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Planning a timber frame home involves more than just the floor plan; here you'll find expert advice on everything you need to get started, including budgeting, buying land, choosing wood, specifying a timber frame style, and more.
Sharing a private road with your neighbors can be a great way to ensure peace and quiet for all—if you do your homework. Here's what to know about private road ownership.
Good things come in small packages — even when it comes to your timber home.
From quiet corners to hobby hangouts, consider adding a few extra personal places when designing your new home.
We asked two timber-home design teams to create two different timber frame house plans to match lifestyle requests from consumers.
How do timber-frame house plans come into being? A methodical approach works best. Follow our 10-step plan to get the perfect des…
Your home-building budget may have shrunk in the past 12 months. But you can still get the home you want while spending less.
Developing a positive relationship with your contractor is a key to keeping headaches to a minimum.
How much should you budget for building a house? Here's how to develop a timber frame home construction budget to avoid running o…
A custom design often starts with a preexisting floor plan. Here’s a look at how one popular starting point has been transformed into three fully personalized homes.
How creative can you really get with natural building materials?
Floor plans are more flexible than you think, so we took one floor plan and re-designed it six different ways.
These 4 different types of wood are the perfect building blocks for your next timber frame home.
Jonathan Orpin, founder and owner at New Energy Works Timberframers, shares four things to include in even the humblest abode.
Meticulously crafted and beautiful, timber frame homes are also versatile, energy-efficient and sturdy. But what exactly makes timber framing so unique? We cover everything you need to know about how modern design meets traditional craftsmanship in today’s timber frame homes.
From cherry-picking to wine-tasting, snowshoeing to kiteboarding, there’s a little something for everybody in the midwestern town of Traverse City, Michigan.
When a home employs the open-format layout popular in many timber homes, it can be even more difficult to find places to stash belongings. Enter the concept of custom built-ins in timber homes.
Understanding the basics of post and beam construction.
