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Welcome to the Normerica blog. Stay up to date on the world of timber frame custom and semi custom home and commercial design and construction.

12 Things You Should Ask Your Cottage Home Builder

12 Things you should ask your home builder when you are about to build a cottage, be it a timber frame design, a log home or a traditional custom home.

Cottage Plan of the Month: The Perrault

Cottage Plan of the Month: The Perrault

Meet Roman, Custom Home Designer

To give some insight into the design function and process of a timber frame home we interviewed Roman, our senior designer at Normerica.

Building A Custom Cottage Home On An Island, Part I

See how this island cottage will blend into the natural surroundings, including the gorgeous trees and shoreline. Normerica Timber Frame Island Cottage

Welcome To Blog, Post & Beam: the blog of Normerica Authentic Timber Frame

Welcome To Blog, Post & Beam: the blog of Normerica Authentic Timber Frame

A Room for all Seasons: Our Homes, May 2012

This beautifully-designed space allows the homeowners to enjoy the outdoors, indoors.

What’s Better? Log Home or Timber Frame Construction?

So you’ve decided to build a custom home with the enduring strength and beauty of wood. Now the question in front of you: build a log home or timber frame?

Vanilla Skies: Our Homes, Winter 2012

Ever since he was 23, Jens Jorgensen dreamed of owning a 100-acre property in the country. On New Year’s Day 2007, while driving the babysitter home, he ventured into unknown territory and was awestru

Activity Central: Timber Home Living, Oct. 2009

The Birches plan was designed exclusively for Lora Bay and has proven to be a very popular model. The home’s spacious layout is highlighted by immense floor-to-ceiling windows offering magnificent vie

On Solid Ground: Timber Home Living, Annual Buyers Guide, 2008

Open communication and design flexibility come together in a bright, spacious timber home nestled on a Christmas tree farm in rural Ontario.