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…
Let’s face it, building barn homes is a niche of a niche. How do we stay not only competitive, but at the top of the post and beam industry? Glad you asked!
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!
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…
Prefab homes used to bring to mind images of homes that were, shall we say, less than grand. But that was then. Today, Yankee Barn Homes panelized construction system produces beautiful homes with superior energy efficiency. Prefabrication has come a l-o-n-g way since the 1960s and YBH is at the forefront of the panelized build movement. Common wisdom on prefab homes is this: they are higher quality, more sustainable than stick-built, and…
The Mill River barn has been completed. We first saw this Neo-Victorian barn home under construction early last year summer. Since then it has been completed and the homeowners have moved in. At 1,764 square feet, this small Yankee Barn neither lives nor feels small. The Mill River Barn is a reconfiguration of The Bennington Carriage House to a…
Yankee Barn Controller, Grace Kemp, is a busy person. As you’ll see in this piece, Grace has many responsibilities at Yankee Barn Homes and, I can attest, she handles them seamlessly. We recently sat down with Grace to find out a bit more about her. Here she is in her own words…
Barn house plans continue to be all the rage. While we’re partial to the style, we’re definitely not overstating this fact. All one needs do is look at home decor magazines and it’s guaranteed there will be a barn style home featured within the pages. The barn house is a classic American home allowing design in a number of style iterations including…
Barn home plans are a hot commodity in our Yankee Barn post and beam world, and none are looking more beautiful than The Cabot. Currently being built on a gorgeous mountain view lot, the barn style home is…
Post and beam additions may not seem as exciting as our post and beam homes, but Fieldview will quickly change that perception. In our first article on Fieldview we featured renderings and floor plans of the mundane 1980s home and the vision YBH Creative Director, Jeffrey Rosen, had for the addition. Today we’ll show you how far those plans have come…
Lighting; we all need it. When it comes to building your Yankee Barn home, you’ll be a step ahead of the game if you know where you’ll need lighting and what type of lighting suits your taste and the space. The choices in lighting are endless, so take some time to think about your layout and how you want it lighted…
he Barnstable, a coastal New England barn style home, was inspired by Yankee Barn‘s very own Oyster Shores. Our newest barn style home design works well for a coastal site as it meets stringent height requirements while maintaining a true barn home essence….