Ready to Raise (Almost)…

Timber frame fabrication almost complete for the Nemacolin Woodlands NEW Ski Lodge (very exciting project)!

Time to get organized…everybody MOVE your cars, please.

Uhmmm, Tom? Where the heck is Tom?

Ok, here we go.

This project has quite a lot of steel joinery, need to check it before we get to the jobsite, just to be sure we have all that we need.

Interesting steel column cap shown here.  All of the steel was designed by us and custom created for us by Vermont Steelcraft.

Glulams from Calvert Company via Northwest Specialty Timbers.

If you have Adobe Reader, and would like to check out our design, click below.  Peeled pole columns, glulam branches and lots of STEEL!

Nemacolin Ski Lodge Timber Frame 3d

I’ll add more pictures later, please come back 🙂

Octoberfest!

Let’s celebrate the October colors!

Please click on each photo to see where I found them (and to see much more incredible foliage shots)!

Happy Fall from all of us timber framers @ Vermont Timber Works, Inc.

InStyleTour / Dinner with Blanco

#InStyleTour – Part 1  Dinner and Blanco BOTH a huge hit.

Richard from Vermont Custom Cabinetry and Sandy from Vermont Timber Works thank Todd and Andie for including us.

Christy, talking with us about Blanco, in part introducing the new semi-professional faucet Culina (very cool).

Dinner was wonderful.

Loved the wine!!

Congrats to Michelle Cortizo, she won the Culina Faucet, lucky girl!!

Part 2:  Giovanni

Stay tuned!

PHOTO CREDIT: Most of these photos by Todd and Sidney Vendituoli

InStyleTour is Tonight!

Villa Francesca

 Designers / Bloggers / Art / Dinner (with tweeps)!

 Richard (Vermont Custom Cabinetry) and Sandy (Vermont Timber Works, Inc.) look forward to meeting everyone!

Ready, Set, GO!

Take 4 scissor trusses and call me in the morning.

Oh and you better take some purlins too.

There, there, feel better?

Timber Frame decisions can be stressful.  It’s certainly an investment that absolutely adds warmth to the space.

Totally worth it, in our opinion BUT…

You don’t have to have a full timber frame, sometimes an accent with timber is all that’s needed, or wanted.

We understand.

You want big? You want small? Something in between?

We can do that.

The 4 Scissor Trusses shown above would help create a wonderful great room area, don’t you think?  They can brace on conventionally framed walls and viola!  This truss design visually adds height, which I love.

Timber Frame + Wood Flooring?

Maybe?

Maybe not…

1st photo, this design works.  the contrast the painted cabinetry offers, in my opinion, makes this work.

2nd photo, can you say LOVE THIS!! I love the Soapstone flooring tiles by Vermont Soapstone.  (Whether a timber frame home or not, this is a fabulous option).

How about cement tile?

Loving the tiles also, but so many choices…I would need an Interior Designer.  ANDIE are you available?

Back to the wood flooring…if there is enough interesting character, I’m in!

So, timber framing + wood flooring = YES.

Timber framing + soapstone tiles = Yes yes!

Cement tiles get my vote also.

InStyleTour 10/2 Featuring American Artist Giovanni DeCunto

We are looking forward to meeting Giovanni DeCunto and seeing his gallery of artwork.

Reviewing his website, my eye is drawn initially to his Gallery of Flowers then to Social Commentary, wow!

Below is a photo of one incredible piece.

In his “About the Artist” write up, Giovanni tells us how at the young age of seven, he knew that becoming an artist was in his future.

And he was certainly right about that.

Richard Preston from Vermont Custom Cabinetry and Sandy Connolly from Vermont Timber Works will see you soon,

Boston’s North End, here we come!

#instyletour

Vermont Timber and Vermont Custom Have a Date with BLANCO

Blanco America that is…

How pretty is this?

BTW, this is the sink that I have fallen in love with.

Richard Preston from Vermont Custom Cabinetry will be joining me (Sandy) on this In Style Tour adventure.  Vermont Custom designs, builds and sometimes even installs quality custom cabinetry for kitchens, baths and more.  Their workshop can be found in Westminster, VT and they have a beautiful design center / showroom in Keene, NH.

If you are in the area, coming up I91N, stop at our Vermont Welcome Center (you’ll love it) first, then Vermont Custom, then Vermont Timber.

Back to the In Style Tour…Hey Blanco!  We can’t wait to meet you and learn more about your fabulous designer products.

Inspiration / Innovation / and Ideas

And, I’m feeling lucky…

#instyletour

10/2/12

Boston

Sponsored by

Blanco America

Dinner at

Villa-Francesca

Viewing Giovanni’s new artwork collection

Giovanni DeCunto

Doesn’t this sound fun?

Information about beautifully designed sinks, faucets and accessories, wonderful italian dinner, dessert & artwork, meeting new friends potentially interested in similar fields.  Yes, this is going to be good.

Design / Blogging / Friends / Food / Art

oh, and timber framing…? Well, probably not timber framing, but I’ll try to bring it up!

Hosted by

Andie Day and Todd Ventituoli

Can’t wait!

Just give me a price…

How many times do you get a call and the caller just wants a price?  It happens to us quite often and since we are a custom timber frame shop, each project needs to be estimated and that takes time.

Step 1:  Sandy (me) or Mike gets the info, sometimes architectural drawings, sometimes a sketch drawn by the contractor, sometimes a described project by the homeowners.

Step 2: Estimating Dept.  reviews the provided information, comes up with a material list, allowance for steel (if needed), sometimes a sketch for the potential client to review.

Step 3: Sometimes our structural engineer needs to take a look at the estimated project, like she did for this one.  42FT scissor truss….What’s the roof pitch and where is this located?

Step 4:  Back to me (Sandy) material list entered and priced out.  Wood species, in this case, Douglas Fir, surfaced 4 sides and free of heart center…check.

Step 5:  On the bench.  Owners will review, set design complexity, adjust as needed and back to me. Quite a lot of thought goes into this process.

Step 6:  Presentation created and presented.

Wow, that’s a lot of work.

So how about you just give me a price?