While you don’t hear so much about it in some circles lately, we at Yankee Barn Homes understand many people are still concerned with the effects on the environment when building and occupying a new home; they want to be ” living green”. Therefore, we would like to explain how and why we are a [...]
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Post and Beam Living Presents: 6 Resources For Great Decor You Might Not Know!
This is the time of year I like to rejuvenate both myself and my home, by finding new and unique things going on in the world of interior design. When you live in a timber frame home, you possess a “WOW” factor that comes not only with the beautifully exposed post and beam, but also [...]
Building A Carriage House In Today’s Economy
Economic times are rough right now. None of us needs to be reminded of this fact. However, swinging to the extreme of going into “lock-down” and behaving as if it’s the end of the world is not healthy for us or the economy. So, let’s take a look at the middle, as this is often where common ground and reasonableness are found. [...]
Rehabilitated Barn Homes
In writing a recent post about barn architecture, I found my mind wandering to the subject of rehabilitated barns for human habitation. I’m extremely interested to see what others have done with older barns and how they’ve chosen to put their own personal stamp on such an iconic structure, inside and out. The barn above is actually a [...]
The Quintessential Log Cabin Home
This custom designed log cabin home sits at the southern edge of the Flathead National Forest in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. It is the epitome of the images one might conjure when thinking of a log cabin. Okay, a really nice log cabin with all the amenities, but definitely a log cabin; the western version of a New England farmhouse. It’s been a terrific experience [...]
One Super-Cute Log Cabin
Apparently, I’m into small dwellings lately. First, it was the terrific carriage house in my post The Carriage house Meets English Cottage , then it was the guest house in A Post and Beam Farmhouse-Style Guest Cottage , and now this fabulous little log cabin. It is absolutely the cat’s meow! Built in California by JR Thompson, this cabin has everything a [...]
Carriage House Lifestyle: Multi-Use Accessories
Living in a carriage house is about the lifestyle. Extrapolated out, this will eventually come to encompass the accessories or things which help us define the life we live. I’m not saying everyone has to have the same look or style, that would be narrow and boring. What I am saying is that in living in a [...]
Post and Beam Living Explores a Magnificent Real Log Home!
Having written this blog for over two and a half years, I can’t believe this is my first post on a log home, but what a way to dip my toe into this world. All I can say is WOW! This Mountain style home is a rustic, yet refined beauty. Previously when I thought of log cabins and [...]
The Carriage House Lifestyle
As I’m now well into my third year of living in a post and beam carriage house, I’ve discovered there really is something to the notion of a certain “lifestyle” when living in a building such as this. The idea of creating a smaller footprint and scaling back, while still surrounding yourself with the things you love, [...]
Barn Architecture Stands The Test of Time
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re interested in architecture, and more specifically in possibly building a post and beam barn, carriage house or timber frame home some day. If so, you’re obviously already into great architecture and the timber frame structure in particular. Well, nothing says timber frame quite like a barn. Old or recently built, the truly great ones all [...]
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Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part II
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