In my most recent post, Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part I, I began a recounting of events which took place over the summer of 2010 in and around our Yankee Barn Homes carriage house. I quickly discovered there was too much to tell in one post. Here is Part [...]
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Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer Of 2010 Part I
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 [...]
Holiday Decorating Ideas: Part II
As promised in last week’s holiday decorations post Holiday Decorating Ideas From Post & Beam Living, this post is going to focus on holiday decorating for rooms as well as exteriors. Here, my love of “rustic elegance” expands to include the classic and traditional looks of the season. The picture above is classic. A gorgeous post and beam sets the mood beautifully. Add [...]
A Shed and Garage Redux
This has got to be one of the smartest makeovers I’ve seen in quite some time and, even better, it involves a rundown garage, a shed and post and beam to the rescue. SCENARIO:You love a certain area; in this case Jamestown, RI which sits on Narragansett Bay facing Newport, RI. However your pocketbook does not love the price of owning a primary or vacation [...]
Update On The East Hampton Barn Home
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 [...]
A Post and Beam Pool House in New Jersey
As stated in a recent post This Gentleman’s Farm Is A Timber Frame Work of Art I promised to return to this property because the pool house is worth a post unto itself. While it goes without saying the main house is spectacular, I have to admit if I had my druther’s, I’d live in the pool house. Really! Beautifully vaulted ceilings [...]
Post and Beam Living’s Top 5 Posts
Having written this blog for over two years now, I’m pleased to share with you the five posts which have become top favorites of readers by receiving the most views since the beginning of this blog. They appear here in the same order as they do on Post and Beam Living’s Stats page. Once I’ve listed the top five posts, [...]
This Gentleman’s Farm Is A Timber Frame Work of Art
This award-winning Gentleman’s Farm takes the meaning of luxury living to a whole new level. Seriously! From first view, you know this timber frame estate is in a class by itself. The expert use of symmetry in the structures combined with a creamy taupe and crisp white trim as a color scheme on all buildings is classic. The ability to tie the large compound together is accomplished by correct [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part II
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Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer Of 2010 Part I
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