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Do you love old barns?
It's not hard to understand why old barns inspire the dreamer in all of us to convert them into homes. Their soaring lofts, rustic rough wood interiors and the massive posts and beams which span huge expanses have a similar feel to the awe-inspiring designs of Gothic European cathedrals and medieval castles. A barn has a rough elegance, where pegs join beams which were shaped and hammered by artisans of hand-tools eighty to a hundred years or more ago. They were a home to livestock before tractors took their place. They were storage for hay and grain raised by hardy pioneer ancestors to see them through icy winters. They connect us to our American roots.
From a design point of view, barns offer something which many construction projects lack: a great blank place in which to create. Their lofty spaces dwarf the largest rooms in a conventional home. Combine that with the barn wood itself, which contributes to that same creativity with its uniquely rugged patina, developed over time. It's a color that none of us will ever live to see from new timber.
An unusually splendid example of a beautifully converted barn home is at 122 Bloom Road in Barryville, ... more

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