Timber Treatments
Dramatizing an exterior with roof overhangs, supported by timber joinery.
Timber Frame Sunroom
A sweet little sunroom we built for a client in the Windsor area of Nova Scotia
A 64-ft Shed on the North Mountain
A modern take on timber framing.
Warehouse in Yarmouth County
11,000 foot timberframe for a warehouse, built of Douglas Fir FOHC. See photos.
Outdoor Classroom at King’s-Edgehill School
A pavilion designed to be an outdoor classroom at a private school in Windsor, NS.
A Hybrid Timber Frame in Yarmouth Co., NS
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery A Hybrid Timber Frame in Yarmouth Co., NS Search for: Search Portfolio Gallery by FeaturesAdditions Barns Churches Commercial buildings Custom design Entries Flume Full-timbered dormers Full timber frames Gazebos & Pavilions Gothic...
Wellness Centre Barn at Cabot Links
A large barn timber frame we built for Cabot Links Golf Course in 2019.
Scissor Truss Roof System
A timber roof system built in Newfoundland and Labrador for New Victorian Homes.
Picnic Shelter near Windsor, NS
A sweet little picnic shelter with a stone fireplace.
Tipping Point Distillers
This distillery in Chester Basin is built on a hybrid timber frame by Arlington Timber Frames Ltd.
Timber Frame Home on the Saint John River, NB
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery The house is unusual in its design, so we’ve made some 3d views and renderings to give you a better idea of it. Search for: Search Portfolio Gallery by FeaturesAdditions Barns Churches Commercial buildings Custom design Entries...
Pine Timber Frame
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery Search for: Search Portfolio Gallery by FeaturesAdditions Barns Churches Commercial buildings Custom design Entries Flume Full-timbered dormers Full timber frames Gazebos & Pavilions Gothic arches Granville Greenwich Hammerbeams Hip...
Shed Frame in Cape Breton
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery This shed frame was built to house a therapy tub in rural Cape Breton Search for: Search Portfolio Gallery by FeaturesAdditions Barns Churches Commercial buildings Custom design Entries Flume Full-timbered dormers Full timber frames...
Tower in Queens County, Nova Scotia
This fanciful tower is a hybrid structure with a timber frame roof.
House on Brackley Bay, Prince Edward Island
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery Our client for this house is an engineer who can do just about everything, apparently. He built the 2x4″ exterior walls before we came, and stacked them up out of the way. I recommend this to all my clients, but only 2 have done it...
A LaHave Lighthouse in Bathurst, New Brunswick
An 1800 sq. ft. timber frame house with 2 or 3 bedrooms.
Cottage in Wentworth, Nova Scotia
A timber frame cottage in ski country.
Hybrid Timber Frame Workshop in the Annapolis Valley
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery Room for both music and woodworking in this lovely space. Search for: Search Portfolio Gallery by FeaturesAdditions Barns Churches Commercial buildings Custom design Entries Flume Full-timbered dormers Full timber frames Gazebos &...
Lin Cahill Pavillion, Hubbards Barn
A large community picnic shelter we built at the Hubbards Barn, a centre for community and the weekly Farmers’ Market on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
Our New Office and Shop
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery Our move to Windsor Industrial Park has given us lots more room to play in. Welcome to the office. Clean and quiet(er) Shop floor Shop floor Shop floor Stairs Looking down Above Entrance New shop View from the parking lot Search for:...
The Sea-Esta Music Room in Delhaven
Music therapist Brenda Johnson is building a beautiful new music room for her work, featuring a hybrid timber frame, near Hubbards.
Fundy Outdoor Kitchen
A sweet octagonal timber frame gazebo with a solid wall and a shed on the back.
Timber Frame Barn near Hubbards, Nova Scotia
A large barn. See photos of the raising and the finished timber frame.
Shubie Canal Flume House
We built the heavy timber frame for the replica of the flume house on the Shubenacadie Canal System which moved goods from Halifax to the Shubenacadie River in the 1800s.
Boathouse on the Ocean
A lovely timber frame boathouse beside a wharf on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
Frame on the Fundy Shore
A custom design developed by Arlington and the clients as a team effort. When the clients are artistic, the end result is often spectacular.
A Frame with a Prow for the Gulf Shore
A house based on our Greenwich timber frame house plan, with an added prow facing the sea and a wraparound verandah.
The Timber Frame Burger King: A New Landmark for Lunenburg
Right at the 3-way intersection in the heart of Lunenburg is an Esso and Burger King with an Arlington timber frame.
New Brunswick’s Kingston Peninsula Timber Frame
Full-timbered garret dormer, dovetailed floor joists, and a porch extension over the river, to be screened in. Blends beautifully with the scenery.
The Original Newcomb (The Rand Cottage)
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery This is our original Newcomb Timber Frame House Plan in the flesh. This design has been very popular, and we have updated and expanded the design over the years. The current version of the house plan is a bit larger than this house, with...
A Granville Timber Frame in New Brunswick
Hybrid house built from our Granville Timber Frame House Plans, 2272 sq. ft., with a timber frame on the inside and conventionally-framed outside walls.
Prow Frame on St. Margaret’s Bay
This custom-designed timber frame home has a prow front jutting out towards the water, maximizing the view of beautiful St. Margaret’s Bay.
