Category Archives: Timber Frame

New Digs!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by John

Moving is never fun. For 11 of our 21 years as a timber frame company, we were in our Fairhaven office and shop. We moved our office to Ferndale earlier this fall. This involved recycling several dumpsters of paper, a … Continue reading →

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Wood Lover’s Island Get Away

Posted on September 12, 2011 by John

Sometimes you get to work with people who have a passion for the project they are building. This was one of those times. Bruce has a passion for wood and couldn’t have been easier to work with. He was inspired … Continue reading →

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Big Trusses – from our shop to installed on site in 24 hours!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by John

Yesterday, we loaded up some 50 foot span trusses from our shop – fully assembled. It took some ingenuity to get them out of the shop: and from there, they were loaded with a small crane onto a special, long … Continue reading →

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Cascade Joinery’s Work Featured

Posted on March 9, 2011 by John

The brand new issue of Bellingham Alive has a nice piece written by Matthew Wend about merging nature into the design of a house. The article features our use of NanaWall’s system in a house Greg designed and we timber … Continue reading →

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Details that make a Difference

Posted on February 1, 2011 by John

Digging through the wayback machine and found this photo from a mid-nineties project and remembered that there’s a lot to like in this room.  Rather than go on too long, I’ll just point out a few things to check out.  … Continue reading →

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Common Timber Frame Definitions

Posted on January 14, 2011 by John

Are you looking into timber frame home designs for the first time but you aren’t able to keep up with the lingo? We understand that you may not understand certain terms specific to the timber frame industry, and we want … Continue reading →

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How to Downsize Your Timber Frame Home

Posted on January 7, 2011 by John

Are you currently in the process of designing your timber frame home but you’ve hit a brick wall? Have you endured a few life changing events and now you must reconsider you timber frame home plan? If you have recently … Continue reading →

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5 Timber Frame Home Design Tips

Posted on December 14, 2010 by John

You’ve been sorting through the things you need to have in your timber frame home, and those you would like to have and you finally have it all. Or so you think. Although you may believe you’ve covered every possible … Continue reading →

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Personalize Your Timber Frame Home with Customization

Posted on December 7, 2010 by John

We are experts in custom timber frame homes and we love when clients bring us their ideas to customize their plan. Your home is probably the one place you will spend majority of your time outside of work, so you … Continue reading →

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New Photos!!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by John

We love it when we get new photos of our work.  Is this like getting new pictures of grandkids? Most of us wouldn’t know–Sam’s the only grandparent around here. Nevertheless, we were especially glad to get photos of this recently … Continue reading →

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