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home tours & design features 30

Best of Both Worlds “Urban chic” meets “rustic retreat” in this Canadian timber home.

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Everything is Illuminated One New York couple sets out to build their second timber-frame home, and creates a modern, lightfilled masterpiece.

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Spatial Effects Ensure your home and the rooms inside are appropriately sized by planning ahead.

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Climate Considerations Similar to when you’re purchasing a property, designing for one is still all about location, location, location.

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25 Tips to Floor Plan Perfection

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Room-by-room advice for designing a timber home that fits your lifestyle.

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House Plans 101 Expert tips for reading blueprints like a pro

Stairway to Heaven Create and build your stairwell to complement your home’s design and function.

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Editor’s Note The big picture

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How to Avoid a Structural 98lb Weakling Addressing Tension Loads What is a Tension Load? It is the force which separates or pulls structural members apart. A tension load occurs in structural members when they are resisting forces of gravity, wind, or earthquakes. The strength of your timber structure boils down to how well it handles tension loads, which tends to be the achilles heel of most structures.

To understand a timber joint failing under tension, visualize a piece of wood getting pulled apart. Either perpendicular to grain, like a piece of ¿rewood being split, or parallel to grain, like slamming the end grain with a sledge hammer, causing a portion of the timber to slide backwards.

Tension Loads in a Truss. Picture yourself constructing a truss in place for a building ƍ wide. )irst you set a ƍ long î horizontally across the walls. Next, you install two shorter rafters at an angle on either side to form a peak at the center. You connect the î intersections at the walls each end of the ƍ î .

Gravity holds the peak tightly together as long as the angled î rafters cannot pull or slide away from the ƍ î ends. So now the peak will support a load but the mid-span of all three x s will not. Next, you hang a î vertically from your solid peak and connect it to your ƍ horizontal î « You now have a solid place to post from to support the mid span of both angled 2x4s.

After you have installed your angled supports webs the roof load travels down through your webs, compression up through your king post tension and down through your angled

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The critical factor again is: how well will your tension loaded joints perform? Timber framers of old were aware of this, which is why you can ¿nd many examples of joinery which lock together more tightly as the tension increases. Secondly, the load can be dispersed among many smaller knee braces and joints.

Lateral Bracing Systems. In timber framing, the key component used to stiffen walls laterally is the age-old knee brace. The simple unassuming triangle. Even a rectangular sheet of plywood under a lateral load has tension from one corner to another, similar to a knee brace. Myself, I like big triangles with angles offset from a 45 degree to take the load more directly, provided that the resulting thrust/tension will be absorbed safely.

Tension Loading in a Timber. The good thing about beam failure is that it happens slowly and it’s very obvious that you’ve got a problem. The wood ¿bers on the bottom half of the beam are failing under tension load when you have a sagging beam; chances are, it just looks very ugly and is not an imminent danger because it really takes a lot to snap a beam. But they do snap, so beef up that sagging beam or at least shovel the snow off of your roof before you have a real problem!

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After five minutes of scrambling, both teams are asked the same question: What’s making this task so difficult? It’s no surprise that they both answer the absence of the completed “big picture” to use as a guide. Once they’re given the image to work off of, they’re able to complete the puzzle much faster, the pieces literally falling into place. The lesson: Keeping things in perspective and focusing on the big picture not only helps, but is oftentimes necessary to get things done both efficiently and accurately.

Designing your ideal timber home can be viewed in much the same way. Spending more time focused on the perfect hardware for your kitchen cabinets rather than the kitchen layout itself and how it fits with the rest of the house is wasted effort. Loading up on all kinds of picture frames and throw pillows for your great room instead of figuring out if your sectional sofa will fit in the new space will almost guarantee a headache when it’s time to actually move into the house.

Instead, try to think about the absolute essentials your dream home will include. Do you plan to live there for the long term? Then you’ll probably want all the key living areas to be on the main level of the home. Will you frequently entertain guests? Then you’ll need to figure out the appropriate sleeping arrangements based on who will be there and what activities their visit will entail.

Once you’ve nailed down these elements, then you can start to determine whether or not you want shaker-style white or rustic wood cabinetry for the kitchen.

To help you set your priorities, we highlight a number of factors to consider in your design, from outside environment (“Climate Considerations,” page 10) to room-by-room design tips and dimensions (“25 Tips to Floor Plan Perfection,” page 12; “Spatial Effects,” page 50). Two home tours starting on page 30 serve up a healthy dose of design inspiration as well.

In the end, you will be the one living in your timber home, so it’s up to you to decide what you should and should not include to best enjoy your new space. Use this, our Special Design Issue, to determine what those priorities are.

