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Your timber frame home will serve to connect you with nature in a way that isn't possible with conventionally built homes.  The timbers are true to their natural state, not chipped into pressed word or sawn down to 2X4's.  They are stately and honor their true beginnings.

 

Windows, open to the outdoors, bring in the seasons and allow you to feel and enjoy the weather, without being assaulted by cold or heat.

 

So, design your home to take advantage of the nature…

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Energy efficient seems to be a touch phrase in today's building jargon. Of course, all construction today should be energy efficient and timber frames are generally designed and built to be energy efficient. However, the key word in that phrase is efficient.



An efficient design can be large or small, grand or simple, but it should embrace efficiency throughout. The efficient timber frame will begin with efficient use of space, extend to the efficient use of materials, and will be… Continue