But the Hodgsons - who will use their barn primarily for livestock stalls and hay storage - are "remarkable," said Rick Bott, a North Freedom, Wis., timber-frame barn restoration and building ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2002 - A tour of some of Vermont's picturesque timber frame barns. 2002 - A tour of some of Vermont's picturesque timber frame barns explores the history, construction and preservation of the ...

Misinformation can do a tremendous amount of harm. The topic of what to do with old barns is one that is riddled with misinformation and as a result, valuable buildings have been lost. Recent ...

While a barn house may bring to mind a classic barn set in the countryside, you don’t need to live on a farm to enjoy the roomy, rustic appeal of a barn house. Depending on where you live, the method ...