This is a story of a farmhouse named “Freedom Hill”. We’ll get to the origins of the name in part two of this post. Today, I want to relay how this Yankee Barn came to be. The homeowners always dreamed of building a post and beam and, as now happens quite often, found us on…
The cupola is one of those architectural features some may think of as an “ornament” or an add-on. Well, at Yankee Barn Homes not only do we love the idea of the cupola, we design and create them like no other post and beam company. Seriously, we’re the only post and beam company out there that…
We have some exciting new builds going on at Yankee Barn Homes. Although the two projects featured today are at the opposite end of the spectrum size-wise, they are the perfect projects to showcase the custom capabilities of Yankee Barn Homes. A classic Victorian style barn home we call The Mill River sits lakeside in…
Small barn house plans are here! We’ve noticed how popular our barn house plans and barn home plans blog posts are, so we wanted to give those of you requesting smaller YBH house plans a post of your own. All the homes shown here are under 2650 square feet, some as small as 1142. For…
This classic barn house in the hills of New Hampshire is a beauty; there’s just no other way to put it. When we last saw the Grantham Lakehouse, I focused on the classic shape and style of the barn home as Yankee Barn ventures back to it’s roots in designing today’s classic barn home. This…
The Proctor farmhouse, a post and beam home by Yankee Barn, is looking good. Nearing completion, the homeowners have been working like crazy to complete their home in time for the summer season. It has been an amazing project to watch (see Floor Plans and Update for previous posts on this home). The homeowners have…
Yankee Barn Homes is thrilled to be featured in the latest book from Sheri Koones Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe. As the fourth book in the Prefabulous series, Sheri once again shatters the myth about the prefabricated home. In this book Ms Koones takes you from country to country, with the…
The barn loft is a perfect space for kids. At Yankee Barn Homes, we’ve seen our clients utilize the loft space in a number of creative ways to incorporate a space meant solely for the kids, be they children or grandchildren. For those of us lucky enough to have been able to play in and…
The barn home is a special creature. It has major character and interest due to the added hues and textures of the exposed post and beam frame. Color on the walls becomes all the more important when considering how to best accentuate and highlight your barn home interior. Jeffrey Rosen, Creative Director for Yankee Barn…
Great Idea Part II: more barn home plans! We’ve had such success with our first post, Barn House Plans, we’re back at it with more great barn homes including renderings, floor plans and in some cases, the finished product. The beauty of Yankee Barn Homes’ business model is this: if you love a plan but…
When building your dream barn home you take every detail into account. No one knows this better than the Westchester, NY couple who built their home away from home using houses they’d seen in the Rocky Mountains as a spring board. The couple also loved the rural barn architecture of the Catskills; so much so,…
In today’s real estate market, you should definitely consider building your own YBH custom home. What many folks don’t realize is this: we can build a new home for the same price as buying a used home. Here are my Top 10 Reasons for building your own YBH custom home: 1. Complete Design Control of…