Unassuming and easily ignored, front porches are a final finishing flourish that can give a house character and detail. The material and style of your front porch ideas will impact your home’s kerb ...

In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, we build a small timber frame porch over the front walk door, and once completed have to cut and install an extremely complicated sheet of metal siding. These ...

Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...