There’s a common misconception out there which goes something like this: “Barn homes are either old barns converted into new living spaces, or new structures built to resemble a rehabbed barn.” While both may be true, these two concepts are only two of the many architectural styles in which a “barn home” may be interpreted. I [...]
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A Yankee Barn Home Sits Lakeside
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. Aside from interior and exterior [...]
Yankee Barn Homes Website and Blog Now Have Pinterest
Yankee Barn Homes website and blog now have Pinterest. This means any time you see a picture or pictures of the great Yankee Barn homes, barns and/or carriage houses you like, you may now immediately post them directly onto your Pinterest boards! Click the button below to give it a try. In case you’re wondering [...]
5 Master Bedroom Styles in theYankee Barn Homes Tradition
This post is about master bedroom styles in the Yankee Barn Homes tradition, as there are still people who believe a post & beam bedroom is some sort of mash-up between red gingham, dark wood everywhere, and bear rugs. Not so! Follow me and I’ll show you the many different and unique ways Yankee Barn [...]
Adirondack Style and Post & Beam Architecture: Forever Intertwined
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Post and Beam Blue Ridge Mountain Beauty
Being from New England and having lived and gone to college in New York state, I’m a bit skewed in my preferences to the Green and Adirondack Mountains. But one look at this home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and I understand the fascination with the southern mountain range and the gorgeous homes built here. The exterior of this home [...]
Post and Beam Outdoor Dreams
Last week I featured some fabulous timber frame homes on the water - Post and Beam Outdoor Living: On The Waterfront. In doing the research, I discovered there were also post and beam homes, while not on the water, which had some amazing set-ups for outdoor living areas. I guess it’s time for me to quit being [...]
The Mountain Rustic Post & Beam Home
It seems everywhere I turn in the housing industry there’s a mountain rustic retreat staring back at me. I was perusing the channels on TV recently and happened by the HGTV Channel just in time to see their 2011 Dream Home Give Away. You guessed it, a rustic mountain retreat. Glance through the most recent home magazines on the newstand [...]
Fabulous Barn Home Lighting Resources
While everyone out there does not have the same tastes, there are certain lighting companies no one can argue against and I’m here to lead you to them. Whether your taste is modern, rustic, classic or eclectic; if you live in a post and beam home (or even if you don’t), you will not go wrong using any of these [...]
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Post. Beam. Dream. Yankee Barn Homes Today
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The Evolution of a Yankee Barn Contemporary Farmhouse
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A Yankee Barn Home Sits Lakeside
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Do It Yourself Faux Finishes For Barn Homes
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Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part II
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