


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.

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.

Tower in Queens County, Nova Scotia
This fanciful tower is a hybrid structure with a timber frame roof.

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.

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.

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.

Timber tableshelter at Stewiacke River Park
A sweet little picnic shelter with integrated table beside the beautiful Stewiacke River, Nova Scotia.

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.

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.

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.

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.