Carriage Barns: Sources of Building Plans, Kits, Products and Services to Help You Create a New Garage, Workshop, Stable, Backyard Office, Studio or Live-In with Old-Style Charm [Paperback]

Donald J. Berg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 1999

If you love the look of traditional buildings and need a new garage, guest house, small home, backyard office, stable, studio or workshop, this is the book for you.

Seventeen talented architects and designers provided drawings of 44 of their best Carriage Barns. All have the charm of yesterday's carriage houses, but they're all modern designs that you can build from efficient blueprints or building kits. Since many of the buildings have flexible plans and optional sizes, there are actually 142 different layouts here for you to choose from.

The book includes a gallery of 26 authentic 19th century carriage barns for your inspiration, and a directory of 168 catalogs and websites with sources of old-time hardware, vintage timber frames, coach house lamps, stable equipment, cupolas, weather vanes, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Architect Donald Berg's designs and articles have appeared in Home Magazine, Traditional Building, The Old House Journal, Yankee Home, Hudson Valley Magazine and many other publications. His books include American Country Building Design, The Backroad Home and Barns and Backbuildings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Donald J Berg (December 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966307534
• ISBN-13: 978-0966307535
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,727,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes the "first building" question easy to answer, May 1, 2000

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GENE GERUE "Author, Find Your Ideal Country Home" (Zanoni, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carriage Barns: Sources of Building Plans, Kits, Products and Services to Help You Create a New Garage, Workshop, Stable, Backyard Office, Studio or Live-In with Old-Style Charm (Paperback)

First, the definition provided by Berg: "In certain parts of the country, the terms `carriage house' and `carriage barn' are synonymous with any building that combines a garage and an apartment." The value of this book thus becomes obvious; many of us are faced with the dilemma of which to build first, the house or storage building to shelter tools and materials. So here's the answer, build a carriage barn that serves both purposes. Later, one can build the dream house and use the previous apartment as guest quarters or writing/painting/sculpture/crafts studio. As with his other books, Berg stimulates and inspires with lots of drawings showing classic and contemporary solutions to questions of style. Drawings from previous centuries and current working architects give a panorama of choices. Whether restoring an old carriage house or building a new one, this book is a useful tool for finding ideas, plans, and salvaged or new products for authentic construction or reconstruction.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good resource/directory /inspiration, January 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Carriage Barns: Sources of Building Plans, Kits, Products and Services to Help You Create a New Garage, Workshop, Stable, Backyard Office, Studio or Live-In with Old-Style Charm (Paperback)

Excellent directory of hard-to-find plan catalogs, websites, products, references and materials. I found the illustrations of garages, horse barns and apartment barns to be lovely, and I liked that I could reach the architects/designers directly for more information on their designs. Many websites given here don't seem to appear on search engines, so this book will help you with your Internet search for plans. This is similar in format to Berg's "Barns and Backbuildings" and "Backroad Home" and, like those, will be a great help if you're dreaming to build.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable ideas, October 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Carriage Barns: Sources of Building Plans, Kits, Products and Services to Help You Create a New Garage, Workshop, Stable, Backyard Office, Studio or Live-In with Old-Style Charm (Paperback)

Wow, this book is great! Terrific plans and a great resource tool. Just what I needed for inspiration. There are samples of the carriage barn, stable and garage designs on Donald Berg's website...See for yourself!