Design
A number of elements contribute to your unique timber home design. Get expert advice on decor, furnishings, timber frame finishing materials and floor plan design.
Lighting Options for Your Timber Frame Home
Transform each room in your timber house using the secrets of good lighting.
7 Low-Maintenance Landscaping Tips
Love the look of a well-maintained yard but hate all the work that it requires? Here are some low-maintenance landscaping tips!
Building a Deck at Your Timber Home
From conception to construction, building a deck that’s both fantastic and functional is totally doable - here's how.
Design a Small Timber Home Kitchen
Easy to clean, super efficient and cost saving — small kitchens are all that and more. Take this advice for trimming the kitchen …
Design Your Dream Kitchen With These Tips and Ideas
Cook up your dream timber home kitchen with our expert tips, layout advice and finishing inspiration.
What’s a Timber Frame?
A timber frame is a home that uses a frame structure of large posts & beams instead of the 2X4-stud “stick frames” that are typic…
Build the Perfect Timber Home Kitchen Pantry
Storage is never in short supply when a well-designed timber home kitchen pantry is just steps away.
Ways to Add Color to Your Timber Home
The perfect hue can bring out the best in any space. Add color to your timber home with strategies from the experts.
Using Reclaimed Wood in Timber Home Design
Vintage charm and one-of-a-kind character make reclaimed wood a winner with homeowners.
4 Steps for Buying or Building a Timber Home
Follow these fundamentals, and you’ll be on the road to timber home perfection. These steps will show you how to buy or start bui…
The Winners of the Timber Home Living Readers' Choice Awards
The best in home design, chosen by the real timber-frame enthusiasts: you!
Barn Home Style
This short Q&A with top timber frame experts explains why the charming and classic barn style home is now more popular and modern…
11 Dreamy Spaces from Our Most Pinned Homes
Entertaining Design in Timber Homes
If you’re designing your home and planning to entertain, here are a few tips to make your abode as accommodating as possible.
American Made Products
Want to show your patriotic pride by buying American? Know the facts first.
Designing a Seamless Open Floor Plan
When an open floor plan flows well from one room to the next, you barely notice it — it’s when it doesn’t that it’s a real traffi…
10 Ways to Make a Splash With Color
Planning Pointers from the Pros
Planning tips from some of the top timber home designers in North America.
Customizing Popular Home Floorplans
Three companies share their most popular designs — and the secrets for customizing them to suit you.
Proof There's Nothing More Enchanting Than a Snow-Covered Timber Home
These cozy timber homes will have even the most dedicated snowbirds dreaming of a winter wonderland. Enjoy!
10 Questions to Answer Before Building a Timber Home
The answers to these 10 questions will help to get your project off to a running start when you're ready to start building a timb…
6 Timber Home Kitchens
Who's hungry? Here's a taste of some beautiful timber home kitchens.
Creating an Inviting Timber Home Entryway
Set the right tone for your home at its onset with an inviting entryway.
Designing the Yard at Your Timber Home
A step-by-step guide to designing the yard at your timber home.
Increase Your Timber Home's Curb Appeal
Timber accents on your home’s exterior pump up its curb appeal and offer visual clues to the symphony of wood inside
Incorporating Farmhouse Style
Vintage appeal meets modern design in a home style that has stood the test of time.
Maximizing Small Timber Home Kitchens
In a small home, spaces that pull double duty rule. And an eat-in kitchen is multitasking at its best.