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Climate Considerations Similar to when you’re purchasing a property, designing for one is still all about location, location, location. mental factors that can affect a floor plan are maximum and minimum temperature; annual rainfall and snowfall; and average wind speed. Because these elements vary, a roof system that works fine in Texas, for example, may not cut it in a state like Minnesota that faces heavy snow storms. And a house built in the open plains of the Midwest should be built to withstand high winds, a factor that might not matter to homes built in New England.

To create a home that works well for its unique location, consider these areas during the design phase:

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In a warm, humid place location, it’s a good idea to install gutters at your eaves to handle heavy downpours. In a cold climate, however, the risk of ice dams may preclude the use of gutters.

In a colder climate, a south-facing slope — the best orientation for maximizing winter sunlight — is ideal. In a climate with high annual temps, however, a south-facing orientation could overheat your home. A site where your

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design tip Carports and breezeways work well in Florida — but not very well in climates with blowing snow.

main living areas could face away from the hot sun would be a better choice.

FOUNDATION DEPTH The footings of most foundations are placed below the maximum frost depth.

In Florida, a slab on grade makes a perfectly good foundation while northern states require foundations that begin at least four or five feet below grade.

ROOF OVERHANGS Roof overhangs provide shade. In very hot climates, many designers specify a hipped roof, since a hipped roof with wide roof overhangs will keep the sun off the windows on all four sides of the

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The one thing you typically can’t search by, however, is climate — an important consideration when designing any custom house. Among the environ-

5 TIPS FOR BUILDING IN SNOW COUNTRY When the weather outside is frightful, the most important thing is to have a strong structure around you, especially if you’re building a home in one of the country’s chillier climates. Here we share five building tips to keep your home warm and wonderful year round.

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Local building codes will dictate how much snow load your new roof can safely support. This can vary from more than 130 pounds per square foot in some mountainous regions to up to 360 pounds in extreme conditions.

Hiring a structural engineer (or working with the engineer at your timber home company) will ensure you building a house that can handle the stress.

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To create flexible outdoor living spaces — and minimize your home’s maintenance requirements — consider covered porches, decks and balconies to protect you and your home’s exterior timbers from the elements.

To further protect exterior wood from driving, rain, snow blizzards and sun damage, include larger eaves or overhangs in your roof design.

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A metal standing-seam roof with a simple, steep pitch will help snow slide off easily. Also consider installing a snow guard — an 8- to 12-inch fence set back from the edge of the roof that prevents the snow from falling in lethal chunks. To keep the melted snow from pooling at the foundation of your home, make sure your design team and builder slope walkways and driveways away from the house.

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The longer your driveway, the more costly snow removal will be — either in dollars or in backaches. So you may opt to site your home closer to the road. Choose a driveway design that includes an area to put snow after plowing, as well as guest parking spaces. Also plan for plenty of landscape, walkway and porch lighting fixtures to prevent slips and falls.

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Cold nights and a warm fire go together like butter and popcorn. But your choice of hearths will depend on which fuels are accessible — and permitted by local building codes — in your area. There are eight basic fuels to choose from: wood, natural gas, propane, coal, oil, electricity, corn and wood pellets.

You can burn these fuels in fireplaces, stoves, masonry heaters or inserts.

house. In very rainy climates where water and moisture can contribute to siding rot, deep roof overhangs will protect your exterior walls and foundation. In dry climates that aren’t very hot, roof overhangs are much less important. (See sidebar above for more information on roof considerations in snow country.)

ROOF MATERIALS In a hot climate, builders may wish to specify white-colored roofing or a socalled “cool roof” with high solar reflectance and thermal emittance. In cold climates, on the other hand, dark

roofing may be preferred because of its ability to help melt snow. While clay tile roofing and concrete tile roofing are fairly common in southern California, these types of roofing are quite rare in cold, snowy climates where homeowners often battle ice dams with hatchets.

WINDOWS Windows affect the energy use of homes in at least two ways: when the sun hits a window, it warms up the home’s interior; and on cold cloudy days and cold nights, a window provides a path for interior heat to escape quickly to the outdoors — more quickly than heat would

design tip Although sliding glass doors are quite common in warm climates, this type of door is rarely used in climates with lots of snow and ice — because ice clogs the tracks.

escape through an insulated wall. If your climate is cold and cloudy, you’ll probably want to think twice before specifying large windows, especially on the east, west and north elevations of your home. In a hot, sunny climate, you’ll definitely want to minimize the area of your east-facing and west-facing windows, but north-facing windows may not cause many issues.

INSULATION U.S. building codes require that homes in cold climates have more insulation than homes in hot climates. The reason is simple: cold climate homes have higher energy bills, and these higher energy bills justify a bigger investment in insulation. Homes in mild climates have low energy bills, so in those climates, expensive insulation is hard to justify. While most U.S. homes are insulated, there are a few areas of the country — for example, parts of Hawaii — where a house could (in theory) get by with almost no insulation. A benign climate allows architects to consider using thin walls that wouldn’t pass muster in Alaska.

