silver tsunami

Bring Light and Space to Your Downsize Yankee Barn Design

Building & DesignBy Holly Ostrander March 5, 2020 2 Comments

Downsize is a trending buzzword in today’s home-building lexicon for good reason. Currently estimated at 73 million and growing, Baby Boomers, a.k.a., the silver tsunami, are buying and building smaller homes. Gone are the four to five bedroom homes of their prior life. Replacing them are smaller homes designed for the way Boomers live today.…

Empty Nest, Full Life

Barn HomesBy Holly Ostrander August 23, 2018

The Baby Boomer generation continues to grow. Today, 15% of Americans are empty nesters. The silver tsunami is real. Many of us riding the big wave have arrived at the down scale stage. We’re clearing out the clutter and realizing we don’t need 4-5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms any longer. We have found Nora Ephron’s…