What Drives Cost at Yankee Barn Homes
Post and Beam Living recently sat down with Kerri Terwilliger, Design Project Manager at Yankee Barn Homes, to discuss what drives cost when building a Yankee Barn.
Small Barn House Plans are all the Rage
Yankee Barn Homes has seen an uptick in clients wanting to downsize without forfeiting the perks and luxuries of larger homes. Two of our most recent examples are The Downing and The Dunbar Hill Cottage.
The First of 3 New Barn Houses from 1 Existing Plan
…potential clients have seen one of our home plans and love it, but need it to be smaller, larger, or in a completely different configuration. NO PROBLEM; YBH does this all the time! Our newest design, The Norwich Barn Home, is a perfect example. Based on The Hartford, the Norwich is …
Post and Beam Living’s Top 5 Posts – Chosen By You!
Post and Beam Living closes out the year 2015 with a look back at our most popular articles chosen by you, our readers. There seems to be a theme in the articles you were consistently interested in reading – smaller Yankee Barn homes and single story living options. Take a look at what you loved in 2015 and plan your 2016!
A Barn House Re Envisioned
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…
New Contemporary Barn Home: Tisbury Barn
Our newest contemporary barn home picks up the evolution of our successful model, Laurel Hollow. Yankee Barn Homes’ Creative Director Jeffrey Rosen designed both, with an updated open concept floor plan for The Tisbury Barn. Coming in at 2983 square feet, the key element in this design is…
Age In Place: The Cooperstown Farmhouse
Age in place is a top priority with many clients building with Yankee Barn Homes. While clients want a lovely home that serves many purposes, the one feature we see requested time and again is the ability for the home to accommodate the age in place process. Our latest design, The Cooperstown, is a 3030 sq ft farmhouse style post and beam does just this, and more…
The Bennington Carriage House: 6 Years Later
I live in The Bennington Carriage House. Full disclosure, I’m BeamBabe. Seven years ago my husband and I designed The Bennington Carriage House with the help of the talented staff at Yankee Barn Homes. I did not work for Yankee Barn at the time (that came later). Today I want to talk about what it’s like to actually live in a Yankee Barn, 6 years and counting…
New Barn Houses: The Southold
Barn houses hold great appeal with many people who decide to build a new home. The ability to have exactly what you want, exactly how and where you want it is a wonderful thing that’s pretty much unique to a post and beam home. Due to the structural support of the frame, the floor plan may be designed in just about any configuration…