There is no place like The Hamptons. Others are just as nice, but they are not the same. While it’s a given this place has some of the best shingle style architecture, there are other architectural styles, such as 20th Century Dutch Colonial and great barns, also worth noting. While researching my first post on this topic Classic Hamptons Architecture: Shingle Style At its Best , I built up such a large folder on homes and barns, I vowed to return to this subject. Every time I look at these pictures, I fall in love all over again. If you’re considering building a post and beam structure in the future, albeit a home or a barn, you can’t go wrong by searching out ideas in the looks and styles of these buildings. 
Details, details, details…don’t forget them when planing your new home. They make all the difference; get them right and your home will really stand out from the crowd. 
The home above is an excellent example of getting the details right and taking a cute seaside cottage from “run-of-the-mill” to classic shingle style. The details employed to make this difference include the eyebrow dormer window, the flair at the base of the exterior front walls, the over-hang along the front gable end wall, the contrasting white bump-out bay window on the right of the home, the recessed front door, and the curved indent of the upper recessed bay window. All unified by weathered shingles. Super! 
Oh my, how I love this carriage house! If I hadn’t gone with the Vermont vernacular Victorian style of carriage house, I would have gone with the Shingle Style option. From the cupola to the over hang on the full dormer, to those fabulous swinging barn doors, I’m in love! And how about that unique covered porch feature on the left – it totally works! 
The early 20th Century Dutch Colonial Style never fails to bring a smile to my face. I grew up in eastern New York State where this style abounds ( think The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the architecture of Tarrytown, NY). To this day, a gambrel roof line and those porches with large round columns suck me in every time. For example… 
…or this. 
The gambrel roof also affords a spectacular interior look.
Now for the barns; I do not want to forget them as they are probably the most near and dear to this post and beam girl’s heart. The Hamptons have some stellar examples of the oft-overlooked barn. While others are ogling the mansions, I’m fawning over the barns. Some have been restored and/or converted into homes and some stand just as they did when originally built. Either way, they are all beautiful! 
The barn pictured above is one of my favorites. The twelve-over-twelve windows, the stone wall, the hazy sun on a winter’s day and that crazy-cool feature on the roof-line; fantastic! 
I am such a fan of the sliding barn door right now.
While not a YBH structure, the barn home above looked so much like one, I did a double take upon seeing it!
Super Exciting News: Yankee Barn Homes is in the process of designing and building three new barn homes in The Hamptons, so I will definitely revisit this topic again in the future. I Can Not Wait!
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