February 06, 2005
Converting Barns to Homes
High ceilings and open living areas have increased the appeal and popularity of urban lofts in the city. Those of us who prefer the suburbs, or even quiet rural areas, have noticed it's hard to find a loft outside of urban areas littered with hundred year old converted buildings. Believe it or not, barns are starting to fill that niche. People are buying up old barns in the countryside and turning them into luxurious homes with the same open areas and high, exposed beam ceilings.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in doing, Barns : Living in Converted and Reinvented Spaces is a large, full color book with a lot of photographs of barns converted into luxury homes. It's full of before and after pictures and handsome enough for a coffee table book.