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to floor plan perfection ou’ve been dreaming of your timber home for years, clipping photos and articles from magazines, doodling designs on slips of paper. You’ve imagined the placement of the great room fireplace, the configuration of your breakfast bar, even the size and shape of your walk-in closet. Think you’ve covered it all? Chances are, something has slipped your mind. A poor floor plan decision can have a big impact on how you use your rooms, and it can make the difference between a dream home and disappointment. We consulted with four design experts — rustic-design author Ralph Kylloe, architects Edward Carr and Dennis Lippert and floor plan columnist Katherine Salant — for tips on maximizing space and function in five essential rooms. Here’s what they had to say.

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Today’s kitchen is hailed as the social epicenter of the modern home, playing host to all activities from family breakfasts to elaborate dinner parties, so it’s all about function. While you’re planning, analyze how you’ll use each nook and cranny so you don’t end up with cabinet sizes and shapes that you don’t need. And be sure to give some thought to where the trash receptacle should go. That tends to be an overlooked component of kitchen design.

Don’t be seduced by beautiful fixtures at the expense of functionality, suggests Salant. “The most important thing is to design the room so you can fix a meal easily. Keep the sink, stove and refrigerator in close proximity so you don’t crisscross the room to cook.”

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Lippert’s recommendations are of a practical nature. He advises clients to include a built-in desk and shelves as a place to plan meals and store cookbooks. Even better: Add a computer for easy access to Internet recipes.

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When it comes to kitchen-island design, Carr offers this advice: “An island (preferably about 4 by 8 feet) should include a small prep sink but no cooktop or other appliances to break up the countertop surface. This will maximize space available for food preparation.”

“Make the kitchen large enough to accommodate two cooks, with at least 5 feet between the stove, island and counters so people can pass each other without bumping,” says Kylloe.

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special design section GREAT ROOM This open, shared space is what lures many people to the timber home lifestyle in the first place. Images of family time spent around a game board or sharing a bottle of wine in front of a cozy fire are definitely a draw, but smart planning goes a long way to long-term satisfaction with your great room. Window size and placement are fundamental considerations, but also decide what furniture you’ll use before you lay it out. And avoid poor traffic flow just because you needed three more inches to fit your sofa against a wall.

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For most families, the great room’s true focal point isn’t the fireplace but the television, so Salant believes you should begin this room’s layout with TV placement. Plan how to avoid glare on the screen without having to close curtains and block the outside view.

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With his architect’s eye, Carr suggests making the great room’s width and length nearly the same, then treating the space as four quadrants with differing functions: cooking, eating, view seating and fireplace seating/game space.

“Be sure an adjoining deck or porch doesn’t obstruct your view,” warns Lippert. “Consider eliminating view-blocking balusters and opt for clear, tempered glass instead.”

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MASTER SUITE Make no mistake; this space is your sanctuary. Though it’s not in the public eye, its design deserves the same kind of attention you’d lavish on the kitchen or great room, but lean toward intimacy. To give a bedroom with vaulted ceilings a cozy feel, add crosstie beams at the 9-foot level. This technique retains openness while giving it a more intimate atmosphere.

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“Plan a large, separate dressing area, even if it means sacrificing some space in the main part of the bedroom,” says Salant.

“Keeping those inevitable piles of clothes on the dressing-room floor saves the bedroom from clutter.”

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Carr offers some detailed design advice, when it comes to the master bedroom: “The entrance should lead to a corridor with the bath on one side and a walk-in closet on the other. At the corridor’s end, install another door that opens to the main area of the bedroom. Being able to close

off both ends of this corridor allows one to bathe and dress without disturbing a sleeping spouse.”

Kylloe says you should think carefully about how you’ll use the master bedroom area. “Since personal space is so important, especially when you have overnight guests, a master bath is a must. An extra 3 to 4 feet of wall space lets you include a two-sink

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vanity,” he says.

Lippert agrees and takes the privacy factor a step further. His advice? “Locate the bedroom far from main activity areas, and don’t place guest bedrooms above or below the master suite. Build closets along walls that adjoin high-activity areas to reduce noise.”

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Trophy great rooms with huge ceilings are out, according to Kylloe.

“Human beings are social creatures, so keep ceilings low to foster intimacy and create warmth,” he says.

special design section GUEST ROOM If your timber home will play host to an array of out-of-town visitors, you’ll want their space to make the same kind of impression that the rest of your home will. A covered (or screened) “sleeping porch” and a private bathroom with spa-like amenities will leave them feeling pampered and refreshed.

