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What to Look for in a Designer & Builder
March 20, 2013

Designing and building a custom home, timber frame barn or specialty building can be an exciting and rewarding time in life. Read more...

Timber Framing Allows Design Flexibility
February 10, 2013

In the past fully timbered frames were once seen as confined to a box with a rigid grid of timbers.  Read more...

Environmental Advantages to Building a Timber Frame
January 5, 2013

There are environmental advantages to building a timber frame. Timber framers work with low embodied energy materials. Read more...

Timber Frame Design has Timeless Appeal
December 10, 2012

Designing homes and barns with timber framing brings a sense of honesty and warmth to a building’s overall richness. Read more...

New England Timber Framing History
November 5, 2012

Timber framed buildings have been around for a long time.  Read more..

Geared for Success!
October 15, 2012

As a designer and builder of custom homes and businesses we have the opportunity to work with fine craftspeople from all over Maine.  Read more......

Floating Staircase
September 30, 2012

This custom built floating staircase was designed to provide a stunning entryway and is the focal point of the main living space of this unique timber frame home. Read more...

Signature Cottages
August 19, 2012

Owning and managing a business is rewarding and often takes us in directions we don’t anticipate.  We have received significant interest in this design as finished living space. Read more...

Structural Insulated Panels
July 31, 2012

When designing and building a timber frame barn or home the discussion always includes whether to use Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs).  SIPs panels are an energy efficient alternative to conventionally framing the roof and walls of a new building.

Porches
June 12, 2012

Porches are a unique feature of American architecture with the heyday being from the 1880’s to middle 1920’s.  Porches offered a space of transition between the outside world and the private inner world of the homeowner. In the days before air conditioning, television, radio and the automobile it was a place to gather with friends and neighbors to discuss politics, gossip and enjoy...