Design process

Top 10 Practices for Designing Your Dream Floor Plan

By Woodhouse | June 1, 2021

A successful timber frame floor plan is the culmination of thousands of detailed solutions. These solutions are customized for the homebuyers’ lifestyle, building site, zoning and permit requirements, local climate,…

Designer Rick Bulin on Collaborating with Woodhouse

By Woodhouse | October 20, 2020

In 2017 a couple sought out designer Rick Bulin, owner of Bulin Custom Designs since 2007, to design a custom timber frame home in a suburban setting in Frankfort, Illinois.…

Six Architectural Dream Projects

By Woodhouse | September 25, 2020

Architecture has always straddled the line between science and art, and between what’s beautiful and what’s practical. Architects have to oversee the development of the terrain of the site, meet…

Floor Plan in Action

No Fuss, Just Truss: How Woodhouse Empowers Architects

By Woodhouse | September 25, 2020

Woodhouse—The Timber Frame Company is uniquely positioned to help architects and designers succeed in a world where clients increasingly value environmentally conscious structures with high-tech performance. Woodhouse crafts elegant timber…

Drawing Plans

How Woodhouse is Building a Better Design Process

By Woodhouse | September 23, 2020

Sales of newly built homes jumped 55% in June 2020—the largest annual gain since the housing crash more than a decade ago. This historic jump in new housing sales was…

Architect Raymond R. Lefebvre on Collaborating with Woodhouse

By Woodhouse | September 18, 2020

The building site’s terrain on the shores of upstate New York’s Seneca Lake was challenging, recalls Architect Raymond R. Lefebvre. The site featured a 10-foot property line to the north…

Contemporary Mountain Home in Steamboat Springs by Architect Mike Olsen

By Woodhouse | September 18, 2020

It can be tempting to play it safe when designing a spec home. With that much money at stake, does it pay to be unique? In the case of Architect…

Firewater Restaurant in Maryland By Designer Doug Storck

By Woodhouse | September 18, 2020

Taking raw land and creating an elegant structure is not an easy task at any time. Add a pandemic and the challenges grow exponentially. Just ask residential and light commercial…

Lakeside Living Timber Frame by Architect Tom Hopkin

By Woodhouse | September 18, 2020

After being the in-house architect at Woodhouse—The Timber Frame Company in the 1990s, Architect Tom Hopkins is more than familiar with the art of timber framing. “While at Woodhouse for…

Architect Jeff Wilkinson on Collaborating with Woodhouse

By Woodhouse | August 28, 2020

When a couple selected Architect Jeff Wilkinson R.A. of Newburgh, NY, to design their new timber frame home on a 400-acre sanctuary in upstate New York’s Catskill mountains, he turned…