This is just the type of day a Yankee Barn post and beam carriage house is made to host. Last week we saw the home function as Wedding Prep Central. Today, we’ll witness how well a great barn home can work for a wedding. From the time this home was built, Kirsten (whose parents live…
At Yankee Barn Homes, it’s our business to KNOW what buyers want. We thought you might find it interesting to learn what we’ve discovered regarding this all important topic. As it turns out, people building Yankee Barn homes do not want “just a basic box”. In fact, customized details are a must-have, as they make…
Yankee Barn Homes is thrilled to announce a seven page spread in the current issue of Timber Home Living. The carriage house, named The Bennington, was originally designed five years ago and remains a very popular design for Yankee Barn today. It is an iconic interpretation of the New England Victorian era barn, a style…
This will be the final post in the series on our most popular barn house style floor plan, The Gathering House. Having already covered the Exteriors, the Great Rooms, and the Breakfast Nooks, our final post on this versatile floor plan will feature the master bath of the original Gathering House, the Arts & Crafts…
Welcome back to our third installment of One barn House, 3 Unique Interpretations. Today we’ll take a look at the breakfast rooms of these three home, each located just off the kitchen, also connecting through to the great room. Our previous two posts on these houses may be viewed by the links EXTERIORS and GREAT…
With both barns and barn homes, we accept red as the iconic color, but have you ever considered the black barn? Originally more common in Europe, black barns and barn homes have become increasingly popular here in the U.S. It just so happens, Yankee Barn Homes is currently working on a contemporary barn home called Oyster…
Over the next four weeks I plan to explore one of Yankee Barn Homes’ most popular barn house designs, The Gathering House. The original design for this house was created more than 10 years ago and since that time, this plan has been used more than any other of our house plans. This is not…
Now here’s a great idea: present a selection of barn house plans all in one place and include renderings, photos, and floor plans for each home. Why haven’t I done this before? I have no good answer to this question, but I promise to rectify the situation here and now. These structures have been designed…
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…
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…