As our grocery purchasing habits move more and more to buying in bulk, and our busy schedules require a focused approach to shopping in general, having a place to store our goods is a necessity. Few of us have the time to…
The barn house at Oyster Shores is moving along quickly. If you are unfamiliar with our most recent build project, please see this link for an introduction and floor plan information. Since the first post when Yankee Barn Homes introduced this new expression in barn home design, a great deal of work has already been…
The interior photos of our Yankee Barn Shingle Style home in The Hamptons are here! For the first time, we have shots of the inside of this spectacular house in East Hampton, NY. While not yet completely furnished, it doesn’t matter as the structure has major personality. Actually, I like seeing the house without all…
As a nice change of pace, today you’ll hear from the wonderful team at Yankee Barn Homes as they tell you, in their own words, which house is their favorite, and why. These are the folks who “eat, sleep and breath” all that is Yankee Barn Homes five days a week. They know what they’re…
This is the time of year when those of us in the barn homes industry discover the new trends that are “hot” and decidedly “What Buyers What” when building a new home. Based on the winners of the 2013 “Best in American Living” Awards competition, presented by the national Association of Home Builders, today’s buyers…
When planning your barn house, or any house, be sure to consider the best way to completely utilize the third bedroom (or office space). Should you be an empty nester and into a smaller home, it could be your only guest room, but that’s okay, too. The point is to make the room work for…
Our Yankee Barn Homes shingle style in East Hampton, NY has come along beautifully since we last saw it in a December, 2012 post A Yankee Barn Shingle Style Moves Forward(complete with floor plans). this house is stunning, but wait until you see the interior spaces! Since posting the first article on this Yankee…
Once your barn home ideas and plans are underway, sooner or later the time will arrive when you’ll need to consider lighting. Track lighting, mood lighting, accent lighting, and if you have lofted spaces, the all important chandelier. Quite possibly, you’ll need more than one chandelier depending on the spaces you’ll be lighting. Yankee Barn…
When considering Yankee Barn Homes, some may automatically envision a New England barn look. While this is certainly one of the styles in which we can build, it is far from the only style we can and have created. Today, I’d like to take a look at a few of the homes YBH has done…