We built this pine queen-post frame for an owner/builder couple in Lyme, New Hampshire. They plan to turn the cupola into a cozy bedroom with a panoramic view.

Bents and walls assembled in preparation for raising.

A hybrid of sorts, frame starting above ten foot foundation walls.

Sean awaits a floor joist.

David revels in a job well done.

Will Beemer brought this year’s Heartwood apprentices by to examine our work. Josh was a Heartwood apprentice in 1992 and 1993 and recently became a member of the first group of Journeymen, recognized by the Timber Framers Guild of North America.