Tiered Timber Frame Pergola With Diving Deck: Elevated Design Meets Poolside Adventure
There’s a certain kind of structure that does more than cast shade — it creates a stage for life….
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Harnessing the Sun: Solar-Ready Timber Frame Cabana Design
A solar-ready timber frame cabana brings together handcrafted beauty and modern innovation. Designed for strength, sustainability, and year-round comfort, this outdoor retreat supports solar panels while offering a naturally shaded space to gather, relax, and recharge—both your home and your spirit. Built with The Dovetail Difference®, it’s where craftsmanship meets clean energy.
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When They Left a Promise Unfinished, We Stepped In
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.
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Timber Frames and Fire: Why We Gather Around the Hearth
Fire has always been more than fuel—it is a symbol of warmth, hospitality, and connection. From ancient traditions across the world to George Washington’s hearth, people have gathered around flames to share stories and strengthen bonds. Today, timber frame pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, and trellises continue that tradition, creating modern living hearths where families, friends, and communities come together.
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Before & After: A Deck Replacement That Changed More Than the View
This before-and-after story shows more than a new deck. With composite planks for low maintenance and rough-sawn mass timber joined with The Dovetail Difference®, the transformation delivers strength, beauty, and a space that only grows better with time.
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Doubling the Living Space, Multiplying the Fun
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.
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Luxury Outdoor Structures That Elevate Community Spaces
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.
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Belonging Has an Address: Three Daybreak Projects That Bring Life Outdoors
Three Daybreak families reimagined outdoor living with Western Timber Frame — building spaces that connect home, nature, and belonging.
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Beyond Summer: Pavilions & Cabanas That Make Cold Weather Your Favorite Season
Salt Lake Fall Home Show – Speaker: Laurence Bunker, President, Western Timber Frame A four season pavilion changes the…
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Timber Frame Cabana and Pergola in New Jersey: Built for Living
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.
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An Out-of-State Homeowner’s Journey to a Custom Timber Pergola with Western Timber Frame
Learn what to expect from design to delivery when building a custom timber pergola — including drawings, permits, engineering, and real client communication along the way.
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Bleach Stain Finish: A Century-Old Tradition Revived for Modern Timber Architecture
For centuries, long before the invention of modern coatings, builders in the early American colonies relied on nature itself…
