The post and beam kitchens of today are as unique as the owners who design them. While I often write about decor styles and color schemes, today’s post will not focus on either of those things. My intention here is to get you to see past the decorating style to the semantics, if you will; to think [...]
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Stylish Post and Beam Kitchens
Now more than ever, the kitchen is the central hub of a home and as such, people have realized these are spaces to be furnished and decorated like any other beautiful room in a home. No longer relegated to the back of the house, many of these timber frame kitchens are centrally located as well as being show places in [...]
A Post and Beam Farmhouse in Vermont: Surprise, It’s Brand New!
This post and beam farmhouse by Yankee Barn Homes is the latest surprise here at Post and Beam Living. I would have sworn is was an eighteenth century building remodeled, except Ihappen to know when it was built - two years ago! The exterior of the home is beautifully landscaped. Rock retaining walls and gardens are [...]
Post & Beam Kitchens Go Glam
Say “good-bye” to the post and beam kitchen of old; a room tucked away in the back of the house meant for food preparation. Today’s kitchens are the hub of family activity; they provide not only the function of utility but more importantly,the place family meets in the morning before heading out the door and [...]
A Barn Home Redecorated: “Before” and “After” Pictures
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 [...]
The Stylized Post & Beam Kitchen
Post and beam kitchens are equally suited to the European styles of French Country, Tuscan, Scandinavian or English Cottage as they are to American styles such as Farmhouse, Modern, Contemporary, and Mountain Rustic. Put another way, there are very few styles of the modern-day kitchen that timber frame structures can’t accommodate beautifully. Best of all, regardless of style, these kitchens have [...]
A Post and Beam Barn Home In New England
I have to admit, when I first heard I was going to be involved in a photo shoot for a new barn home filled with all kinds of technological wizardry, I wasn’t overly excited as technology is not my thing. However upon meeting the home owners (two PhDs in mathematics who teach [...]
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 Post & Beam Kitchen
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 [...]
If You Don’t Know How to Cook, Stay Out of the Kitchen
It occurs to me that unless someone knows how to cook they should not design a kitchen. It’s a simple but totally practical theory. If you don’t know the basic steps for boiling water, don’t mess around with kitchen design. Here is where I have to insert a disclaimer: I love my husband dearly; [...]
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