Western Timber Frame® designs timber frame pergolas that elevate outdoor living. Each structure reflects true craftsmanship, timeless design, and enduring quality.
Texas has been part of our story from the beginning. This post showcases several of our early timber frame projects installed in Texas, along with a recent return build for Lamar University. From backyard pergolas to campus pavilions, these structures show how timber framing creates open-air shade, strong design, and places made for connection.
Screw pile foundations offer a clean, low disruption way to support timber structures without major excavation. In this post, learn how galvanized steel piles install with precision, protect existing hardscapes, and solve tricky builds like adding a pergola over an existing deck.
Integrated timber systems turn individual timber elements into complete environments. By designing pavilions, pergolas, privacy panels, and TimberVolt power to work together, one space can support daily life, gatherings, and commercial use with ease and intention.
See how a weathered deck became a heavy duty timber frame deck with a custom color matched pergola and boat and vehicle pavilion, designed to look original to the home.
There’s a certain kind of structure that does more than cast shade — it creates a stage for life….
This family started their backyard swing project with simple posts and a dream. Midway through, they called Western Timber Frame to bring that vision to life. The result is a handcrafted timber pergola that turned a small idea into a place of peace, strength, and beauty.
Engineered for strength and designed for joy, this two-story timber frame pergola transforms a backyard pool into a commercial-grade outdoor retreat—with a diving deck, waterslide, and handcrafted timber detailing that redefine outdoor living.
Luxury outdoor structures start with craftsmanship that feels effortless. These handcrafted timber pergolas redefine the meaning of comfort, balance, and belonging — turning sunlight, shadow, and structure into a way of living.
Three Daybreak families reimagined outdoor living with Western Timber Frame — building spaces that connect home, nature, and belonging.
In New Jersey, timber carries more than its own weight—it carries stories, firelight, and the rhythm of gathering. Western Timber Frame, with the design leadership of Chase Bronson, created a cabana and pergola in mass and heavy timber that transforms outdoor living into something timeless.
The cabana, framed by stone bases and exposed beams, shelters an outdoor kitchen and fireplace—making it the heart of hospitality. Beside it, the pergola opens the design outward, offering shaded gathering space while keeping light and air flowing.
Though residential, the craftsmanship is commercial-grade timber framing, reinforced by The Dovetail Difference® joinery system and modernized with TimberVolt® outdoor power posts for lights, fans, and charging.
This project proves outdoor living can be both traditional and modern, strong and inviting, enduring and alive.
This family’s new timber pergola brings privacy and peace to their outdoor walk and patio—proof that the right structure can transform how a space feels.
A 16×22 timber frame pergola with arched knee braces, upgraded beams, and a custom stone fireplace—showcasing the Dovetail Difference® in outdoor living.