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Timber Frame

Nearly 5,000 of Modern Rustic Lodge is a dreamy home by many standards. See how Chief Architect is able to help design, visualize, and document a timber frame log home.

We've included interior renderings that illustrate how modern styling can marry rustic ideals comfortable.

See also example drawing sheets depicting post and beam constructions and the many spaces this home offers, from bedroom to cinema to expansive decks.

Visit our website to access the full construction document examples and plan files for hands-on navigation of the project.

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Project Year: 2015
It is easy to imagine this home perched on some mountain, hopefully near a ski lodge or crystal lake.
Timber Frame - Exterior Perspective
Omitting a few wall cabinets on the sink wall in favor of floor to ceiling pantry cabinets make the room feel more spacious and clears the way for big windows.
Timber Frame - Kitchen
A Timber Frame Kitchen and Dining Room melds modern and rustic finishes for a look that suits both the architectural style and less-than-traditional tendencies.
Timber Frame - Kitchen / Dining
A dining room open to the kitchen can be a comfortable space to share with family and friends. This table has a beautiful view of the small library area, kitchen, and outdoor vistas.
Timber Frame - Dining / Kitchen
The Home Office is off of the kitchen, making it easy to track household planning and share common space while people tackle tasks from bills to baking.
Timber Frame - Home Office
Timber Frame Bedroom. Like many of the upstairs rooms, this bedroom has a vaulted ceiling with exposed timber framed trusses. Fresh teal paired with rustic knotty wood finishes and modern furniture helps prevent the style from being too heavy.
Timber Frame - Bedroom
The upstairs Family Room shares walls with two bedrooms and accesses the deck over the carport.
Timber Frame - Family Room
At the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor is a catwalk that connects the Master Suite to the Family Room. This dramatic transition is timber-frame-alicious with a nearly overwhelming amount of exposed lumber. It looks down to the great room and includes details like wrought iron basket balusters.
Timber Frame - Great Room
The Great Room can serve as an entertaining hall, formal dining room, library, or simply a transition space to move you between the living room, deck, kitchen, and basement.
Timber Frame - Great Room
The Timber Frame Great Room includes built-in cabinets to serve as a library or catch all for a collector. The casework hugs the basement door so it doesn't feel like the centerpiece or priority of the room.
Timber Frame - Great Room
The Timber Frame Formal Living room is detached enough from the rest of the house to make it a great place to greet guests. A powder room off of the entrance hall preserves the privacy for both guests and the less public areas of the home.
Timber Frame - Living Room
Although a Formal Living room, this space is casual enough to cozy into an armchair with a hot toddy, a good book, and a crackling fire.
Timber Frame - Living Room
We went all-out RUSTIC for the Timber Frame Master Bedroom. The only hint that other areas of this house were decorated with some modern touches are the pops of yellow accessories. Color changes like these are easy to tweak using design software like Chief Architect.
Timber Frame - Master Suite
Wine tasting room designed in Chief Architect design software. This room is in the daylight basement, off the guest space. There is also an adjacent kitchenette and media room.
Timber Frame - Wine Cellar
Guest Bedroom designed in Chief Architect design software.
Timber Frame - Guest Bedroom
Perspective rendered views from each angle shows off all pieces of this mountain inspired home. Maybe you could park a snow machine under the carport and ride off into the snowy sunset.
Timber Frame - Exterior Perspectives
Front and Side Elevations can include a complete set of notes and dimensions needed for planning departments, contractors, and confirming finishes for clients.
Timber Frame - Elevations
It can be difficult to see how the skeleton of a post and beam home is put together. Show 2D and 3D illustrations of the assembly side-by-side to solve the problem.
Timber Frame - Floor Plan
From the floor plan view, rooms might seem a little plain. When you can show the structural elements to form spaces like the catwalk, vaulted ceilings in the Master Suite, and the grand overlook to the Great Room below perceptions about the spaces start to shift.
Timber Frame - Floor Plan 2
Get a lay of the land using perspective floor overviews, or dollhouse views. Hear each level has its own illustration so you can imaging what it might be like to move through the spaces.
Timber Frame - Basement
These rear and side elevations emphasize the fact that a home like this one ought to have some stunning views to look out upon.
Timber Frame - Elevations
A working kitchen design that includes a floor layout and elevations that dimension to appliances, cabinetry, and openings. Including a Ray Trace photo realistic perspective image of the space conveys the feeling of the room.
Timber Frame - Kitchen Plan