Timber Frame Chapel with Gothic Arches and Gables
A very sweet little frame with four bents for a chapel. Unusual queen posts, gothic arches framed in wood and full-timbered gables along the sides.
A Newcomb Hybrid on a Lake
One-level living on a lake. We raised this 2-bedroom Newcomb timber frame home in 2015. House plans available on our website.
Church Point Lighthouse
A timber frame from one of our lighthouse plans, built in hommage to the old lighthouse on Pointe de l’église, a.k.a. Church Point in the west end of Nova Scotia.
Bothy Variation
A small, energy-efficient “tiny” timber frame house, designed for off-grid living.
Timber tableshelter at Stewiacke River Park
A sweet little picnic shelter with integrated table beside the beautiful Stewiacke River, Nova Scotia.
Timber Frame House near Bouctouche, New Brunswick
A timber frame for a house on the Northumberland Strait. We arrived, unloaded, raised the frame and left on the same day.
New Barn for Masstown Market, Nova Scotia
This popular stop for travellers sports a beautiful visitor centre with a timber frame by Arlington.
Timber Frame Barn in Habitant, Annapolis Valley
Beautiful big timber frame barn raised in 2012
Picnic Shelter, Stewiacke River Park, Nova Scotia
Beautiful hammerbeams and fully-timbered gables make this shelter an exemplar of the timber framer’s art.
Evangeline Transport Inc. of Port Williams
They have been hauling our frames for 20 years. Now they have their own timberframe entrance on their new facility.
Octagon on Second Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia
A hybrid timber frame house in an octagon shape. The vaulted central area has the kitchen and living room, a backdrop for the owners’ art collection.
Outdoor Kitchen in Falmouth, N.S.
A timber framed outdoor kitchen gazebo overlooking fields and river, with a stone fireplace.
A Timber Frame Home on the LaHave River, NS
A custom designed timber frame house
Musquodoboit Cottage
A little cottage on a spectacular little isthmus. The driveway is the only connection to the mainland. Hybrid timber frame.
Garage Timber Frame in Antigonish Co.
Built on our Garage timber frame house plan, a hybrid frame with conventionally-framed garage below and post and beam living quarters above.
Prince Edward Island Lighthouse Timber Frame
Arlington built this cottage timber frame in Stratford, PEI from our Lighthouse Series Timber Frame House Plans.
Timber Frame Home on Meat Cove Road in Cape Breton
Beautiful full timber frame house with three full-timbered dormers overlooking the village of Bay St. Lawrence north of the Cabot Trail.
Timberframe near Pugwash on the Northumberland Strait
A beautiful home with a vaulted Greatroom and full-timbered dormers. See finished interior and exterior photos, and a video made by our client.
Picnic Shelter at Five Islands Lighthouse Park
Large timber frame picnic shelter overlooking the Five Islands and the old lighthouse.
A Hybrid Frame for a B&B in Port Lorne, NS
A new building for an existing B&B overlooking the Bay of Fundy.
Buffet house, Neil’s Harbour, Cape Breton, NS
A full timber frame house in beautiful Neil’s Harbour, at the far end of the Cabot Trail.
Cook Family Cottage, near Canning, NS
Timber Frame Portfolio Gallery This timberframe went up in January 2009. It overlooks the Minas Basin from a point on the North Mountain near Blomidon overlooking Houston’s Beach. Ask us about Quick-Therm insulation. Click on the image below to see a...
A Timber Frame Cottage of 3 Octagonal Pods near Musquodoboit, NS
A unique and creative project with 3 octagonal structures connected to each other by timber framed, windowed, heated breezeways.
Larder/Warren Timber Frame in Falmouth, Nova Scotia
This full timber frame for a small home was built on a slab with traditional post and beam joinery, and features a full-timbered dormer.
Post and Beam Great Room Addition in Grand Pré
A post and beam addition on a new, conventionally-framed house, to make the most of the view of the dykelands and National Historic Site.
Gunn Hybrid Ingonish Lighthouse in Cape Breton
Built from our Ingonish Lighthouse house plans as a hybrid frame with a timber floor system and a timber tower, and the rest conventionally framed.
McQuarrie Timber Frame, South Rawdon, Nova Scotia
We have included some high-resolution photos of this full timber frame under construction. Zoom around and see the traditional joinery up close.
A “Greenwich prow” raising in Gabarus, Cape Breton
The prow is the bump-out part in the vaulted Greatroom that projects forward with two walls coming together at an odd angle.
Timber Frame House in Tatamagouche with Later Addition
We built this timber frame back in 1999, and put an addition on it in 2005.
The Butler Project: A Hybrid Frame at Ross Creek, Nova Scotia
This project, a “partial” or “hybrid” timber frame house, was completed in 2005.
An Outdoor Kitchen Gazebo
A pavilion built outside a timber frame house we had built previously.
The House of Joy, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia
Beautiful hybrid timber frame home on the ocean. See pictures from the construction and raising to the finished house.
A Sign for St. Margaret’s Church
A rugged sign built to withstand the winds in Bay St. Lawrence, Cape Breton, carved in an uncial font, for the church of St. Margaret of Scotland.
House at West Dublin
Featuring a “dust pan dormer” which creates an interesting third floor attic with an ocean view.
St. Margaret’s Church, Bay St. Lawrence, Cape Breton
After the church was destroyed by fire, the congregation decided to build a new church using the time-honoured techniques of timber framing.
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