Barn Homes and More
Like fingerprints, every home is different…
Yankee Barn Custom Designs Your Home Your Way
With 49 years building custom designs under our belt, we have discovered a few things about the importance of…
Not Just Barn Style Homes Anymore!
At Yankee Barn Homes we often hear the phrase “I thought you only build barn style homes”. The reality couldn’t be farther from the truth; we build in many architectural styles…
Cottage Style Yankee Barn: Mansfield Hollow
Cottage style is one which may be interpreted in a number of iterations. At Yankee Barn Homes a cottage may be stucco, clapboard, shingled, ship-lap, board and baton, stone or any combination of these. As a custom design/build firm, we cater to the vision of each client. When you see a home built by Yankee…
Menemsha Cottage – The Latest from Designer Jeffrey Rosen
The Menemsha Cottage, Yankee Barn’s latest design, comes from the creative mind of our very own Jeffrey Rosen. Meant to evoke the coastal cottages of Martha’s Vineyard, the home will appear as a smaller two-story shingled cottage that has weathered the island seasons. The look of the…
Barn Home Building Is BRISK at Yankee Barn!
Barn home building at Yankee Barn Homes is flourishing! Please understand when I use the term “barn home”, I don’t mean only homes in the barn style; Yankee Barn builds in many styles and types of homes/additions. We’ve got projects going in Ontario, Canada, East Hampton, Martha’s Vineyard, Newport, RI, Naples, ME and Dover, MA.…
Creating a Barn Home Pantry
In this day and age, creating a barn home pantry is a “must”. As our grocery purchasing habits move more and more to buying in bulk, and our busy schedules require a focused approach to shopping in general, having a place to store our goods is a necessity. Few of us have the time to…
Post and Beam Floor Plans That Work!
Each of the following post and beam floor plans are from Yankee Barn Homes, and are recommended here because they have been proven to work. Each one allows for unrestricted traffic flow and an efficient means to get from public to private spaces easily and succinctly. However, they are all unique in their design and…
The Face of Post and Beam
Post and beam is a building term both familiar and mysterious. Some hear the phrase and think of a rustic, mountain-lodge style, while others think industrial, such as turn of the 19th Century mill buildings. Still others may think of a barn. It turns out all of these thoughts are correct, and then some. This…
Barn Houses Are Not Log Homes
Many see the term “barn houses” and “post and beam” or “timber frame” and think: log home living. This is actually not the case. Log homes tend to be more rustic with a very large amount of wood exposed on the interior. Post and beam homes expose the timber structure on the interior where and…
Barn Houses Plus Crown Point Cabinetry Equal Gorgeous Kitchens
Barn houses plus Crown Point Cabinetry work together in complete harmony. The very idea of a Yankee Barn post and beam structure begs for a certain type of kitchen; one which is simply gorgeous. Nothing with too many frills attached; simple, yet elegant, is the rule of thumb here. This is not to say these…
WOW! Our Barn House English Cottage Interior Photos
We have chronicled our barn house English Cottage since it began this past winter, and now we have finally reached the completion of this beautiful post and beam home, located in East Hampton, NY. The wait was most definitely worth it. From the amazing kitchen to the lofted family room, every space you see will…