Passive Solar Design at Yankee Barn Homes
Notwithstanding its name, passive solar design does mean you’re actively harnessing the sun’s energy to a home’s advantage.
Notwithstanding its name, passive solar design does mean you’re actively harnessing the sun’s energy to a home’s advantage.
Last week we featured a partial post and beam single level plan called The Morton. This week we kick it up a notch with a full post and beam single level contemporary barn home plan, The Lexington.
Recently featured on our blog as an in-design project, small barn house Walden Pond is now up and nearing enclosure. This design is a perfect combination of classic barn style and a floor plan to suit various lifestyles, from those just starting out to many who are now opting to age-in-place.
Barn house staircases are probably not the first feature that comes to mind when considering how and where to save money when building a home. And, you’d be right, the staircase is not a huge cost factor when building, but the different types of staircases do come with differing price tags. This article will help you discern which climb best suits your needs…
Barn house does not necessarily mean “ traditional barn style home”. In the world of Yankee Barn Homes, the appearance of a home may be in just about any architectural style the client wishes. For example The Alexandria has a farmhouse presence due to a long porch on the gable end that wraps around the…
Yankee Barn springs into the build season with a busy home show and workshop calendar. We just participated in a successful home exposition, The Log and Timber Show, held in Marlborough, MA. The guys in the shop worked with our Business Development Director, Kerri White, and came up with a great display…