Barnyard chic is a hot home design trend right now. Rustic style elements are popping up all over the place on popular home design shows like HGTV's "FixerUpper," and home design site Houzz recently ...
Phyllis Prinz was shocked to find herself living in a barn. “I’m a New York City girl,” says Prinz, a conceptual artist, and entrepreneur who grew up in Brooklyn. “When I first saw the barn, I didn’t ...
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Barns: When to renovate and when to replace

We explain the factors to consider when deciding whether to demolish or convert a barn ...
Almost any building, from a church to a school, can be transformed into a house. But converted barns in particular hold the inexplicable allure of Americana. Curious about what life would be like in a ...
Bob Weingarten has lived in a 19th century barn for two decades. He and his wife Karen were on the hunt for a historic house when Karen stumbled upon a converted barn in Westport. Weingarten was in ...
The owner of this Union Township property would look out the window of his house at the barn on his property, dating back to the 1800s, and dream of converting that into his residence. Since his ...
NORWALK — Every time Marian Salzman gets close to selling her Silvermine home, she can’t bring herself to actually go through with it. “I get cold feet every time,” Salzman said. “I like the ...
In most barns across the U.K. you can expect to find bales of hay and maybe a smattering of animals, but in this one—in the middle of the Hertfordshire countryside—you’ll find a lavish family home.
The great thing about barn conversions is the way that old agricultural buildings lend themselves to bright, open plan, modern living spaces whilst retaining their rural character. Windows play a key ...
Phyllis Prinz was shocked to find herself living in a barn. “I’m a New York City girl,” says Prinz, a conceptual artist and entrepreneur who grew up in Brooklyn. “When I first saw the barn, I didn’t ...