Magazines that you may find of interest
when planning a barn conversion
SelfBuild and
Design
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advice and inspiration to help you to design, build, renovate, or convert.
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Self-build and Home Renovation Magazine. Building a new home from scratch or
renovating from old is the best way of achieving your perfect home. Whether you
are thinking about, just starting or in the middle of a project, you will find
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Interiors
The world's most stylish
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and decoration along with the finest arts and antiques. Every issue is
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS RELATING TO
BARN CONVERSIONS AND THE BARN
LIFESTYLE
P.S. Books make the perfect gift
for barn lovers!
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Barns: Living in Converted and Reinvented Spaces
by Dominic Bradbury
Price: £10.49 (34% off list price)
Softback 160 pages (Harper Design International)
A guide to a new generation of contemporary barn conversions which look to preserve the unique character and charm of these rural buildings, nestling in the landscape, while also creating open plan, fluid modern homes. The book includes detailed case studies from the States, England and Europe with comprehensive sections on landscape and materials plus chapters covering issues such as light and the division of 'public' and private space. The book also includes barn style new build houses inspired by agricultural buildings with the best neo-barns from the UK, Austria and America. This practical study of the architecture and design of barn conversions explores both old and new methods of creating and dividing living space. It shows how, using a variety of materials, a contemporary look can be achieved to create a dream home that complements its surroundings.
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The Homebuilding & Renovating Book of Barn Conversions: Complete Fully Illustrated Stories of 35 Inspirational Projects
by Tim Jordan
Price: £17.50 (30% off list price)
Paperback 176 pages (NPI Media)
This work includes 35 fully costed barn conversions. It also contains projects to suit all budgets - all fully costed with detailed project descriptions. Classic, rustic and contemporary styles are complete with details of suppliers and craftsmen for each project.
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Oak-Framed Buildings
by Rupert Newman
Price: £17.47 (30% off list price)
Paperback 192 pages (Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd)
Oak-framed buildings have been with us for centuries, and they are here to stay. They are beautiful, durable and environmentally friendly, and by marrying traditional and modern materials they can be brought to a very high standard of energy-efficiency. This is a practical book on the technique of timber-frame construction for carpenters, builders and aspiring self-builders, but it will also be a source of inspiration to anyone who appreciates beautiful buildings. Full-colour photographs show projects by the author and others both complete and under construction, and structural details are clearly explained both in photographs and in three-dimensional drawings. Here is a traditional craft brought fully up to date for the 21st century. The topics included are: past and present, making a start, understanding the structure, frame design, the construction process, raising the frame, walls & roofs, second fix, finishing off, and future of timber building.
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Barn
by Fi McGhee, John Pawson
Price: £11.86 (30% off list price)
Hardcover 160 pages (Booth-Clibborn Editions)
A photographic record by British-based photographer Fi McGhee of John Pawson's conversion of a 17th-century Dutch barn in Essex into a studio and family home. The book documents in pictures the five-year process of deconstruction and reconstruction involved with the building's renovation, and charts the way that Pawson's much documented "minimalist" philosophy combined with McGhee's own practical needs as a photographer.
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How to Renovate a House in France: The Essential Know-how to Create Your Dream Home in France
by David Ackers, Jerome Aumont, Paul Carslake
Price: £25.00
Paperback 224 pages (Ascent Publishing)
Written in an accessible, non-technical language that assumes no prior expertise in building or renovating, the book takes readers step-by-step through the various parts of a project: from the initial approach and planning, through to the major work on walls, roof, interior floors, and potential loft conversions. It also looks at ways of creating more individual kitchens and bathrooms, and at ideas for exterior landscaping and swimming pool projects. The book also includes a 64-page technical guide - 'The Basics' which runs through the details of the buying process, how to get the power, water and so on sorted out, plus a look at the French building trades and how to work with them. It also includes more detailed technical information, with a description of the planning permission process, and the guarantees that protect your rights as a consumer in France. Of course, a renovation project in France is usually aimed at creating an enjoyable holiday home, where the owners can start to become part of a new community. So we also have a short chapter on how to build friendships with the new French neighbours: it won't tell you everything, but it does include a brief guide on that inherently French style of greeting people: kissing!
