This is a story of a farmhouse named “Freedom Hill”. We’ll get to the origins of the name in part two of this post. Today, I want to relay how this Yankee Barn came to be. The homeowners always dreamed of building a post and beam and, as now happens quite often, found us on…
We have some exciting new builds going on at Yankee Barn Homes. Although the two projects featured today are at the opposite end of the spectrum size-wise, they are the perfect projects to showcase the custom capabilities of Yankee Barn Homes. A classic Victorian style barn home we call The Mill River sits lakeside in…
Small barn house plans are here! We’ve noticed how popular our barn house plans and barn home plans blog posts are, so we wanted to give those of you requesting smaller YBH house plans a post of your own. All the homes shown here are under 2650 square feet, some as small as 1142. For…
The Proctor farmhouse, a post and beam home by Yankee Barn, is looking good. Nearing completion, the homeowners have been working like crazy to complete their home in time for the summer season. It has been an amazing project to watch (see Floor Plans and Update for previous posts on this home). The homeowners have…
Yankee Barn Homes is thrilled to be featured in the latest book from Sheri Koones Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe. As the fourth book in the Prefabulous series, Sheri once again shatters the myth about the prefabricated home. In this book Ms Koones takes you from country to country, with the…
In today’s real estate market, you should definitely consider building your own YBH custom home. What many folks don’t realize is this: we can build a new home for the same price as buying a used home. Here are my Top 10 Reasons for building your own YBH custom home: 1. Complete Design Control of…
Once again we share memories of a Yankee Barn post and beam carriage house wedding. As the opening sentence implies, we’ve written about this wedding in a previous post. We revisit the occasion in greater detail in this 3-part series, as the wedding is meaningful to the Yankee Barn family. The YBH lifestyle is synonymous…
Yankee Barn post and beam clients are smart. When it comes to kitchens and kitchen products, homeowners are after easy to use, easy to care for, and a sleek appearance which complements the timber frame structure. Here are some of the top style choices now appearing in Yankee Barn kitchens. 1. WHITE CABINETS Over 50…
Yankee Barn Homes post and beam has some exciting news: We Are Now On Houzz! What is Houzz, you may ask? It is the GO TO website for all things pertaining to the home; whether you’re just browsing for inspiration or looking for a specific idea in a specific room. Houzz not only covers all…
Yankee Barn Homes continues the series Instant Room today with a look at refreshing and revitalizing a dining room using the colors of spring. As with our March instant room, A Soothing Bedroom, these boards have been selected and designed by Wendy Bircher. She will be answering questions regarding her thought process and how these…
When we last saw this post and beam farmhouse being built in Dunstable, MA, the home moved out of the drafting software stage and was becoming a reality. New England winter storms were raging, but building was occurring. Now we have photos of progress over the past month. It’s really quite amazing, both inside and…
This post and beam farmhouse is going to be a beauty. Originally presented as renderings and floor plans in a previous post, The Proctor is a barn home farmhouse designed to provide that sense of permanence and stability we all need in our home. Nothing does this better than the solid (and beautiful) post and…