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Timber Frame Great Rooms

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A collection of our favorite timber frame great room projects. Learn more about our timber frame projects for places we live.

Timber Frame Great Rooms

Oak Timber Frame Truss — Dogs are good people and appreciate timber frame great rooms…

White Oak king post timber frame living room trusses — There’s something calming about this room: White Oak modified King Post timber frame trusses in a Jonesborough, TN Living Room

mountain house great room reclaimed beams — This family purchased an antique timber frame barn and engaged an architect to design a home around it.

timber frame castle great room rfkd douglas fir — Yes, this is a timber frame castle in Banner Elk, NC. We built the timber frame trusses from Radio Frequency Kiln Dried (RFKD) Douglas Fir.

timber frame great room radio frequency kiln dry douglas fir — One of the first timber frame homes we built using radio frequency kiln dried (RFKD) Douglas Fir timber.

wood beams in living room — Curves soften the look of timber framing

Curved Timber Trussses in Great Room — As soon as you enter the Great Room, you can’t help but look up and and feel safe under massive curved timber trusses.

timber frame great room loft kitchen on lake james nc — A timber framed Great Room, loft, and kitchen in a lake house on Lake James, NC

Oak wood beams on living room ceiling — A Living Room in Asheville, NC with timbered ceiling from new White Oak wood beams

decorative timber frame king post trusses with curved lower member — We like how curved timber softens the lines of timber framing–as in the curved struts and lower chords of these King Post trusses.

White Oak timber frame hammer beam trusses — White Oak modified hammer beam trusses with a metal tie rod create a beautiful timber frame Great Room in Campbello, SC

Curved timber frame trusses — Rough sawn White Pine Great Room Timber Trusses

round log and square timber frame great room — Round logs meet square timber in this timber framed Great Room in Blue Ridge Mountain Club

curved king post timber frame trusses in great room — We like how the curved lower chords in these Living Room timber frame trusses soften the straight lines of timber framing–in addition to replicating the radius of the curved window. Note also the subtle curve in the bottoms of the arched timber braces.

Standing Dead Ponderosa Pine Beams in Living Room — The Owner desired more sustainable and dimensionally stable wood than green timber, so we sourced Standing Dead Ponderosa Pine for the ceiling beams in this NC mountain home.

Mountain Living Room — At the end of the day, if you’re lucky enough to live in the mountains, you’re lucky enough.

Modern Contemporary Timber Frame — Contemporary timber homes often blend Natural materials like timber and stone with steel and glass.

Reclaimed timber frame trusses

reclaimed wood stairway timber with reclaimed hand hewn beams — A dramatic stairway leads to a loft overlooking a Living Room timber framed with reclaimed hand hewn beams in Linville, NC

Douglas Fir Great Room Timber Frame Trusses — Eastern White Pine timber frame trusses and ridge great room beams with curved braces give this room a lodge-like feeling.

A take on the Modern Farmhouse with reclaimed hand hewn beams

Timber Frame Great Room Bedminster NJ

rustic lake house living room with timber framed round log cypress post — One thing about wood posts: people like touching them, and we think the round Cypress log posts in this Virginia lake house will get a lot of attention over the coming years.

living room exposed wood beams — Curved lower chords soften the lines of these King Post trusses in a Greatroom

douglas fir timber frame king post trusses in mountain great room — Radio frequency kiln dried Douglas Fir trusses and a ridge beam add visual interest and a mountain feel to this timber frame living room in a mountain home.

Party Barn Dining Room reclaimed hand hewn white oak barn timber — Inspired by a visit to Blackberry Farm, the owners converted part of an existing barn on their property to a gorgeous Party space–using reclaimed timbers from two Pennsylvania barns. Design by Meyer Greeson Paullin Benson. To read the Garden & Gun article about this project, visit the Our Story/Publications section of our website.

contemporary timber framing — The dimensional stability of dry timber is particularly well suited for the clean lines of contemporary architecture

weathered beams and siding in a living room ceiling — Weathered beams and siding reclaimed from the original house were re-purposed for this Living Room ceiling.

timber groin vault ceiling — A timber framed Groin vault from Eastern White Pine timber in a Charlotte, NC Living Room.

timber frame lodge great room trusses — A structural Douglas Fir timber frame with steel tie rods supports the roof of this mountain lodge Great Room

timber frame great room with free-standing fireplace — The freestanding fireplace focuses all living areas and helps define each space. The timber frame further helps delineate spaces into sedentary, work areas and circulation, introducing a rhythm to the volume that keeps the scale manageable. Design and comments by Bob Mann of A.T.T.I.C. Design in Banner Elk, NC.

reclaimed wood timber frame home — Reclaimed Wood Timber Frames

exposed reclaimed wood beams living room ceiling — The rectangular holes (mortises) visible in some of the beams in this Linville, NC mountain home tell a story: these particular weathered beams were reclaimed from an antique timber frame (the timbers were connected by pegged mortise and tenon joinery)–as opposed to a post and beam structure (bolted or nailed together).

timber frame hand hewn douglas fir king post trusses — What began as a fishing cabin ended up as one of our favorite general contracting projects: a 3 bedroom home on the banks of a trout stream in Linville, NC

Hand hewn reclaimed timber frame great room greenwich CT — Reclaimed wood timber frame Great Room in Greenwich CT

Modern Farmhouse Living Room — It doesn’t get more sustainable than this: we built this timber frame from Southern Yellow Pine trees harvested from the owner’s property.

Check out our timber frame work!

Timber Frame Post and Beam Videos — Timber Frame Videos

Timber frame Porches — Porches

Timber Frame Pool Pavilion — Pool Pavilions

Timber Frame Barns — Barns

Timber Frame Greatroom Trusses — Great Rooms

Commercial Timber Frame — Commercial Projects

Timber Frame and Post and Beam Homes — Timber Frame Homes

Timber Frame Pavilions and Gazebos — Pavilions and Gazebos

Timber Frame Entryways — Entryways

Timber Frame Kitchen — Kitchens

Reclaimed Wood Timber Frames — Reclaimed Wood

Timber Frame Porte Cochere — Porte Cocheres

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