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…
Regular followers of PostandBeamLiving.com may recall that our own “Beambabe” did a post back in February called 6 Great Photo Books for Post & Beam Homes. This is somewhat of a Part 2 to that post. Regular PostandBeamLiving.com followers may also recall that Beambabe is co-authoring a book about post and beam / timber…
Not long ago I was involved with the interior redecorating project of a post & beam home. It was all about aesthetics as the structure itself was totally sound. Post & beam to a decorator is what a blank canvas is to a painter: the end product is limited only by the imagination. Any style…
A timber frame barn home is unique in that its interior is all about the frame (those gorgeous posts and beams), therefore showing it off is a must. But it’s not the only part of a barn home that should make a statement. The exterior is the first impression your home will make and it should be…
While everyone out there does not have the same tastes, there are certain lighting companies no one can argue against and I’m here to lead you to them. Whether your taste is modern, rustic, classic or eclectic; if you live in a post and beam home (or even if you don’t), you will not go wrong using any of these…
I watched this barn go up. azithromycin online purchase It was an amazing thing to see the process from start to finish, and I kid you not, this barn was built in fourteen days. The owner is a gentlemen farmer and needed housing for his sheep and he needed it NOW. So that’s what he…
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…
I’ve promised to keep you in the loop about how things are going here in my new timber frame carriage house. Although it may sound cliché, my husband and I truly are living the post and beam dream. We love this house! In my posts My Outdoor Shower Kicks Butt!! and My Carriage House Gardens: The Patio Garden, I…
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…
There’s nothing I love more than flipping through magazines and books looking at gorgeous homes. When I was building my house, photos from books and magazines were my primary inspiration in designing our Victorian carriage house. Now that the housing market has begun its rebound, I’m beginning to consider ideas for the main house (to…
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. An exterior shot of the recently built post and beam barn home.…