Download or read book Old Barns New Homes written by E. Ashley Rooney and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barns strike a sentimental chord among the populace, perhaps as reminder of our nations agricultural heritage, most definitely as symbols of solid and imposing timber frame forms. While many of these architecturally significant buildings are succumbing to neglect and development, others are getting a new lease on life. This coffee-table book presents over thirty barn conversion projects by creative architects, developers, and homeowners who have capitalized on the flexible space offered by barns. Over 300 striking photographs provide fresh design ideas for the conversion of barns into residences and business spaces. You will see a Pennsylvania stone bank barn converted into a stunning residence, an abandoned dairy barn made livable complete with office space in the old silo, and a Victorian era barn which now links the old farmhouse to the new living space. In addition to stunning homes, you will see barns utilized for office space, retail, and even a non-denominational chapel. A wealth of wonderful ideas is offered for maintaining the historic integrity of these structures while providing for todays vastly different needs.\nThis is a design treasure for architects, builders, contractors, and homeowners, to help them visualize the transformation of historic agricultural buildings into new and treasured landmarks.
Download or read book Barns written by Dominic Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their vast open spaces and high ceilings, barns are the country equivalent of urban lofts, with a similar fluidity and flexibility.
Download or read book Antique New England Homes and Barns written by Jim DeStefano and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something about antique homes and their hard-working barns that captures the imagination. Maybe it's their pleasing proportions, maybe they remind us of a simpler time, or maybe we sense that these venerable old survivors that were built when our country was young have seen it all. But how many of us have bothered to listen to the stories they tell or tried to understand what makes them tick? This book reveals the essence of antique New England homes and barns--their history, the people who built them, why they were built that way, and how to restore them, piece by piece, without losing their character. Learn to identify architectural styles from different periods, how to strategize a restoration, and how to approach it systematically, from the timber frame to the floors, walls, and ceilings, windows and doors, wiring, finishes, and landscaping.
Download or read book H and R Book of Barn Conversions written by Ovolo Publishing, Limited and published by Ovolo Books. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand new selections of barn conversions in one of our most successful books. The appetite for barns with both traditional and contemporary fi nishes continues unabated. This book is illustrated with hundreds of high quality colour photographs and the full stories of the conversions as well as design, building and supplier contact details.
Download or read book Old Barns in the New World written by Richard W. Babcock and published by Berkshire House Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would one man work to save buildings that have outlived their practical function in our society? Old Barns in the New World answers that question as it chronicles the life and work of Richard Babcock, America's leading barn restorer and historian.
Download or read book Living Barns written by Ernest Burden and published by Schiffer Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in the 1970s ... updated with color photographs"--Inside front cover.
Download or read book New from Old written by Sue Ede and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big House Little House Back House Barn written by Thomas C. Hubka and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic architectural study of the development of the connected farm buildings made by 19th-century New Englanders, which offers insight into the people who made them.
Download or read book American Country Building Design written by Donald J. Berg and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides an excellent introduction as well as suggestions for using these plans to add architectural detail to your own home...an excellent bibliography."--Victorian Homes "The best home, barn and landscape designs...in a charming book....[It] contains numerous original illustrations showing a wealth of construction details, site plans and plantings."--Fine Homebuilding This classic bestseller contains the finest collection of architectural designs from a bygone era--and it's a boon for anyone hoping to construct that dream house or add charming touches to a modern one. Hundreds of illustrations from actual 19th century building plans feature architects' blueprints and drawings, full-color photos, and more. The buildings range from humble farmers' cabins to summer getaway cottages for the rich, and there's plenty of detail work, including built-in shelves, dormers, and turned balusters. With this information, an architect could easily create anything shown on the pages.
Download or read book Old Barns Houses and More written by Jerry Conley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you like photos of old houses, old barns, old farm implements and a couple of horses, this is the book for you.
Download or read book At Home in The American Barn written by James B. Garrison and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Home in the American Barn examines the fascinating possibilities for living and adaptive reuse provided by the expansive spaces and rough-hewn look of these traditional structures. Nationwide, Americans are turning to structures such as the barn with a mind to renovating them to fit the lifestyles of today, redesigning these often-wonderful places of the past into residential spaces. At Home in the American Barn embraces the dream to slow things down and return to basics and shares some success stories, as made plain by the buildings themselves.This richly illustrated volume focuses on the barn as home. Each of the structures featured has been adapted from its original utilitarian purpose to allow for comfortable, joyous living. Built at first as places for work, barns nevertheless often demonstrate fine craftsmanship and artistry. This volume emphasizes the rare beauty of these structures and shows throughout elegant solutions for living in these beautifully imagined homes. Soaring rafters here allow for dramatic chandeliers in one home or a wall of magnificent bookcases in another. Spaces that are unconventional in a traditional domestic sense here serve as springboards for inspiration that allow for, in one home, a spiral staircase of fantasy made from hand-planed wood, and, in another, a wall of glass that lets in the sun. At Home in The American Barn shows the way that this can be done successfully and artfully.
Download or read book Barn Again written by E. Ashley Rooney and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will be a treasured reference and source of ideas for homeowners, architects, and designers alike. Over 240 beautiful color photos and informative text explore possibilities for transforming barns to living and working space featuring unique sight lines and vaulting open spaces."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Old Barn Plans written by Richard Rawson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Timber Home Living written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timber Home Living introduces and showcases the beauty and efficiency of timber homes to an eager custom home buying audience. The magazine’s inspiring photography, informative editorial, quality advertising and essential resources involves and encourages readers to pursue their dream home.
Download or read book Amish Houses Barns written by Stephen Scott and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at various barns and dwellings throughout the Amish communities in the midwest.
Download or read book Old New England Homes written by Stanley Schuler and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial, Georgian, Federal, and Victorian homes presented with an informative and readable text and 245 color photos. Various aspects and angles of the buildings are shown, in addition to the beautiful frontal views. Floor plans are given for many of the homes, making this new edition an important book for architects and potential home owners alike.
Download or read book Old Homes Made New written by William M. Woollett and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
