As a child growing up in Big Sky country, Scott Butcher found a comforting appeal in rustic homes and barns. “I worked in my grandfather’s timber frame barn back in Montana, and loved the feel, the ...

Leisurely Sunday drives can lead to beautiful site-seeing amongst quintessential New England backdrops. But when you get inspired to replicate ideal properties donning country-style post and beam ...

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 ...

The Amish have long been famous for barn raisings. Now, they're becoming known for building houses for the non-Amish, often using ancient construction techniques. About 600 Amish contractors or ...

John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...

Berkshire Botanical Garden holds 'barn raising' to dedicate new timber-frame structure. Local experts Scott Brockway and Adam Miller shed light on the art of the longstanding building method By Tony ...

MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — What do you do when you’ve got an old barn on your property threatening to collapse? Some call Luke Larson. Larson purchased Green Mountain Timber Frames over the winter. The ...

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, ...

Scars left by axes swung before the Civil War show the work of skilled builders who shaped timbers for use in homes, barns and warehouses long before cutting machinery came along. Each board or beam ...

We are considering a large extension to the rear of our property and the builder is pushing us towards a timber frame structure as he says it’s easier to get an airtight seal to prevent draughts. He ...

Text description provided by the architects. MDB was selected by a wonderful couple to preserve their circa 1860 timber-frame barn. The barn hadn't been touched in over 60 years but for the turkey ...