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Take advantage of space that’s already built in to your home — especially on the upper level. “Dormers add headroom, natural light and ventilation, while the purlins and valleys used in their construction add interesting

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details,” Lippert says.

Because this room is only used occasionally, it can serve double duty — as a home office, for example. If this kind of dualpurpose room is in your future, Salant offers this advice: “Carefully plan where your computer workstation will go.

Keep your printer and bookcases near the computer, and position your monitor to avoid screen glare. Use high-quality office furnishings; if you work from home, you’ll spend a considerable amount of time here so make yourself comfortable.”

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Kylloe elaborates on the homeoffice theme. “Place the guest room/home office far from the main living quarters to avoid excess noise and disturbances.

Keep in mind that an office with a great view can be distracting, but balance this fact with what you’ll want guests to see when they visit.”

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“Make a guest room/home office long and narrow; this allows a bed on one end to face the view window, and it provides enough space for a freestanding table and chair on the other,” Carr adds.

“The table, which can be used for doing paperwork, should have 3 feet of clearance on all sides. Bulky furniture such as computer stations should go along walls that don’t offer a view.”

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Floor Plan Mistakes & Fixes Four design experts share common design mistakes and how to avoid making them in the first place.

1. Neglecting the porches. Seattle, Washington, architect Edward Carr says, “A shed-roofed porch that’s accessible through French doors and is about 7 feet deep with a flat ceiling (flat ceilings reflect light better than sloping) ushers good light into the house. Plus, a deeper porch provides plenty of space for a table and seating.”

2. Overlooking the garage entry.

According to syndicated homedesign columnist Katherine Salant, “The formal entry shouldn’t be the only place to hang coats, backpacks and other items.

Since many of us enter through the garage, plan an entry space there for those items so that the home’s inner sanctum

remains clutter free.”

3. Insufficient headroom at the top of a staircase. Architect Dennis Lippert says this often can be a big oversight.

“Plan at least 6 feet 8 inches of headroom along the steps and landings, and at least 3 feet for width, with extra room allowed for railings,” he advises. Bonus: Open stairs make it easier to move furniture.

4. Pack-rat fever. The biggest problem Ralph Kylloe sees isn’t a design problem at all. It’s an accumulation problem.

“People are insatiable collectors,” Ralph says. Everything you own doesn’t have to be on display. Solution? Allow for large closets and plenty of storage space in the basement.

UTILITY/LAUNDRY/MUDROOM There’s a lot of stuff to pack in here, and if you’re like most people, you don’t want to waste valuable square footage (or money) on such a utilitarian space. The answer? Consolidation. Include a closet for mechanicals, including the hot-water heater and electrical box (be sure to check building codes in your area), giving you easy access and eliminating the need for a separate utility room.

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On average, Americans dry only about 60 percent of their clothes in the dryer, so plan plenty of space to allow air-drying in the laundry area,” says Salant. “A heated clothes-drying cabinet will keep the area neat.”

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Like other rooms in your home, this space has to combine comfort and function — particularly if it’s used as a mudroom, where gardening duds or dirty shoes

are removed and stored. “Along one wall, place a 4-to 6-foot bench to seat two people comfortably,” Carr suggests. “And keep it neat by installing pegs and a shelf above the seat for coats and hats and cubby holes below for boots.”

Kylloe looks beyond clothes to see how you can use this space more efficiently. “Make the mudroom large enough to stash outdoor equipment such as skis and snowshoes, in addition to housing a washer and dryer. Avoid windows. They’ll take up wall space that could be better used for shelves and hooks.”

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If you’re looking for an area where you can give your budget a break, the mudroom may be one answer — particularly when it comes to your timber package, according to Lippert. “By making this room a “stickbuilt” connector between the house and garage, you’ll save a little money in the process,” says Lippert.

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Stairway to Heaven Create and build your stairwell to complement your home’s design and function. ver since Cinderella rushed down the palace steps and lost her glass slipper, stairways have held a certain spirit of magic. From sweeping balustrades to corkscrew spirals, stairs can be custom-made to be as unique as their owners and can quickly become a home’s central showpiece.

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Straight stairs are the simplest to design, but because of their bulkiness, they can sometimes be hard to fit into a home’s layout without intruding on surrounding areas. To reduce the imposition of such a big piece, install a bathroom or closet underneath the stairs, or leave it entirely open for an airy feeling of weightlessness. To jazz up the plainness of a simple flight, consider incorporating elegant balusters or custom newel posts into your staircase’s design.

Stairs with landings can limit the stairwell’s overall footprint on the home to a more contained area, and they offer built-in room for mid-level storage or home appliances. They’re also a good option in homes with older people, as their shorter flights help reduce injury in the event of a fall. However, they cost a bit more to build and take up slightly more area than a straight flight. If you choose a design with any sort of turn, be sure to consider that when planning your stairwell’s headroom.

