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.…
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…
“The more things change, the more they stay the same” or “Charity (and comfort) begins at home”. Okay, I added the “and comfort” part, but you probably know where this post is headed. Life today is hectic; we operate in over-drive much of the time. As many of us look for a calm and soothing…
Exciting news! My favorite barn-style Yankee Barn Home, located in the Catskills of New York, is featured in this month’s issue of New York House Magazine | The Magazine for Smarter Living. Check out the online issue on New York House’s web site. The article about this house begins on page 30. To see the…
Yes, I mean WOW!! I was at the first photo shoot of this Yankee Barn Homes barn home in the Catskill Mountains several years ago. I thought it was amazing then. Little did I know what was about to be added to the back yard. The homeowner, an amazing woman with a picture-perfect eye for…
And my carriage house got the cover of the July/August issue of Residential Design & Build magazine!!! My daughters call me a bragger, but I swear to you I am not posting this entry to brag. I am just posting this announcement out of sheer excitement and I just have to share the news with…
I’m admittedly a fan of all things French so it won’t come as much of a surprise that the post & beam home featured here is one of my personal favorites. It’s actually two post & beam structures built at different times as the family and their home grew. No matter, the look of relaxed elegance…
The following is an article that recently appeared in the Nashua, NH Telegraph. It was written by our build construction supervisor, Steve Manning. Steve is the constructions operation officer at Yankee Barn Homes. To say he was invaluable would be making a huge understatement! DO YOUR RESEARCH WHEN FINDING THE RIGHT BUILDER “With spring around the corner…
Recently, I was talking to an acquaintenance about building a barn-style home and she asked, “What exactly is barn-style? Does it mean converting a barn into a house?” This question started me thinking about how best to describe barn-style. Converting an old barn into a house definitely affords the home a barn-style look, but you don’t need to begin with an…
Happy New Year! Post and Beam Living is extremely excited to announce we’re writing a book about the post and beam structure, to be published in late 2010. This picture book will help future home builders decide what styles of post and beam homes best fit their lifestyles and personal tastes. How cool is that? …
I have to admit, when I first heard I was going to be involved in a photo shoot for a new barn home filled with all kinds of technological wizardry, I wasn’t overly excited as technology is not my thing. However upon meeting the home owners (two PhDs in mathematics who…
Whenever it nears the holidays, thoughts turn to fond memories of the season. “Over the river and through the woods” brings on a whole new meaning when the house at the end of the journey is a gorgeous salt-box post and beam barn home. This salt-box style post and beam was specifically built to fit…