Yankee Barn Homes: five suggestions to lower building costs are presented in this article. Post and Beam homes are expected to cost more than a 2×4 “stick built” home. The reasons for this are many and varied; however, the main ones have to do with the cost of a high quality timber frame (opposed to [...]
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Yankee Barn Homes Display Diverse Architectural Styles
Yankee Barn homes display diverse architectural styles and, as many of us already know, the nuances of architecture are all about the details. Any home construction company can build a basic rectangle, but what gets done with it from that point forward will determine the architectural style of the structure. Use vertical siding such as [...]
Barn Home Design: Is An Architect Necessary?
Barn home design: is an architect necessary? Good question! If you work with an architect, he/she may suggest doing something known as “massing studies.” Is this work important for you? Only you can answer this question. I’ll give you a bit of background information, particularly on massing studies, to help you decide whether an architect [...]
Yankee Barn Homes: A Preparation Guide for Building
Yankee Barn Homes has prepared a guide designed to help you plan ahead for how your home, and more specifically your rooms, will be used. Ask yourself the following questions before your first meeting with a planner or home designer. Have your responses written down and take them with you every time you plan and/or [...]
Shameless Plug: Our Book Is Now Available!
For those of you who may not have heard me mention it about a ga-zillion times in past posts, my daughter, husband and I have written a book titled POST & BEAM DREAMS. It is specifically geared for those of you who are building, adding on, dreaming, or updating a post and beam home, but need a [...]
A Hybrid Timber Frame Beauty
This house falls in the “OMG” category. What a stunner, inside and out! Set in a coastal area of New England, the shingle style timber frame hybrid blends with it’s surroundings beautifully while simultaneously drawing the eye right to it. The shape of the timber frame in the mid section is the heart and soul of this house. It mimics the hull of [...]
Part II: Great Post & Beam and Barn Home Photo Books by E. Ashley Rooney
Regular followers of PostandBeamLiving.com may recall that our own “Beambabe” did a post back in February called 6 Great Photo Books for Post & Beam Homes. This is somewhat of a Part 2 to that post. Regular PostandBeamLiving.com followers may also recall that Beambabe is co-authoring a book about post and beam / timber [...]
The Post and Beam as an Icon: Holidays in Connecticut
Whenever it nears the holidays, thoughts turn to fond memories of the season. “Over the river and through the woods” brings on a whole new meaning when the house at the end of the journey is a gorgeous salt-box post and beam barn home. This particular home, built by a widowed woman in her 60’s [...]
My Outdoor Shower Kicks Butt!!
I have to tell you, my outdoor shower is the 8th Wonder of the World! When my husband first mentioned having one, I pooh-poohed the idea as an extravagance. Well, not any more!! If you love the out of doors and have an area that will accommodate one, I say forget the screened-in porch, forget [...]
Hybrid Timber Frames
Have you ever heard of hybrid timber frames? They are a good option when you want to reduce the amount of timbers when designing your dream home. At Yankee Barn Homes, we occasionally meet clients who love the look of post and beam homes but wonder if it is possible to use less timbers. It [...]
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