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Spiral or curved staircases add visual interest to a room, but they’re not always realistic, particularly if there is only one stairwell in the entire home. Moving bed frames and mattresses up a tightly wound spiral is a nightmare, but a curved flight with a wider arc is a more feasible option if your home can spare the space.

Save the spirals for rooms or outdoor areas where they can add a decorative touch without being a hindrance to practicality.

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FLOOR PLAN BASICS This legend shows the symbols you can expect to find on the detailed plans you receive from your architect or designer. Note specifics like electrical symbols for switches, smoke detectors, fixtures and outlets — on your plan, you’ll want to make sure these fit your intended furniture arrangement before construction begins, especially if you are using structural insulated panels.

(Outlets are more difficult to retrofit through such materials.) Refer to this legend often when reviewing your construction documents to make sure you’re interpreting your design correctly.

ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLS Cased Opening

PLUMBING SYMBOLS

ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS

Water Meter

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Cold Water

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Bifold Door

Sliding Door Hot Water

Stairs

Singleplex Receptacle

Circuit Breaker

Duplex Receptacle

Telephone Jack

Smoke Detector

Gas Pipe

Floor Drain

GFCI Duplex Receptacle

Doorbell Transformer

Gate Valve

Clothes Washer

Isolated Ground Receptacle

Doorbell Pushbutton

Switched Receptacle

Ground

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Power Vent Fan

240-Volt Receptacle

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Wall-Mounted Light Fixture

Ceiling Fan

Recessed Light Fixture

Combination Light and Fan

Dishwasher

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Water Closet

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Dryer

Shower

Ceiling-Mounted Light Fixture PC = Pull Chain

Sanitary Waste

Thermostat

Two-Sink Vanity

Single Pole Switch

Union

Pocket Door

Window

Weatherproof Light Fixture

Tee

SingleHinged Door Vent Line

Electrical Switchbox

Vent-Thru Roof

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paper, which had a blue tint to it, and processed the documents in ammonia through a blueprint machine in a manner similar to film developing.

Now, they’re mostly digital versions or photocopies of computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, which instead feature black and white lines that are much easier to read.

The results are usually printed on 18-by-24-inch or 24-by-36-inch paper, also aiding in readability. Another bonus to this new method: Homeowners can have their complete house plans stored online to be downloaded or on a zip drive to be saved to their computer’s desktop.

will probably review them with you.

Still, it can be difficult to visualize your finished project from blueprints. To get a better understanding of what you see on paper, ask your architect or designer any questions that come to mind. And be sure to spend a good deal of time looking through the plans. To navigate your way through them, refer often to the legends page shown on page 22.

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Scale: The main floor plans are usual-

When you receive your construction documents, your architect or builder

THE ELEMENTS Your next step is to familiarize yourself with basic construction document elements. You will need to understand or recognize the following:

ly drawn to ¼ scale. In practical terms, this means that every ¼ inch on the plan equals 1 foot in actual length.

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Different parts of the plan, such as framing layouts or built-in details, may be drawn to 1/8 or 3/4 scale. From this, the builder scales the home to calculate the correct measurements for walls, openings, etc.

Basement or foundation floor plan: Showing the location of the loadbearing walls, footings, rebar concrete reinforcements and other structural components, these plans outline the structural integrity of the home and what supports its roof and walls.

Elevations: These drawings show the home from the front, rear and side perspectives. Elevations are designed to give you an idea of what the finished home will look like, as well as its mass, height and width. You’ll see the location of the window openings,

exterior finish treatments, roof pitches, ridge heights and other architectural details.

Floor plans: The easiest to understand of all the construction documents, floor plans provide a bird’s-eye view of the completed house. They show the home’s layout and include room dimensions as well as the location of bathroom and kitchen fixtures, stairs and water heaters, among other things. Denotation of interior finishes, construction methods and symbols for electrical and plumbing designations are often included.

Electrical layout: Electrical layouts show the location of light fixtures, fans, outlets, light switches and more, and they come with a legend that explains each symbol. These documents are

usually separate drawings electricians use to wire the home.

Framing drawings: Drawn to scale, framing plans show the basic skeleton of a house from the floor joists to trusses to beam locations to the walls. Often, they include instructions for wall construction.

Cross sections and details: Cross sections — drawings of the completed home cut in half — are included in the construction documents because floor plans don’t always provide enough information on how the home will be built. These plans are generally more helpful to homeowners to relate to the size of their spaces than in the actual construction of the project. For instance, a great room might have 20-foot vaulted ceilings.

An architect or designer might insert a graphic representation of a 6-foot human to show how a person of that height would relate to the height of the ceiling.

