All sorts of things are happening at Yankee Barn Homes these days; not the least of which are all the new build-projects. Carriage houses, barn homes, an English cottage, and a business organization’s lodge style retreat, to name but a few. Oh, and did I mention there’s a complete remodel taking place at the Yankee…
One of the best features about building a Yankee Barn Homes post and beam cottage is the amazing amount of leeway clients may take with a given floor plan. The following two cottages, which have already been built by Yankee Barn, are excellent examples of the same basic plan conceptualized in two different ways. This…
From the first post entry on this barn home, Yankee Barn Homes in The Hamptons, through several other posts on the progress of the home, this post is what we’ve been waiting for: the professionally photographed pictures of this stunning contemporary barn home. Jeffery Rosen, both architectural designer and interior decorator for this project, has…
Whether it’s horse back riding in the summer months or skiing and snowshoeing during the winter months, this active family decided a barn house from Yankee Barn Homes would suit their leisure time lifestyle perfectly. Nestled in the mountains of New England, the simple post and beam barn style home allows the family plenty of…
The last time we saw this East Hampton English Cottage, it was just beginning to reveal itself. Quaint stucco exteriors and large Tudor style brick fireplaces were major hints. Several months later this wonderful cottage reveals more of it’s secrets as it moves swiftly toward completion. The exterior is close to finished, including the pool…
My most recent post was on the Yankee Barn Homes contemporary barn-style farmhouse, located in East Hampton, NY. I never thought the professionally taken photographs would begin to come in so soon after posting on this house. Guess what? I could not have been more wrong! These exterior photos are so clean and clear, at…
Whether the edge of the body of water is a lake, a pond, the ocean, a stream or pool; it doesn’t really matter. When it comes to siting a post & beam home, the water’s edge makes a dynamite choice. Over the years, Yankee Barn Homes has designed and built quite a few houses on…
As summer approaches and thoughts turn to outdoor living, Yankee Barn home has the ideal location; lakeside. Upon approaching the home you might think you’re seeing a farm house style home, but the lake glimmering off in the distance suggests there’s more than meets the eye to this house. [toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”The Exterior” hide=”yes”…
My first blog entry for Post and Beam Living was titled: Building the Post and Beam Dream. Nearly four years into living in our Yankee Barn Homes carriage house, the dream has not lessened one bit. For my husband and me – a pair of empty nesters – living in such a beautiful structure has…
Single level vs multilevel living in a Yankee Barn home is an important topic to cover, as now and again clients suggest the desire to design a single level post and beam home. Many times it’s because they feel a need to plan for the future. A major concern is “someday we may not want…
Yankee Barn Homes: five suggestions to lower building costs are presented in this article. Post and Beam homes are expected to cost more than a 2×4 “stick built” home. The reasons for this are many and varied; however, the main ones have to do with the cost of a high quality timber frame (opposed to…
Guidelines for the exterior appearance of Yankee Barn Homes are presented in this post. They are suggestions based on what my husband and I found useful when building our own post and beam dream. I would have loved to have seen something such as this article when we were in the design process. An image…