The design plan for this timber frame vacation home was not complex. It needed to be suitable for large family gatherings of the owners children and grandchildren while fitting in with the landscape; a gorgeous site located on a back field of an old farm that sloped down to a lake. An open floor plan [...]
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The Riches of Southeast Asia Influence a Timber Frame Home
While her husband was stationed in Southeast Asia as an Army Officer, this interior designer took the opportunity to soak up the culture which so interested her and ultimately influenced her design style. The vibrant jewel-like colors, the rich tones of the woods, and the vivid iridescent silks all played a prominent role when the [...]
Timber Frame Barn Home Addition: A Photographer Finds Her Focus
What to do when you have a wonderful location, a beautiful site with a home you love and a well established business reputation but no available space for that home-based photography business? Well, if you’re this New England home owner, you take inspiration from the barn architecture of the surrounding area, commit a few of [...]
Adirondack Camp: The Timber Frame Goes Mountain Rustic
The wonderful thing about a timber frame home is its chameleon-like capability for nearly infinite interpretations. That being said, one of the most natural designs for post and beam is the true ‘Adirondack Camp’ as it typifies rustic while maintaining a high degree of style and comfort. I use the word true as the original [...]
Greeting Fall in Post and Beam Living Color
Well, here we are: summer is a memory and fall has arrived. Even thought the calendar might not have officially yet declared it so, we can see it, smell it and feel it in the air! Apple picking is in full swing, leaves are beginning to turn glorious hues and the harvesting of crops from [...]
A Kitchen Design Dilemma Becomes A Work of Art
I was recently involved in a major remodel of a large kitchen which incorporated a Viking cook-top with a built-in down draft system. We had great plans for the back splash area. It was going to be a very chic tile I’d seen in one of my favorite magazines, Veranda, and become the focal point [...]
The Timber Frame Two-Step: Let’s Talk Space Conversion
In my first post “The Education of Beam Babe” I promised to tell you what has gone right with our carriage house barn and what could have gone better. I’m pleased to report that far more was done and has gone right than has gone wrong. Of the two things that have gone wrong, the [...]
Homes I’m Loving Right Now: A Post and Beam Horse Farm Barn-Home Addition
Part three in the series Homes I’m Loving Right Now is actually a barn addition to a beautiful 1700’s cape located in central New England. The young accomplished family loves to spend free time riding their horses. The lifestyle is so much a part of their lives that when it came time to add on [...]
Post and Beam Homes I’m Loving Right Now: A New Hampshire Mountain Retreat
Part two in my series on Homes I’m Loving Right Now focuses on a gorgeous house in the hills of New Hampshire. Within walking distance of a lake resort and a 10 minute drive to a major ski area, this home has a great deal to offer and that’s before you walk through the front [...]
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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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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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Mike Ruschell: Interested in simple timber frame, appx 3200 sq ft...
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