A white oak timber frame kitchen, the beams running over a pale green island and cabinets — Photograph by Steven Paneccasio

Timber frame, start to finish.

We draw the frame, cut every timber, and stand on the ridge when it goes up.

We’re a small crew of designers and timber framers working with homeowners, architects, and builders to make frames that will last for generations and are meant to be lived under every day.

Timber frame roof structure seen from below, curved braces and pegged joinery against an overcast sky

In a timber frame, the structure stays in view.

Where the posts, beams, and trusses land shapes the rooms around them: the ceiling heights, the spans, the angle of the bracing, how the light comes in. When the frame is designed alongside the building, the two work together. The earlier we’re involved, the more possibilities we can explore, whether it’s a home, a barn, or a pavilion.

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The Glasshouse at Cedar Lakes Estate at dusk, timber gable over stone

Cedar Lakes Estate Port Jervis, New York Douglas fir 3,200 board feet Photograph by Steven Paneccasio

Down the center aisle of the INNESS barn, anchor beams and sling braces overhead, the far doors open to the field

INNESS NY Barn Accord, New York Adirondack white pine 20,400 board feet Photograph by Steven Paneccasio

The great room at the Morris residence: dark timber trusses rising to the ridge, two round chandeliers, skylights above

Morris Residence Morris, Pennsylvania Eastern white pine 18,000 board feet

The Parkland observation tower on its white sand rise under a wide Florida sky

Parkland Observation Tower Parkland, Florida Douglas fir 217 timbers

“Timber framing has always seemed to draw folks passionate about the craft and profession. But even in such a remarkable group, Kayle and his crew stand out.”

Ben Brungraber, PhD, PE Fire Tower Engineered Timber

A framer kneels to mark out a curved truss on the shop floor, a finished truss and stacked timbers behind him

From first call to raising day.

Every project starts somewhere different. Most move through these six steps.

01
First call
The estimate comes once we understand the project.
02
Design and proposal
The frame we’ll build, and what it will cost.
03
Refining the design
Working through the details with the people designing the building.
04
Engineering and shop drawings
Every joint is detailed before we cut.
05
In our shop
The people who understand the design are right there.
06
Raising day
A week or two on site, with our own crew.

Schematic design drawing: the front elevation of a 24 by 40 timber frame pavilion with a stone chimney, people for scale — Schematic design, front elevationFrom a sample set for a 24 × 40 pavilion.

Shop drawing: a section through the same pavilion, every timber sized and every tenon, housing and screw called out — Shop drawing, section at line AEvery joint is detailed before we cut.

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Greg Sickler in the shop, leaning on a timber in front of a stack of beams, black and white — Greg Sickler, who started the shop in 1996.

Our story

Thirty years in, still a family shop.

Most of our frames go up across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, within five or six hours of Sylvania. A 5-axis CNC joined the shop in 2022, and over the years we’ve built a network of engineers and specialists we trust. Our capabilities have grown considerably, but the way we work hasn’t changed much. We’re still a small, hands-on shop, involved in the details from the first drawings through the raising.

Our story

Timber frame, start to finish.

In a timber frame, the structure stays in view.

Selected projects

From first call to raising day.

First call

Design and proposal

Refining the design

Engineering and shop drawings

In our shop

Raising day

Thirty years in, still a family shop.

Tell us what you’re building.