About
Greetings from NH.
This blog’s main purpose is to address all the great questions we hear from you, our readers, about how to design, decorate, and essentially live life to the fullest in a post and beam home. These unique homes are so beautiful to live in and like any building project, can be rather daunting to design if you are not prepared. It should be fun after all!
This blog is written and maintained by “BeamBabe”, a post and beam skeptic-turned-enthusiast who is now living what she calls “The Post and Beam Dream”. Read her hilarious first blog post here. BeamBabe regularly consults with interior designers, gardeners, builders and her close friends at various post and beam building companies to bring you fun posts about designing, decorating and living in your own post and beam dream. 
Many of these companies have been designing and building homes all over the country as well as in far-flung Europe and Australia, so BeamBabe is able to bring their useful tips right to you, from “Designing for Green Living” to “How to design a barn-style home” all the way to “How in the world are we going to fit Great Aunt Ellen’s dining table in the new house!” 
Each family’s requirements are unique when it comes to designing a dream home. BeamBabe and her friends first hand experiences are here to give you practical advice, and hopefully provide a few laughs and insights, along the way.
Cheers!
I liked your blog on Quebec City architecture – some of the best in the country in my humble opinion. If you like French and European influenced timber framing, check out our website at: http://www.heavytimberwork.com – you might like it!
cheers,
dan
Thanks, Dan. Can’t wait to check out your website. Please send any pictures, thoughts or ideas as I’m always interested!
BeamBabe
Where did you get the huge, gorgeous wrought iron chandelier in your March 2009 posting? I love it!
Hi Shannon,
I think you’re referring to the chandelier in my carriage house. It’s by Bobo Intriguing Designs (recently available at Restoration Hardware) and is made from wrought iron and aged wood from old casks.
If I’m thinking of the wrong chandelier, please let me know specifically in which post the picture appears.
Wonderful blog!… Can’t believe I haven’t come across it sooner – many great examples of skilled work.
Thanks so much. We really enjoy writing about buildings we consider “art” forms!
As a designer and blogger myself, I love your blog and would like to subscribe…where can I do that on your blog? I’d love to post a couple of things to my FB site http://www.facebook.com/IreneTurnerAtHOME and of course on twitter, where I am now following. thanks for a little bit of beauty and inspiration!
Hi Irene,
You may now subscribe to our blog on the home page. Please feel free to post whatever you’d like to your FB and/or Twitter. Hope you’ll visit us often!
BeamBabe
Thanks BeamBabe…totally missed it. got it now
Actually, you didn’t miss it…we just added it. Thanks for the gentle push to get us in gear!
BeamBabe
Just a note to say we absolutely love your blog. When other email notifications are ignored for as long as possible yours is eagerly opened and each post devoured with delight. I even preview posts on my phone – whetting my appetite for full screen size later.
We recently bought a neglected 40 year old timber frame home and were scouring the internet for information/help/ideas for removing sheetrock from the posts and beams when we happened onto your blog. We’ve learned there are no tricks other than really hard work for liberating the timbers from captivity but your beautiful posts help inspire us to keep flailing away with hammers and wrecking bars.
Hi Penny,
I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying the blog. I love writing it and never seem to run out of things to say (my husband would have comments here!).
You are so right about rehabbing a timber frame, but as you probably already know, the payoff will be amazing. I’d love to see photos of the project. I think “before & after” pictures would make a fantastic post!
Keep flailing away…
BeamBabe
I would like to inquire about potentially purchasing a barn but i cannot find a phone number
HI Joanna,
You may reach Yankee Barn Homes by calling 603.863.9021. The new 800 number will not be operationaly until next week. I’ll post it as soon as it goes live. BeamBabe