Archive | January, 2012
A Contemporary Barn Home Farmhouse Progresses

A Contemporary Barn Home Farmhouse Progresses

In a previous post, Follow A Contemporary Barn-Style Farmhouse As It Goes From Design To Completion, I promised to keep you updated on the construction process of this house. As of last week, we find the house has left the drawing board, gone through the building of its components in the Yankee Barn Homes factory, [...]

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5 Reasons Why Barn Homes are THE BEST!!!!!

I know what you’re thinking,  “she wouldn’t be the managing editor and major contributor to Post & Beam Living if she didn’t believe barn homes were the best”, but they really are, and here’s my proof: 1. A Vast Array of Exterior Styles One might think in order to be a barn home, a structure [...]

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Post & Beam Living Inspirations

Every once in awhile I come across a new post and beam home or barn that has a certain something. It can be as small as a cupola or as all-encompassing as the  structure itself. Whenever I make these discoveries, I place the picture in an “Inspirations” folder. Every now and again, I go through [...]

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A Compact Blue Ridge Mountains Yankee Barn Home Lives Large

In the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia, ensconced on the side of a mountain is the cutest post and beam home. Built by Yankee Barn Homes and coming in at a conservative 2200 square feet, this timber frame is my latest crush! Yet to be professionally photographed, the pictures shown here [...]

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NOW LIVE! A New Yankee Barn Homes Website

Come One, Come All! Please join Post and Beam Living in welcoming the new and improved Yankee Barn Homes interactive website. While a few areas are still under construction -  we are a building company that’s always trying to better ourselves – the site is definitely far enough along for everyone to enjoy. We are [...]

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Post and Beam Living Presents: 6 Resources For Great Decor You Might Not Know!

This is the time of year I like to rejuvenate both myself and my home, by finding new and unique things going on in the world of interior design. When you live in a timber frame home, you possess a “WOW” factor that comes not only with the beautifully exposed post and beam, but also [...]

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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 [...]

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A Barn Home in the Upper Regions of Lake Michigan: Part I

Wow, this post & beam barn home is classy and classic – both in it’s nod to barns of New England and it’s ability to meld beautifully with the topography of Boyne City, MI.  Located on the shores of Lake Charlevoix,  an off-shoot of Lake Michigan, this Yankee Barn barn-style home is a compact rectangle [...]

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