Plumbing and mechanical system layouts: Plumbing and mechanical system layouts show the location of fixtures and main water lines. More detailed plans are drawn up by heating or plumbing specialists for complex heating systems such as radiant heat or engineered forced-air systems.

Plot (or site) plan: A plot (or site) plan is a drawing of the site where the home is going to be built. In addition to the placement of the home on the parcel, it shows the location of utility services, setback requirements, easements, driveways and walkways.

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While warm chocolate browns and honey hues will always be popular choices for timber home floors, homeowners are now tapping into a wider range of shades available for hardwoods. For trendsetters looking to make a bold statement with their floors, dark wood stains (think espresso brown, almost black) provide an elegant and smooth option that will provide a unique contrast to lighter walls and beams.

Lighter tones including blond and even grey options are gaining popularity as well, giving spaces a more open and airy feel. Lighter-toned woods also have the added benefit of easily hiding imperfections, dirt and fur much better than dark floors.

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On the home’s exterior, Douglas fir timbers are paired with custom-milled, solid-wood siding that features a “similar aesthetic to chinking,” says designer Kevin Gray. Cedar shakes stained a custom gray/green tone paired with fascia boards and window battens in a steel blue bring muted color to the home’s exterior.

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“The theme here was copper tones, accented with hits of teal and gold,” says Gray. “We incorporated custom furnishings in yellows, reds and tans, and added a plaid rug with the same hues.” Varying textures and rich woods bring depth and interest to the space.

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or some, building a custom home means living the dream worlds away from everyday life.

For others, that dream is realized right in their own backyard. “My clients wanted to build two houses — one in the mountains and one in the city,” says Kevin Gray, owner of Kevin Gray Interiors in Calgary. “But after looking at costs, they couldn’t take on two projects without sacrificing many of the elements they desired, so we built their mountain home in the city.”

The three-level, five-bedroom house that backs up to a river in downtown Calgary, embodies the “urban rustic”

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theme the owners and their team were striving for. They wanted traditional timber-frame elements, but a richer, darker look, so that was the jumping off point for the entire design, explains Gray.

“We didn’t want it to look like it was plucked out of the forest and placed in the city,” he says. “Instead, we wanted it to have an urban sensibility; a sophisticated look with eclectic notes.”

To accomplish just that, Gray started from the outside and moved in, creating contrast in colors, texture and themes. Reclaimed materials are found throughout the house, from the floors to the walls, and they’re paired

with surprisingly modern touches, including copper fixtures, slate countertops and sleek lighting fixtures.

Combine these finishes with the rich furnishings in copper, gold and teal, and the result is a lesson in mix-andmatch perfection.

“A timber frame project like this is always challenging because there are more details to coordinate between design and construction, which you don’t get on conventional homes, but the reward is worth it,” says Gray. “We love having happy clients who talk glowingly about their home, which is certainly the case here.”

ABOVE: Neutral paint colors and a light ceiling complement the cream cabinets and no-fuss pendant lights in the kitchen.

Rustic elements, including a hammered-copper countertop and veneerthickness stone around the ovens and stove tops, carry the theme of the house into the space.

RIGHT: In the casual eating space, simple furnishings work well in the room without taking away from the architectural elements.

Reclaimed materials

are found throughout the house, from the floors to the walls, and they’re paired with surprisingly modern touches, including copper fixtures, slate countertops and sleek lighting fixtures.

Unique details like this naturallycool wine room (located underneath the steps at the front of the house) bring a touch of luxury. The double doors were salvaged from a Welsh chapel dating back to 1890.

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TOP: Sleek pendant lights paired with an eyecatching wooden sculpture add visual interest to the open stairway that spans three levels.

ABOVE: Sleek finishes like the under-mount white porcelain sink and honed-slate countertop contrast perfectly with the cherry cabinets and overhead beams. Copper faucets complement the 24-inch “metallic” tiles on the walls and floors.

RIGHT: Old meets new in the private office space.

Designed to resemble a miner’s cabin, the room boasts reclaimed barn wood walls and oak flooring. The desk was made from pedestals wrapped in leather and topped with granite in a leathered finish. Plaid wool draperies warm up the room and bring pattern into the space.

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“We wanted the powder room to feel more rustic, so we used the reclaimed oak floor boards on the walls and stained them darker,” says Gray.

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The contemporary exterior features ďŹ ber-cement siding and extra deep, 5 1/2-foot roof overhangs to protect the home from the strong sun. Timber accents give a sense of what to expect once you step inside the house.

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Everything is Illuminated One New York couple sets out to build their second timber-frame home, and creates a modern, light-filled masterpiece.

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“There are no walls to the ceilings except for in the master bedroom and powder room, for privacy purposes,” says David Youst of his timber retreat that he shares with his wife Faye in the

Finger Lakes Region of New York. “The whole house is open and light — more clean. That was the mission.”

