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Yankee Barn Homes: A Preparation Guide for Building

Yankee Barn Homes: A Preparation Guide for Building

By on March 15, 2012 in Barn Homes, Coastal Homes, Farmhouses

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 [...]

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5 Master Bedroom Styles in theYankee Barn Homes Tradition

5 Master Bedroom Styles in theYankee Barn Homes Tradition

By on February 9, 2012 in Barn Homes, Coastal Homes, Farmhouses, Mountain Homes

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 [...]

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Shameless Plug: Our Book Is Now Available!

By on August 18, 2011 in Barn Homes, Coastal Homes, Mountain Homes, Post & Beam Home

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 [...]

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A Barn Home Redecorated: “Before” and “After” Pictures

By on July 23, 2010 in Paint Colors, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

Not long ago I was involved with the interior redecorating project of a post & beam home. It was all about aesthetics as the structure itself was totally sound.  Post & beam to a decorator is what a blank canvas is to a painter: the end product is limited only by the imagination. Any style [...]

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Visit Us This Weekend at the Maine Home & Design Midcoast Show!

By on June 1, 2010 in Advertisements, Building & Design, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits

Braking news: we’ll be at the Maine Home & Design Midcoast Show this coming weekend, June 5-6 at Point Lookout, Lincolnville, Maine. This will be a show you will not want to miss. Artists, artisans, designers and skilled trades-people from around Maine and New England will be on display in 150-plus booths at the stunning [...]

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Fabulous Barn Home Lighting Resources

By on May 6, 2010 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits

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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More Notable Post & Beam Interior Décor Discoveries

By on October 19, 2009 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits

In compiling a list of items for my post a few weeks ago (October 7, 2009), I soon realized I had far more Discoveries than would possibly fit in one entry. I mused that if I were reading this blog, I would love to see more of this type of post. Then I thought, ‘Hey, [...]

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The Riches of Southeast Asia Influence a Timber Frame Home

By on September 27, 2009 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

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 [...]

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Interior Paint Colors Revisited

By on June 25, 2009 in Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

Choosing the right colors for the interior of your post and beam home can be a challenge. Some questions to ask: What goes with the wood timber frame? What feeling do I want to evoke in this room? Does the room get a lot of light? What is this room going to be used for? [...]

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The Post & Beam Kitchen

By on June 11, 2009 in Additions, Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

The kitchen layout is one of the first considerations when designing a home. Many of your preferences will need to be considered and decided before drawings of your new or remodeled home may begin. Will you have an eat-in kitchen? Do you prefer an open family area as part of the floor plan or do [...]

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