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, ...

In Colonial times, they did it the old-fashioned way. They built houses with massive skeletons of wooden beams–and no nails. This type of construction–called timber framing–was an import from the Old ...

When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

This remarkable offering in bucolic Groveland is far more than your “run-of-the-mill” piece of real estate. In reality explains listing agent Nicole Sargent, the custom Red Oak Timber Frame home along ...

There's something timeless about the classic A-frame cabin and while handy types can build their own from scrap materials for as little as US$700, the less DIY inclined who would rather follow a plan ...

The timber-frame construction method popular in new social housing places homes at greater risk from fire than other building techniques, government figures have suggested. Data published for the ...

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