Jake and Susan Schloesser have a lot of balls in the air. They’ve just completed a rough-hewn barn, and are at work on their house, set back in a grove of aspens hard up against a mountainside in ...

As with many things, it takes a lot less time to tear down a barn than it does to put one up. The length of demolition, however, can ultimately depend on why the barn is being torn down. Randy Smith ...

The Palo Alto prefab is located on a small lot near Stanford University and replaces an older home. Primarily constructed off site in the Irontown Homes prefab factory in Utah, the modules were then ...

The house, called Rural Loft, is located in an area of Delaware dominated by agriculture. It channels the local vernacular and references the form and materiality of barns. In fact, its exterior ...

Board and batten is a siding or paneling style that pairs vertical planks of wood (the boards) with smaller strips of wood (the batten), which cover the joints between each plank to prevent leaking.

On a Sunday spin in the country, one of the scenic delights used to be the handsomely weather-beaten, quaintly dilapidated barns that lined rural roads. The pleasure is fast vanishing. From New ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...