Fine Homebuilding Timber-Frame Challenge

Timber Frame on Lake Sylvia, MN

By daiku_north, member
Kitchen and Living Room

Timber frame in Douglas Fir on Lake Sylvia, MN.  Principal Plates and Purlins are 10×16.  Frame by Northern Lights Timber Framing, Minneapolis.  General Contractor: Bruce Prevost, Annandale, MN.  Architect: Rehkamp Larson, Minneapolis, MN.

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    shelleystallings | | #1

    Beautiful, I like the detail on the rafter ends, also the indirect interior lighting.

  2. RockyLM | | #2

    Very rich fell, eye candy to a wood lover.

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