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Post and Beam Living Presents: 6 Resources For Great Decor You Might Not Know!

By on January 9, 2012 in Barn Homes, Green Living, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits

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 [...]

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Barn Homes and Shades of White Equal Perfection

By on November 14, 2011 in Paint Colors, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe

The use of white has always been popular, but using it as the primary shade in a timber frame room or home is not the norm. However, whenever I see it done, I always wonder why people (me included) don’t use it more often. It can truly be quite spectacular. Whether your look is elegantly sophisticated or [...]

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Holiday Decorating Ideas from Post & Beam Living

By on November 10, 2011 in Christmas Decorations, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe

I love this time of year. I start pulling out the seasonal decorations while searching magazines and online for new ways to use things I already own. I prefer a look I call “rustic elegance” when it comes to my holiday decorating as it suits our post & beam carriage house perfectly. Fortunately for me, a great [...]

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A Pastoral Setting For A Handsome Barn Home

By on October 14, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

I don’t know what it is about Connecticut and gorgeous scenery, but it’s an undeniable fact; the state certainly has it! If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a great piece of property, no matter where it might be, you’ll be certain to think long and hard about the type of structure that best [...]

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Adirondack Style and Post & Beam Architecture: Forever Intertwined

By on August 12, 2011 in Building & Design, Log Homes, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

Having grown up in an area situated between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, I’ve experienced a great deal of the architectural styles of both. To this day, when I see anything remotely akin to what I call The Adirondack Style, a.k.a. rustic timber frame, it immediately brings to mind [...]

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A Timber Frame Cottage In Downeast Maine

By on August 5, 2011 in Building & Design, Paint Colors, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

The first thing that caught my eye about this timber frame wasn’t anything to do with it being a post and beam home, it was the fantastic porches. Done to perfection in turn of the century shingle style and that wonderful shade of green often used to complement weathering cedar shakes, my architecture loving brain said “Oo la [...]

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An Elegant Craftsman Style Timber Frame Lodge

By on July 29, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

I’m thrilled every time I see a home that’s obviously taken the building site into consideration during the planning stages. This stunning post and beam home located on a lake in New England, has done that and more….far more! Not only is this home beautifully sited (a masterful job was done integrating it on a lakeside lot), but the [...]

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An Extraordinay Timber Frame “On Golden Pond”

By on July 19, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

For those of us old enough to remember, there is a heart-tugging movie that came out in 1981 starring three film icons, Henry Fonda, his daughter Jane, and the superb Kathrine Hepburn, called “On Golden Pond”.  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend you do, as it is one of those movies with an ageless message. [...]

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The Quintessential Log Cabin Home

By on July 15, 2011 in Building & Design, Green Living, Log Homes, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

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 [...]

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A Post & Beam Farmhouse In The Brandywine River Valley

By on July 12, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame

I’ve  actually had quite a bit of first hand experience with this particular Yankee Barn Homes timber frame farmhouse. It’s located in the countryside of Pennsylvania and I often stayed in this house while visiting the greater Philadelphia region. To say it’s special would be grossly understating the obvious. The house sits on a hill overlooking [...]

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