Just a quick reminder: Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the April issue of New Hampshire Home or click here and go to their website to see our teahouse and Zen garden on the cover and our carriage house beginning on page 80. As a special heads-up to Post and Beam Living readers, check out the…
It’s official – I LOVE barns and barn homes. There’s nothing like rounding the corner or cresting a rise to catch your first sight of a home that just takes your breath away. And nothing does it for me like a majestic post and beam barn. I understand it’s an acquired taste for some, but for those of us who come…
My huband and I are still in a state of disbelief, but there it is, on newsstands and at our local stores; our teahouse and Zen garden staring back at us from the cover of New Hampshire Home magazine!! How cool is that??? And if that isn’t enough, we have an 8 page spread on both the teahouse/garden and our carriage…
Once you’ve experienced a vaulted or cathedral ceiling, there’s no going back. The open space that leads the eye upward is a guaranteed showstopper. Watch people as they first enter a room with a vaulted ceiling; they’ll immediately look up. They can’t help it as the eye is naturally pulled to the strongest elements of a room first. You…
You may already know I live in a carriage house. You may also already know I love looking through magazines and catalogs to check out new trends and the latest “must haves”. The thing I don’t find so appealing on many of these discoveries is the price tag. For example, I see a great piece of furniture done in a gorgeous French Provincial style/finish,…
Like houses, kitchens come in all sizes, and like houses, I’ve seen some spectacular large kitchens and some spectacular small kitchens. You see, when it comes to kitchens, size only matters in the cook’s eyes. I myself own and LOVE a smaller kitchen. I have plenty of storage space thanks to excellent help I received…
There’s a common misconception out there which goes something like this: “Barn homes are either old barns converted into new living spaces, or new structures built to resemble a rehabbed barn.” While both may be true, these two concepts are but two of the endless ways a “barn home” is interpreted in today’s architectural vernacular.…
This time of year is so much fun because I love to decorate. I particularly like to make something look spectacular without breaking the bank, and this year was no exception. As a matter of fact, we decided to try the “decorating on a shoe string” approach to see what we might produce. What follows…
Yankee Barn Homes and Simon Pearce Unveil the Ultimate Winter Getaway Giveaway. Yankee Barn Homes and Simon Pearce, the Vermont-based designer of hand-blown glass, handmade pottery and unique tabletop accessories, celebrate our New England backdrop with a Winter Weekend Getaway Giveaway.This contest invites fans to share their best New England-inspired holiday décor tips for a chance to…
I readily admit it; I’m a color enthusiast. When faced with the choice of using color or going with white, I’ll choose a color every time. However, this is not to mean I’m okay with what I like to call “electric techno-color” shades. I lean more toward muted tints and deeply saturated pigments. I find these tones superb compliments…
Yankee Barn Homes and Gallery on the Green, the Woodstock, VT based art gallery, cordially invite you to the Yankee Barn Homes “Gathering House” model home for an Artist for Barns art exhibit and local wine and cheese tasting. View and buy paintings or prints by 16 New England artists to help restore the “giant barn” at the historic…
When I first heard about this post and beam home being built in northern New England, I though “hmm…a timber frame bungalow, how’s that going to work?” Turns out, it works great ! The idea that timber frame homes have to be large or “barn-like” is a total myth. They can be whatever size you…