Timber Home Kitchen Design
So much more than a place in which to prepare meals, a kitchen serves as a frequent gathering place for friends and family. In fact, a well-designed kitchen often becomes the focal point of the entire home. And, much like your timber frame home, your kitchen should reflect your personality in addition to being a […]
Riverbend’s Favorite Plans
With over 50 unique floor plan concepts in Riverbend’s portfolio, we offer a variety of different styles and designs to inspire your timber frame home. Sometimes, however, it can be difficult to find a place to start your custom home journey. With this in-mind, we present this list of some of our favorite plans, and […]
Timber Home Bath Design
Unlike the expansive spaces and sweeping ceilings so customary in Riverbend great rooms, baths are private retreats. Bath spaces serve as dressing areas, personal spas, or even a place to read. (Think: soaking tub.) Thus, whether you are designing a charming powder room for your guests, a luxury master bath for yourself, or both, thoughtful […]
The Moderns™ Part 2
Approximately two years ago, in response to an increasing demand for additional modern home floor plan concepts from our clientele, the Riverbend design team put itself to work on a new collection, The Moderns™. This distinctive timber frame home style, exclusive to Riverbend Timber Framing, blends our tradition of high-quality timber craftsmanship with the forward-thinking […]
The Moderns™ Part 1
While architectural style is always an important topic for anyone considering a timber frame home, not everyone may know how timber framing and modern architecture beautifully complement one another. It’s for this reason that we begin a multi-part series focused on The Moderns™, our exclusive collection of concepts inspired by mid-century modern design. If your […]
Site Orientation
Site orientation is one of the first, and most important things you will decide when designing your dream timber frame home. So, what exactly is site orientation? Site orientation includes how your home, and its living spaces, set on the property in relation to access, privacy, views, and the path of the sun. If typical, […]
12 Tips from Timber Home Living
You’ve been dreaming, planning, and saving for that ideal timber home for years. Before you take the steps towards working with a designer to create that dream space, Timber Home Living has put together a tip sheet focusing on aspects of home design to consider. Today we have included some of our favorite tips from their […]
A Custom Timber Frame in Michigan – Working with Outside Architecture
Every timber home project is a unique journey. For some clients, their journey begins with a handful of sketches on napkins and a dream in their minds. For others, it starts with a design drafted with their personal architect that they want adapted to incorporate timber framing. But, for Mark and Kerri, the journey began […]
Where Will Guests Stay in Your New Home?
A traditional timber frame home, with its wood-to-wood connections and wide open spaces, is built to be shared with family and friends. Whether it is that lakefront getaway your grandchildren visit in the summer or your extended family’s mountain retreat for the holidays, you want your home to be a place of comfort and relaxation […]
Blending Timber Structure and Design
You know you want the natural beauty of traditional timber framing flowing within your future home. You’ve even found some floor plan concepts you’ll use to inspire your project’s layout. But, have you considered the framing itself? What do you want your truss and bent systems to look like and how will you interpret that […]