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already lived in a timber-frame home before deciding to build this one. In fact, they designed and built their new home with the same company that they first worked with back in the early 90s — Woodhouse of Mansfield, Pennsylvania.

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Lake,” says Pat Seaman, president and owner at Woodhouse. “We went back and forth, working closely with our inhouse architect, and designed a really cool contemporary home. They didn’t want anything rustic; they wanted something bright and light.”

The couple’s desire to bring light into the space was quite literal, adds Seaman. “The way the sun moves over

the property and how the light was captured was very important to them.

They’re both artists, and they’ll show you how the light and shadows move and change as they work their way across the ceiling of the house and through the timber beams.”

To create this interior effect, the Yousts found inspiration in an unlikely place — a trailer that had sat on their

ABOVE: “There are clerestory windows on both sides of the inverted “v” bent, so we get sun in the house at all times,” says Faye. “It’s always dancing around the walls.”

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The home’s interior, including the open kitchen space, features “walls” that don’t reach all the way to the ceiling, adding to the open aesthetic the homeowners were looking for. A wall of windows along the home’s lake side provide uninterrupted views from every spot in the house.

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previous property for years. “It actually worked perfectly,” says Faye with a laugh. “The long, stretched-out structure allowed you to see through the trailer all the way to the lake and take in the amazing views from every spot.”

That simple structure led to the Yousts two-story, wide-open horizontal plan with a walk-out lower level — all with views of Seneca Lake. Although the 3,320-square-foot house only has two bedrooms, it features a main-level master suite and a downstairs music room that doubles as a guest space when visitors come to stay.

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pine timbers keep the space airy and bright — just like the Yousts hoped for. “Over the 25 years in our first house, the wood tended to get darker and darker,” says David. “When we first started working with our archi-

tect on this design, we thought ‘Does it have to look like a lodge? Can we build without all that dark wood and braces for a more modern, contemporary feel?’ Turns out, we absolutely could — and we did.” Q

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Kitchens should be highly functional as well as aesthetically pleasing.

Cathedral or vaulted ceilings can help open up a bedroom space to allow it to live larger than its standard dimensions.

Dining spaces need to account for comfortable seating so guests can enjoy sitting there for an extended period of time.

Full bathrooms are basic: a toilet, a sink, and tub or shower. They don’t require much space, so don’t overdesign yours.

Great rooms should be designed to handle one or more comfortable conversation areas.

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watching areas,” she observes. “But you have to make sure, if it’s open to below, that you don’t have the TVs [from the loft and common area] on at the same time because the noise carries.”

The same is true of using the space for an overflow sleeping arrangement, she adds. Not only may you be able to hear the giggles from children playing above; those perched up there also can hear the effects of a surround-sound television.

“A lot of times, I’ll put a desk with a cozy chair and lamps to make a quiet space,” she notes, with built-in shelving for books, bill storage and the like for someone to get away from the other activity in the home. “Lofts work really well for that purpose. It can be pretty when seen from below if you have nice cabinetry, but it doesn’t require quiet or you to be quiet.”

These transition areas can prove tricky at times, but your furniture can actually be used to help separate functional spaces by creating a visual divide.

Oftentimes, it’s some form of sofa/sofa

quare footage is a precious commodity when building a new home. You want to make sure you have plenty of space for everything, but you also have a budget to maintain. You can save yourself some headaches by first determining how you plan to use your home, then deciding the necessary dimensions to be allotted to each space based on intended functions.

“Square footage is expensive,” states Karen Wray, design coordinator at Mountain Log Homes of Colorado, “so design [your home] for how you live and how you entertain.”

To start, ask yourself questions about basic functions. “Are you a formal entertainer or an informal entertainer?” Wray asks. The answer may determine whether you have a dedicated dining space or just a large kitchen island around which everyone can gather, she explains.

TV-watching habits and sleeping arrangements also may affect your design. “I’ve seen people use lofts as TV-

table arrangement to cordon off the great room from adjacent spaces; kitchen islands also can help in that respect.

Just make sure you have at least a rough idea of how these items will fall in your plan before the construction phase begins so you can install floor outlets as necessary to minimize the need for extension cords.

USING CURRENT FURNITURE More often than not, you’ll be placing current furnishings within your new place rather than buying new. The benefit is that you know the dimensions of these pieces beforehand so you can work with your architect to ensure space for particular showcase pieces, such as family heirlooms.

“If you’ve got some heirloom pieces you know for sure you want to include, in the blueprint stage, calculate the window height to accommodate pieces like that,” Wray suggests. “If there are a couple pieces you know you can’t live without, work with your architect [on dimensions] and make sure the archi-

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approx. 36”

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least two-thirds of a sofa to visually connect it to the room.

