I wrote a post on this barn style home three months ago; Yankee Barn Homes Open House in East Hampton, New York (to see the interior of this home, please click the link). At that time the house had just been completed inside and the exterior landscaping was underway. Now it’s almost July and the wait is over. The exterior is finished…
This post and beam farmhouse by Yankee Barn Homes is the latest surprise here at Post and Beam Living. I would have sworn is was an eighteenth century building remodeled, except I happen to know when it was built – two years ago! The exterior of the home is beautifully landscaped. Rock retaining walls and gardens are…
A Post and Beam Farmhouse Style Guest Cottage has followed me around for several years now. It was the first post and beam cottage I’d ever seen and I took an immediate liking to it. Nothing has changed over the intervening years as it remains one of my most favorite, even though others have come…
My family is originally from Vermont and, other than college, I’ve never lived farther than the boundaries of New England, so I have a true affinity for the architecture of the Northeast. Particularly this house and carriage house, as it just so happens to be located within 15 miles of where I grew up. No, I am not related to, nor do…
Some readers of this blog may already know I have extensive gardens at my carriage house. I definitely spent as much time planning them as I did planning the carriage house itself. Some of my past musings have dealt with my gardens, such as How Does Your Garden Grow? , My Carriage House Gardens: The Zen Garden , and My…
It’s finally here – Spring In New England. It arrives later than in most places and, honestly, I’m just beginning to see the ground around my yard. No joke, there’s still a lot of snow here, which I seem to measure daily. Apparently my thinking is that in doing so, it might actually melt more quickly. Ha! …
It’s official – I LOVE barns and barn homes. There’s nothing like rounding the corner or cresting a rise to catch your first sight of a home that just takes your breath away. And nothing does it for me like a majestic post and beam barn. I understand it’s an acquired taste for some, but for those of us who come…
My huband and I are still in a state of disbelief, but there it is, on newsstands and at our local stores; our teahouse and Zen garden staring back at us from the cover of New Hampshire Home magazine!! How cool is that??? And if that isn’t enough, we have an 8 page spread on both the teahouse/garden and our carriage…
Once you’ve experienced a vaulted or cathedral ceiling, there’s no going back. The open space that leads the eye upward is a guaranteed showstopper. Watch people as they first enter a room with a vaulted ceiling; they’ll immediately look up. They can’t help it as the eye is naturally pulled to the strongest elements of a room first. You…
You may already know I live in a carriage house. You may also already know I love looking through magazines and catalogs to check out new trends and the latest “must haves”. The thing I don’t find so appealing on many of these discoveries is the price tag. For example, I see a great piece of furniture done in a gorgeous French Provincial style/finish,…
There’s a common misconception out there which goes something like this: “Barn homes are either old barns converted into new living spaces, or new structures built to resemble a rehabbed barn.” While both may be true, these two concepts are but two of the endless ways a “barn home” is interpreted in today’s architectural vernacular.…
This time of year is so much fun because I love to decorate. I particularly like to make something look spectacular without breaking the bank, and this year was no exception. As a matter of fact, we decided to try the “decorating on a shoe string” approach to see what we might produce. What follows…