If you’ve visited Yankee Barn Homes website and/or social media pages over the last 4 years, you’re likely to have come across the name Jeffrey Rosen. As co-owner and Creative Director for Yankee Barn Homes, Jeffrey has designed all of the homes in our Hamptons Design Series, as well as several other projects including The Grantham Lakehouse. We recently sat down to speak with Jeffrey and find out a bit more about him…
Yankee Barn Controller, Grace Kemp, is a busy person. As you’ll see in this piece, Grace has many responsibilities at Yankee Barn Homes and, I can attest, she handles them seamlessly. We recently sat down with Grace to find out a bit more about her. Here she is in her own words…
The use of paint colors to enhance a home, interior or exterior, is something to be considered early on in the design/build process. There is no right or wrong when it comes to color as it is a subjective experience. But there are ways to boost the desired effect through the use of…
Yankee Barn Homes owner and CEO, Paul Marinelli, has had a successful business career, but we believe he saved the best for last! Here is Paul, in his own words, on what prepared him to run Yankee Barn Homes and how he intends to move the company forward….
Bath design has evolved from rooms of necessity to spaces that could be considered works of art. At YBH, we’ve seen some stunning bath plans. With homeowners now doing more and more to turn their homes into a private oasis, the bath design has become a thing of in-house spas and the like, with décor and fixtures that please the eye and the senses….
Planning a kitchen layout is extremely important. . By now, most of us have heard of the “kitchen work triangle”, but let’s be honest, how many of us think of this first when we finally get to design the kitchen of our dreams? No matter how beautiful the space, the ability for several people to move about simultaneously and efficiently is of primary importance. Let’s talk about how to …
Lighting; we all need it. When it comes to building your Yankee Barn home, you’ll be a step ahead of the game if you know where you’ll need lighting and what type of lighting suits your taste and the space. The choices in lighting are endless, so take some time to think about your layout and how you want it lighted…
Storage, storage and more storage; you can never have enough! Yankee Barn Homes is a master at creating floor plans that work both esthetically and functionally. Closet and storage space may not be one of the sexier items on your list of “must haves”, but it’s one of the most important…
IN our first Design/Build article, So You Want To Build A Home, Jeffrey Rosen and I addressed the topics of house orientation, size and architectural style. Today we discuss floor plans, including specific areas to take into account so they work for you now and in the future….
Welcome to Post and Beam Living’s new Design/Build series. YBH Creative Director, Jeffrey Rosen, and I are going to take you through a step by step start-to-finish build experience. The series assumes you’ve found your build site. This series begins with how to plan and design your new home…
Single floor living in a multilevel home is one of the most popular “aging-in-place” floor plan designs now being created at YBH. As previously discussed in a post titled Next-Gen housing at Yankee Barn, we find our clients are building multilevel homes that suit the needs of family at all stages in life. Today’s clients are looking for a home that suits them now and down the road. This is an evolution from…
At Yankee Barn Homes we often hear the phrase “I thought you only build barn style homes”. The reality couldn’t be farther from the truth; we build in many architectural styles…