Luxury homes with decked-out family rooms, kitchens, primary bedrooms and bathrooms are standard today and practically a given. The latest mania, however, has owners glamming up their often overlooked ...

In 1935, the nation was home to 6.8 million farms, and most had at least one barn. By 2007, only about 650,000 of these structures remained. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by ...

In the 1980s, Jack Simko, an enterprising New Jersey florist with a knack for building and fixing, used to drive by the Joslyn Round Barn on Route 100 in Waitsfield, Vt., and imagine what he’d do with ...

Repeatedly told to demolish the barn which sat on their new horse farm, the owners just couldn’t let this traditional barn go. The 1800s New River Bank Barn seemed to have such great potential that ...

The exposed stone chimney and log burner, flanked by 'arrow slit' windows, ensure that this seating area has just as much character as the rest of the barn. Then, onto the show-stopping dining space ...

Back in 2000, the crafty geniuses at Shed spent some time on Whidbey Island getting to know the lay of the land, the original barn and how the light moves across the floor as the sun passes through ...

Step inside some unique homes and sometimes the interiors don't match or deliver on the anticipation and expectation created by a wonderful facade on the outside. A converted, historic barn complete ...

Aug. 25—This is the fifth story in a series of articles about the outside museum buildings at the Dickinson County Heritage Center. This story will feature the historic Prichard Barn which was once ...