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 ...

As agriculture has morphed into big business and populations have shifted from the countryside to urban centers, timber-frame barns have become rare. Thanks to companies like Heritage Restorations, ...

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 ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Homepage lifestyle Building a timber frame house versus the more typical, concrete block method Thinking of building a house? The advantages of building a timber frame house over the more standard ...