Home building, home making, home learning, home defining … these have been the substance of our year.
Read MoreThis summer, we are tackling our biggest project yet. So big, that “big” seems like an understatement. Let’s go with “massive” for this one.
Read MoreElk are a big part of why OCH is here, in Atlanta, Michigan. A regal timber frame porch addition--a structure worthy of viewing the elk across an expansive open view--is now in the infancy of its construction.
Read MoreHere in the woods, the sense of urgency to beautify a space seems unnecessary. Although the kitchen is sparse and spare, the furniture wobbly and patinaed with age, they don’t offend the way they would at home. The beauty is in the trees, and in us.
Read MoreThe important thing is that contrast is considered within the interior design choices made for a timber frame home. Play with the color, texture and reflectiveness of lighting, hardware, paint, textiles, and accents. Be aware of their power to complement or detract from the beauty of your timber frame.
Read MoreWe now experience life in large part through gossamer images shared over social media. Our connections to people and events and beauty are mostly virtual. But put out your hand to brush in passing a 10”x10” timber post on your way from the kitchen to the mudroom and be jolted into the real, the here, the now.
Read MoreTheirs is a very special home, since it’s the first timber frame construction that Dan was part of, and where he first saw the technique up close.
Read MoreI envision living in a nearly empty timber frame home someday, and that would be my ideal. To have only the true essentials of life--and those of very spare design--in order to be able to focus the attention up …
Read MoreTimber framing is an adjacent possible to people building homes today. It’s an option that’s not widely known, and yet it’s so perfect for many more applications than it’s currently used in, particularly modest-sized homes.
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