Archive | July, 2010

Part II: Great Post & Beam and Barn Home Photo Books by E. Ashley Rooney

By on July 31, 2010 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame

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 [...]

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My Post and Beam Carriage House & Tea House won the 2010 Design Excellence Awards!

By on July 28, 2010 in Outdoor Living Spaces, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating

And my carriage house got the cover of the July/August issue of Residential Design & Build magazine!!! My daughters call me a bragger, but I swear to you I am not posting this entry to brag.  I am just posting this announcement out of sheer excitement and I just have to share the news with [...]

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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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Bank Barns: Sloping Terrain Becomes An Asset

By on July 18, 2010 in Building & Design, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, The Beam Babe, timber frame

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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Barn Home Wood Flooring At Its Best

By on July 8, 2010 in Building & Design, Green Living, Post & Beam Barns, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, Tips & Tidbits

Whether reclaimed or new, the choices  one has when choosing flooring for a barn home are vast. Not only are phenomenal woods available, but the ways in which to lay out the patterns and utilize stains is almost endless. If you love wood but want to change it up a bit in bath or kitchen [...]

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