Timber Framing is New Again

Timber Framing is New Again

Timber Framing The phrase “timber framing” to the uninitiated brings to mind loggers yelling “timberrr!”, early American settler’s homes, dark log cabins, barns, and snowed-in 19th-century New Englanders-visions of days gone by and a...
Designing Your Timber Frame to Stay Within Budget

Designing Your Timber Frame to Stay Within Budget

One of the first things we do with our clients is to work with them to establish a budget for their new timber frame home. In a previous timber frame budget blog post, we discussed all the elements that affect your overall budget, but we would like to focus on how the...
Lakeside Timber Frame Home in New York

Lakeside Timber Frame Home in New York

Those who own lakefront properties quickly realize that their homes have two front entrances: one that faces the world and one that faces the water. Rob Williams and Barbara Deane-Williams’ lakeside timber frame home on Lake Ontario in Upstate New York not only shows...
Off-Grid Timber Frame Home in Oregon

Off-Grid Timber Frame Home in Oregon

Some of the wood in Leanne Smith’s timber frame, off-grid timber frame home in Sisters, Oregon has a unique story. “That’s my uncle’s barn that blew down,” says Smith referring to the century-old Douglas fir in her kitchen cabinets,...