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 ...

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The modern homesteaders behind Gold Shaw Farm teach the full process of constructing a traditional timber frame barn. Iran offers Strait deal; Trump dissatisfied but prefers non-military path Why did ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

BROOKS, Maine — All last winter, master timber framer Bud Menard of Jackson worked for many hours during the long, cold days — about 600 hours — to prepare and carefully fit the heavy beams, posts and ...

It was on a trip to northern Minnesota that he came across a company called Big Wood Timber Frames. Its headquarters is in St. Paul; its workshop is in Brainerd. “I stopped in because I was thinking ...

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 ...

TYNGSBORO — Even as the owners of Lawndale Farm are building something new, they are preserving the past. If you’ve driven down Frost Road recently past the farm, you may have noticed piles of chopped ...

CANE HILL -- Smells of brewed coffee and wood dust filled the air on the Sunday afternoon, June 1, of a long-anticipated, once-delayed timber framing workshop held May 29 to June 4 at Colburn Barn ...