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approximately 10 feet across, with 15 to 24 inches in between each furniture piece to ensure a cozy arrangement.

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clearance in front of the hearth as a safety precaution.

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than 48 inches wide to make everything on its surface easy to access, with 24 inches per person factored into its perimeter.

Q A clearance of 36 to 44 inches

around the table is required for easy flow of traffic.

Q Display pieces (e.g., curios, buf-

fets, etc.) should be placed at least 24 inches apart.

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Be flexible with placement, too; not every piece of furniture needs to serve the exact same function as it does in your current residence. For example, Wray notes, a dining-room piece from your current house may function better as a buffet-style sofa table in your new house, or a beloved oversized chair may find a new home in front of a bedroom window. An open mind will help pieces fit within the context of the home.

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kitchen

Q The legs of an efficient triangle (the

space between the refrigerator, sink and range) should total no more than 26 feet, with no leg equaling less than 4 feet.

Q At least 18 square feet of general storage

is recommended, with 6 square feet added to that total for each additional family member.

Q Countertops should be at least 24

inches deep.

Q Incorporate at least 12 inches of work

Q To make appliances universally usable,

surface on one side of your refrigerator or stovetop for adequate prep space.

create a 30-by-48-inch clearance space in front of each of them.

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a powder room are 3-by-6 feet; for a full bath, 5-by-9 feet should provide enough space for a tub and basic fixtures.

Q Stack bathrooms on top of or close to

one another to centralize plumbing needs.

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Q Leave a minimum of 30 inches of clear

space between fixtures and/or walls; extend that clearance to 5-by-5 feet to achieve a more universal design.

Q Jack-and-Jill sinks should be placed

at least 36 inches apart.

Staring down at a ¼-inch scale drawing may not be helpful if you have nothing against which to compare it. “If you don’t do this for a living, and you’re looking at a 4-by-5-inch space [on a floor plan], it’s hard to visualize how that space lives when you’re not standing in it,” Wray states. If you’re weighing dimensions for key spaces, ask your builder to take you to homes he or she has constructed, she suggests, to help you see how large or small that much space feels.

You also can put pencil to paper by incorporating ¼-inch drawings of your own into the plan to understand traffic flow and livability. Wray will often shade out the logical pathways — which should be 36 to 42 inches wide for comfortable maneuverability — between areas such as the kitchen and great room so she can see the natural flow of the spaces. Area rugs come in handy to compartmentalize functional spaces while allowing the flooring to show through in these major walkways.

Lighting is critical as well. If you plan to incorporate high ceilings, Wray recommends a mix of decorative, up and down lighting. Steer clear of more delicate fixtures, she cautions, which can be dwarfed by the magnitude of any big timbers used.

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bedrooms Q The recommended space for guest or secondary bedrooms is 10-by-12 feet, but you

may wish for more in a master bedroom depending on what amenities you plan to include.

Anything smaller than 9-by-11 feet will likely feel cramped.

Q Include 4 feet of clearance in front of closets to provide plenty of room to get dressed.

Q Straight closets should be no deeper than 24 inches.

Q Mark beds to scale with your plan to determine if there will be enough walkway space (30

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miscellaneous Q Hallways should be between 3 and 6 feet wide.

Q Comfortable coat removal requires between 3 and

5 feet of space. Note the number of guests you may have entering at any point in time, and plan your foyer and/or mudroom accordingly.

Q Stairways should be 39 to 48 inches wide.

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7” rise

Q Stair treads should be 10 to 11

inches deep with a maximum 7-inch rise to make them easy to traverse. There should be no more than 4 inches between treads in an open staircase.

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SPLIT ROCK PLACE - 1,823 SQ FT

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COASTAL COMFORT DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE IT WAS ADDED ON TO OVER TIME, our cover house looks right at home on Martha’s Vineyard. The one-story coastal retreat appears larger than its 3,200 square feet due to its

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bright, open oor plan, dramatic vaulted beadboard ceilings, contrasted with reclaimed antique timber beams, and a combination of dormers and custom skylights to provide additional light. While the main home holds the family gathering spaces, the right wing forms the master suite and the left wing holds additional bedrooms Photos by Greg Premru; courtesy Patrick Ahearn Architect LLC

with a garage topped with a charming cupola.

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Stairs: Settlers’ Plank Mixed Hardwoods

Reclaimed wood can be thoughtfully sophisticated, rugged and earthy, or bold and daring. It can be under foot, up the walls, and under elbows.

Reclaimed wood can be anything and anywhere you imagine. Our team of design experts and craftspeople are here to make it happen.

Contact us, we’re nearby.

Floor: American Gothic Hickory Paneling: American Gothic Ash

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- Laurie & Dan, homeowners

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