Tag Archives | barn homes

Post and Beam Living’s Top 5 Posts

By on June 17, 2011 in Building & Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Paint Colors, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, The Beam Babe, Vacation & Second Homes

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, [...]

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A Post and Beam Farmhouse-Style Guest Cottage

By on June 7, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

This cottage has followed me around for several years now . It was the first post and beam cottage I’d ever seen and I took an immediate liking to it. Nothing has changed over the intervening years as it remains one of my most favorite, even though others have come calling since. There’s something about this space that is immediately [...]

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Carriage House Lifestyle: Multi-Use Accessories

By on June 2, 2011 in Building & Design, Gardens, Green Living, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe

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 [...]

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The Carriage House Lifestyle

By on May 19, 2011 in Green Living, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

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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Post and Beam Living: Structures That Inspire Us

By on April 28, 2011 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits

Having written posts for this blog for over two years now, I’ve amassed quite a few pictures that have inspired me. Today, I’ve decided it’s time to share what makes our hearts flutter here at Post and Beam Living. Our “drug of choice” is great architecture. Doesn’t matter if it’s in pristine condition or falling down; [...]

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Post and Beam Outdoor Dreams

By on April 19, 2011 in Green Living, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

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 [...]

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My Carriage House First Floor: The “Man Cave” Gets A Makeover

By on April 15, 2011 in Building & Design, Paint Colors, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, Tips & Tidbits

I feel the need to confess something; I’m one of those people who LOVES to decorate a room, live with it for a bit then begin the move-it-in, move-it-out, or move-it-around process. Redecorating is in my blood.  But before you think I’m a person who loves to throw money around – think again. I’m quirky, not crazy! [...]

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Post and Beam Outdoor Living: On The Waterfront

By on April 11, 2011 in Green Living, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, Post & Beam Kitchens, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

It’s finally here – Spring In New England. It arrives later than in most places and, honestly, I’m just beginning to see the ground around my yard. No joke, there’s still a lot of snow here, which I seem to measure daily.  Apparently my thinking is that in doing so, it might actually melt more quickly. Ha! This [...]

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Yankee Barn Homes Open House In East Hampton, New York

By on April 7, 2011 in Building & Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

If you’ve ever been one of those people, like me, who sees a house while driving by and thinks “I’d love to see the inside of that place”, then here is your chance! A rare peek inside a gorgeous East Hampton’s barn home built by Yankee Barn Homes is possible the weekend of April 30-May 1, 2011 [...]

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Quick Reminder: Yankee Barn Homes Gets Magazine Cover

By on March 31, 2011 in Advertisements, Green Living, Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

Just a quick reminder: Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the April issue of  New Hampshire Home or click here and go to their website to see our teahouse and Zen garden on the cover and our carriage house beginning on page 80. As a special heads-up to Post and Beam Living readers, check out the [...]

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