Shiver Me Timbers....

I heard someone say that Spring is right around the corner, so I walked to the corner and looked around it...Nope...I don't see it anywhere!

I see snow covered mountains, frozen driveways that look more like skating rinks than parking lots, and pom poms on the tops of winter hats, peeking over the crests of the snowbanks that still stand about eye level..

HOWEVER, there is hope for better weather to come. 
I can say this positively, as I look into the workshop and see all of the projects that are scheduled to be delivered by Spring.

Through the window to the shop, from my desk, I can see a pile of heavy timber braces, and another pile of posts and purlins, assorted sizes and stain colors.

                                                              (purlins being installed)

I can hear the crew cutting joinery and hear Dan Kelleher turning beams that are being marked up for cutting.

                                                  (view of mortise and tenon joinery)

With all the buzzing in the shop, and our estimator's desk starting to get full of new projects for bidding, I remain ever so hopeful that everyone is thinking WARM WEATHER....and that Mother Nature will take the hint!

As for now, I will continue to sell timber frames from the frozen tundra, with my electric space heater and the heart of a pirate....and shiver...me timbers!  Aaaaarrrgh......

Back In Full Swing

The winter season always takes a toll on the building industry in New England.  The longer the snow hangs around, the longer projects are put on hold.

This spring was pretty quiet here at VTW.  The shop slowed in production and the workers felt the sting of the lingering winter...
But now that there's  promise of brighter days ahead, the shop is back in full swing and the mood is light.

Projects are plentiful and they keep piling up.  The shop will be buzzing with sawdust and country music and the sound of timber framers custom crafting at their best.

We are currently working on a few pavilions, a big horse barn in New Jersey, and even a dentist's office.

Keep up the good work Vermont Timber Works...

Frame on!

TIMBER....I'm falling in love.....

Have you ever walked into a building so beautiful it was love at first site?

That's what tends to happen when you enter the Southern Vermont Welcome Centeron Interstate 91, or the Spruce Peak Lodge in Stowe, VT.

At Vermont Timber Works, we are the Cupids of Craftsmen.
Once we get your attention, you will fall in love with one of our projects.
Guaranteed.

Back at Vermont Timber Works...

Today is my second day back at Vermont Timber Works after being gone for more than 3 years.
Even though some things have changed a great deal, there are so many familiarities that make me smile.
I can hear the tools buzzing in the workshop from my desk as the crew creates our newest magnificent frame   .  The pellet stove whirs in the background and warms the room while the smell of sawdust and urethane fill the office with a pleasantly strong odor of hard work in progress.

Whether it's a barn, a church, a home or a commercial building, everything that is shipped from this location is one of a kind.  That too is a comfort in itself.  I know that I am in a place where not only the people, but the product is unique...
and to me that just feels like home.