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Stone Buildings: Conservations, Restoration, History
by Pat McAfee
Price: £17.09 (5% off list price)
Hardback 240 pages (The O'Brien Press)
The followup book to the bestselling Irish Stone Walls, Stone Buildings shows you how to build, conserve and renovate stone buildings in the authentic way, using age old techniques including lime mortars, lime washes and other finishes.
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The Barn Book
by Kate
Corbett-Winder
Price: £17.50 (30% off list
price)
Hardcover 128 pages (Ebury Press)
Living in
a barn requires a sense of adventure, but once experienced it becomes an
addictive way of life, according to the owners of some of these converted
barns. Now, in place of cows, horses, fodder or hops, the new occupants of the
barns are people who have painstakingly restored a valuable part of the British
countryside. Many are artists or architects whose imaginations have been
challenged by the potential of a medieval monastic barn, Palladian stable block
or towering hopkiln. 24 barns are featured, accompanied by colour photographs
showing both the exteriors and interiors, and all were once empty, threatened
or derelict. Salvaged by imaginative conversions that respect their
agricultural past and dominant architectural features, the barns have been
transformed into a variety of comfortable and surprisingly practical
homes.
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Recycled Spaces: Converting Old Buildings Into New Homes
by Vinny Lee, Ray Main (photographer)
Price: £19.51
Hardcover 144 pages (Soma Books)
Who wouldn't be intrigued by the idea of living in a dairy barn, a movie theatre or a hat factory? From the urban warehouse to the rural church, buildings in all possible settings are being converted into homes. Recycled Spaces shows you how to successfully remodel all types of old structures into beautiful domestic dwellings which still preserve the history and nuances of their unique heritage. From choosing a building to blending necessary modernizations with original features, author Vinny Lee takes you through every phase of "recycling" your space. Not only will the result be spirited and impressive, but the process promises to be exciting and satisfying. Lee emphasizes the importance of "breathing life" back into these historic properties and landmarks—nurturing their unique features, rather than reinventing or hiding them. To make this resuscitation possible, Recycled Spaces offers practical advice, imaginative tips, inspiring case studies, and 175 lavish, full-color photographs, as well as a complete list of suppliers. All the buildings highlighted in Recycled Spaces—from a spring factory in Paris, to a cattle barn in England, to a school house in Brooklyn—display the perfect, simple balance of old and new design. But critical modernizations, such as sufficient light, ample storage space, and proper insulation, are never overlooked. Unusual structures require a different approach to design. Each building has had a previous life that constitutes much of its character, allure, and mystery. Recycled Spaces provides the guidelines, wisdom, and inspiration to help you revitalize and personalize your space so that it can add yet another chapter to its rich history.
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The Housebuilder's Bible: An Insider's Guide to the Construction Jungle
by Mark Brinkley
Price: £15.96 (20% off list price)
Paperback 400 pages (Ovolo Publishing Ltd)
The Housebuilder's Bible is one of Amazon's best selling DIY titles. The Sixth edition was published in November 2004 and is packed with useful tips and down to earth advice. This book is ideal for anyone looking at any residential building project whether you’re extending, renovating or doing a complete newbuild. It contains a mix of down -to earth information and advice as well as detailed yardstick costings. It’s an ideal companion for anybody, selfbuilder or professional, who wants to know more about building well and on budget. Author, Mark Brinkley, lives and works in the house he built for his family in Cambridgeshire. He worked as a carpenter and a housebuilder for 15 years before he wrote this, his only, book which has now established him in a new career as a writer. He is a regular contributor to the selfbuild magazine, Homebuilding & Renovating and an occasional contributor to many more.
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