Lighting a Timber Frame Home

Timber frame home on Cape Cod

Lighting is an important element to consider during the design process for your new timber frame home. At Davis Frame Company, most of our clients timber frame homes feature cathedral ceiling great rooms with a wall of windows and planning for good lighting in a cathedral ceiling great room is important. Many of our clients feature large chandeliers in their timber frame great rooms. They not only provide good light, but are also beautiful and compliments the timber framing.

Track lighting is also often used to light a timber frame great room. This type of lighting is often combined with a chandelier, as the chandelier alone may not provide enough lighting. The track lights are usually installed on the timber beams or ceiling. Wall sconces are also becoming extremely popular as an accent lighting option for timber frame homes.

This lit up timber frame great room features track lighting and wall sconces.

With our client's timber frame great rooms typically featuring a soaring ceiling, often our clients like to design their lighting to enhance the timber framing at night. Track lighting helps provide ample light in the room as well as shine light on the timbers so the room can be enjoyed at night. When lighted properly, the timbers beautifully shine through the great room wall of windows making this a stunning view from the outside.

This timber frame home is located on the beach and the beautiful view can be enjoyed while having a bonfire on the beach.

Visit Hubbardton Forge Lighting to look at their lighting options! This lighting company is very popular choice with our clients.

If you are looking for more information on our timber frame homes, contact us by calling 1-800-636-0993!

How to Add Timber Frame Accents to Your Home

Vermont home features timber frame brackets on the exterior

Here at Davis Timber Frame, we provide our customers with many timber frame options from full timber frame packages to timber frame accents including timber frame porches, timber frame trusses and timber frame wooden brackets for their homes. Most of our packages are full and hybrid timber frame packages, however, we work with many homeowners who want to add a touch of timber framing to their new or existing home.

Below are ways you can add timber framing:

Timber Frame Truss Accents

Last year, we worked with two different clients in a ski area in Vermont who were building conventional homes. Both clients decided to add timber frame truss accents to their great rooms as well as timber frame brackets to the exterior to achieve a mountain home look. Adding timber frame truss accents to a conventional home adds warmth, charm and can give the home a the the timber frame ambiance without having to add timber framing to every room.

Timber Frame Porches

The timber frame entry porch features two accent timber frame trusses

Adding a timber frame porch to your home is a great way to achieve a unique look. Many of our clients add an entry porch or wrap around timber frame porch for a wowing impression. I personally love a wrap around porch; it is a great place to enjoy the outdoors!

Timber Frame knee braces create a beautiful wrap around porch

Timber Frame Wood Brackets

Timber frame wooden brackets are typically added underneath the roof overhangs of your home. Whether you are building a timber frame or conventional home, adding wooden brackets will give your home a unique look!

Timber frame bracket

For more information on our timber frame packages including timber frame accents, call us today at 1-800-636-0993!

Popular Timber Frame Bent and Truss Options for Your New Home

Example of principal purlin frame

We offer many different style timber frame truss and bent systems here at Davis Timber Frame. We offer two basic types of frames, common purlin frames and common rafter frames. Common purlin frames offer a series of purlins all bearing on the principal rafters of a bent. Common purlin frames are also erected one bent at a time at uniform intervals. Common rafter frame roof rafters span from the eave walls to a ridge beam, principal purlin or the opposing rafter. Common rafter frames are erected in wall sections. Both the common rafter frame and common purlin frame offer a variety of different style bents and trusses to choose from.

One of our most popular style frames is the common rafter principal purlin frame. One reason why the principal purlin frame is so popular here at Davis Timber Frame is because all of our Classic Barn Home floor plans feature a common rafter principal purlin system. Principal purlin frames are simple and beautiful and are often the perfect choice for those that desire a simple timber frame design.

A couple other popular style frame choices are Queen Post and King Post truss and bent frames. Many of our clients use a combination of bent and truss frames for their timber frame home but for the main areas of the home (great room, dining room and kitchen), timber frame truss frames are used to keep the space open and airy.

This great room uses King Post Trusses to keep the space open.

Example of Queen Post Bent Frame. The Queen Post goes down to the floor for more structural support. Bent systems are typically used on the perimeter of the home, while truss systems are used to allow a space to be open with no posts.

To learn more about the different style timber frame options (hammer beam truss, scissor trusses and more) we offer at Davis Timber Frame, visit our web page all about Timber Frame Bent and Truss Systems! Contact us today by calling 1-800-636-0993.

New Timber Frame Open House Location Added

We are happy to announce a new spring timber frame open house location has been added! Join us in Sunapee, New Hampshire and tour this beautiful custom hybrid timber frame home. The great room, dining room and kitchen features Douglas fir scissor truss timbers. The remainder of the home was conventionally built using our Energy Smart Insulated Panel wall and roof system (eSIPS).

Date: Saturday, April 30th

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire 

To receive directions to this timber frame open house, please call us today at 1-800-636-0993!

Couple Builds Their Dream Timber Frame Vacation Home in Vermont

Chuck and Maureen decided to build a timber frame vacation home after falling in love with their daughter and son-in-law's Davis Timber Frame home in Vermont. When they embarked on their own journey to build a timber frame home they decided to build on their daughter's 11 acre property. The Vermont property has become a "family compound"; and it is the perfect place to celebrate the holidays with their family. The couple started with our original homestead floor plan and modified it to suit their wants and needs. The Classic Homestead 1 has become one of our most popular timber frame floor plans.

The Classic Homestead 1 is 26'X40' with 1,764 square feet of living space. The timber frame model offers a compact and attractive floor plan. The first floor is spacious and the kitchen opens into the cathedral-ceiling timber frame great room and dining room. The master bedroom suite is also located on the first floor and features a large walk-in closet and full en-suite bath.

The second floor features two bedrooms and a full bathroom. This floor plan is flexible and can be modified. For example, some of our clients have taken the two bedrooms on the second floor and designed it to be one.

Read Chuck and Maureen's story on building their timber frame vacation home.

If you are interested in our timber frame homes or would like a quote for the Classic Homestead 1, give us a call today at 1-800-636-0993.