5 Top Trends in Floor Plans

Trends in the home industry tend to change more slowly than do trends in fashion or cars. But, eventually, design tweaks to better meet buyers’ needs do take hold. For example, formal dining rooms have become less popular in new homes over the past decade, while in-home offices are still sought after as telecommuting continues…

Southold Barn Home Kitchen

Tips for Creating Your Barn Home Kitchen

Congratulations! You’ve decided to build a Yankee Barn Home. Now you’re faced with hundreds of kitchen design options and are not sure what you want. As the hub of most households, the kitchen is an area with high emotional impact; you want it to be functional and aesthetically pleasing. If you’re confused, frustrated and overwhelmed…

Barn Homes Today: What Buyers Want

This is the time of year when those of us in the barn homes industry discover the new trends that are “hot” and decidedly “What Buyers What” when building a new home. Based on the winners of the 2013 “Best in American Living” Awards competition, presented by the national Association of Home Builders, today’s buyers…

Barn Home Kitchen Islands

Barn home kitchen islands have come a long way over the past 15 years. In the beginning, every kitchen had a peninsula with stools on one side and a work surface on the other. That was then and this is now; the peninsula is still here and thriving but The Island has evolved. A functional,…