With its bright white siding, metal roof and wraparound porch, the large Lewis Center home looks like a nice farmhouse. But a step inside suggests a far more complicated tale. The home, crafted for a ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

Before they built, they prayed. This wasn’t your average construction site. Then Tedd Benson spoke. To most anyone beyond a corps of people who call themselves timber framers, his name might not mean ...

For the past 10 to 15 years arguments have swept through the construction industry about the merits of conventional brick and block houses against timber frame. I'd like to add to the debate and ...

Timber is eco-friendly and renewable but its renaissance is not only to do with save-the-planet overtures. Apart from being the most environmentally benign construction material, when used correctly, ...

When you think about timber-frame homes in Colorado, do you think of multimillion dollar getaway spots in the mountains? Well, it's time to think again. “People equate timber frames to these massive, ...

John and Ann Sweet and their dogs wander the Sweet Timber Frame workshop in Mount Desert where massive beams are prepared for joinery PHOTO/DAVID A. RODGERS John Sweet calls it a barn. That hardly ...

Labour is pushing for more timber frame homes, saying they would be better for builders, and for the planet. Keir Starmer's government wants to build 1.5million homes during the course of this ...

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