A Buying Guide to companies specializing in the construction or restoration of timber frames and other timber structures for period-style homes.
Full line of rustic handmade copper and brass outdoor and indoor lighting. Styles include Colonial, Colonial Revival, New-Classical, Greek Revival, Cape Cod, Bungalow, Mission, Arts & Crafts and more. Custom orders and reproductions a specialty. Popular custom options custom sizes including large and oversize fixtures, custom back plates and mounting solutions, custom sockets, gas lights, low voltage wiring and modification to meet 'dark sky' regulations.
Supplier of 18th- & 19th-century building materials salvaged from old houses & barns: columns, doors, shutters, mantels, sinks & bathtubs; antique & resawn flooring; antique heart pine, ancient oak, chestnut, white pine & hemlock; radiators; since 1960.
Designer of early New England Cape-style home-building system: engineered plans, detailed construction diagrams & framing package; unique timbered ceiling system.
Custom fabricator of cupolas, steeples & domes: surveying, design, structural & ornamental work & rigging & installation services for historic structures; timber framing, flooring, doors & columns; cabinetry, paneling & woodwork.
Supplier of wood flooring, paneling, roofing, fencing, new & recycled timbers & decking: hand-split, machine-cut & fancy-cut butt fire- & rot-retardant-treated shakes & shingles; quartersawn clapboard & siding; post & beam.
Manufacturer of New England-style post-&-beam carriage houses, garden houses, sheds & country barns: pre-cut & -engineered for assembly by either the firm or a professional carpenter.