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Wet Rooms: Your Guide to This Trending Bathroom Style

Learn about this luxurious design strategy, perfect for timber frame houses.   This bathroom in a custom Woodhouse home makes elegant use of waterproof surfaces, which, in some areas, stretch from the floor to the ceiling.   Bathrooms are one of ...
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Welcome Spring with Inspiration from Woodhouse Outdoor Spaces

Transform your outdoor space with a custom timber frame structure to create a luxurious, personalized retreat for unwinding and socializing.     With longer days and rising temperatures, it's the perfect time to dream up your ideal outdoor space. Well-designed extensions ...
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Adding an Elevator to Your Custom Home: Now or Later?

Elevators future-proof home accessibility for multi-level timber frame floor plans.   Check out this fully custom, luxurious Woodhouse timber frame home in Georgia that seamlessly integrates an elevator into the design. The owners and their visitors are able to travel from ...
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What’s Trending for Home Design in 2025

When applied to timber frame house designs, the trends of 2025 transcend time.   Expect to see more culinary customizations, like beverage bars and upgraded outdoor kitchens.   Stepping into the new year, you may be looking for a glimpse of ...
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Get in the Zone: Creating Defined Spaces in Open Layouts

Open layouts are a popular feature of timber frame home plans. Here's how to fuse that sense of flow with purposeful use of space.     A timber frame’s entertaining areas — the kitchen, dining room, and great room — are ...
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The Top Designs of 2024: Here’s What’s Hot

Check out the most-viewed Woodhouse timber frame floor plans of 2024 — and what sets them apart.   With a design for every lifestyle and locale (and each completely customizable), the Woodhouse library of floor plans is an endless treasure trove ...
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The Scullery: The Unsung Hero of the Home

This traditional home feature is making a comeback – and for good reason. Explore the benefits of and design options for this hardworking space, then and now, and see how Woodhouse can incorporate a similar feature into your custom timber frame ...
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The Modern Luxury of Timber Frame Cabins

Discover Woodhouse’s modern timber frame cabins, which combine nostalgic design, contemporary features, and energy-efficient craftsmanship for stylish, eco-friendly living.   The airy and bright loft inside a home based on the RockyView. See more here.   The appeal of a timber ...
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Behind the Buzzword: Biophilic Design

Trending or timeless? Here’s what this wellness-minded design approach is all about — and how a timber frame fits right in.    If you’ve seen “biophilic” come up in recaps of 2024’s design trends and predictions for 2025’s…you’re not alone. While ...
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Exceptional Exteriors for the Rustic-but-Modern Timber Frame Home

Discover the perfect blend of modern and rustic with Woodhouse’s designs.    This Bend, Oregon, home is based on our RockyView design and is a showcase of the modern-rustic design aesthetic. Keep reading to learn more about this project.   In ...
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