As summer approaches and thoughts turn to outdoor living, Yankee Barn home has the ideal location; lakeside. Upon approaching the home you might think you’re seeing a farm house style home, but the lake glimmering off in the distance suggests there’s more than meets the eye to this house. Aside from interior and exterior [...]
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Do It Yourself Faux Finishes For Barn Homes
Faux finishes and barn homes go together like hand in glove. If you’re thinking about using a faux finish, consider doing it yourself. In today’s world of DIY paints and the internet, you can find everything you’ll need from doing a small project such as glazing a decorative box, up to using faux finishes throughout your [...]
Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part II
In my most recent post, Living the Post and Beam Dream: The Summer of 2010 Part I, I began a recounting of events which took place over the summer of 2010 in and around our Yankee Barn Homes carriage house. I quickly discovered there was too much to tell in one post. Here is Part [...]
Single Level vs Multilevel Living In a Yankee Barn
Single level vs multilevel living in a Yankee Barn home is an important topic to cover, as now and again clients suggest the desire to design a single level post and beam home. Many times it’s because they feel a need to plan for the future. A major concern is “someday we may not want [...]
Yankee Barn Homes Defines Industry Terms
Yankee Barn Homes defines industry terms. There may be times during the build-process when certain terminology is used by industry people that some of us might not understand. This happened to me more than once when my husband and I were building. I could have used a “cheat sheet” of terms and reasoned some of [...]
A Barn Home in the Upper Regions of Lake Michigan: Part 2
As promised in the previous post A Barn Home in the Upper Regions of Lake Michigan: Part 1, today we’ll further explore the evolution of the barn home built by Yankee Barn Homes and Adelaine Construction Company on Lake Charlevoix in Boyne City, Michigan. When last we saw the barn home, it looked like the [...]
Winter Fun In and Around A Yankee Barn Home
Winter officially arrived last week and in colder areas of the US, that means “let the cold weather activities begin”. The mountains, lakes and plains are covered in snow and open for business. As I traveled home from the coast of Maine the day after Christmas, I saw an amazing number of cars streaming north [...]
A Yankee Barn Timber Frame On The Rugged Coast Of Maine
These two things fit together like hand and glove. A Yankee Barn Home and the rugged coast of Maine. Nothing says “Downeast Maine” like a post and beam structure with the words “Yankee Barn” in the title. But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself. This award-winning home was built keeping its surroundings in mind. Even [...]
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 [...]
Bank Barns: Sloping Terrain Becomes An Asset
One of the most common mistakes made when building a barn or a home is thinking the terrain needs to be altered to suit the structure. Consider taking a cue from past centuries and turn that thought around by allowing the site to determine the structure. Altering a site is expensive and often times totally [...]
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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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A Yankee Barn Home Sits Lakeside
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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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