Blog - Handmade Houses with Noah Bradley

We are currently working on the creation of the Timber Framing Academy!

The Coronavirus can’t stop us here at Handmade Houses! It has made things more difficult… and it has certainly slowed progress down though. But together we are going to make it through these challenging times… and create an amazing Timber Frame Academy course… and demonstrate the construction of small home for you soon!

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If you want a handcrafted home… one made of log, timber, or stone… We can help you!

If you want a home that blends into the environment, one that compliments the landscape… oh yeah!

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Originally posted 2019-06-26 19:42:04.

We are currently working on the creation of the Timber Framing Academy!Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:31:41+00:00

A Writer’s Cabin

I once had a well known writer ask me to build her “a little primitive shed where I can get away from the main house to collect my thoughts and do a little writing”.

And this is what I built.

And she loved it.

And we all lived happily ever after.

And no, I cannot tell you who she is. lol

One final thought of the day…

I am so thankful that so many unique individuals have come into my life, each wanting me to build them something special to meet their dreams. I’ve built barns, timber frames, silos, log cabins, stone homes, mills, and yes, sheds and outhouses. From two thousand dollars… to two million dollars.

All my projects share a common theme. They were all built to last a century or more, and they were all designed to look “as if they had always been there”.

Thanks to all for coming along.

Originally posted 2015-03-09 15:44:07.

A Writer’s CabinNoah Bradley2019-06-29T11:18:48+00:00

Inglecress… part 3

With just the addition of old pine beams this room became a very special place.

Originally posted 2015-06-07 13:09:33.

Inglecress… part 3Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:37+00:00

Inglecress… part 2

It was on this house that I learned that screen porches were not just for us common folk… but, that everyone loves a nice screen porch!

Originally posted 2015-06-07 13:03:32.

Inglecress… part 2Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:36+00:00

Inglecress

This is Inglecress…. a home near and dear to me.

I was the job foreman on this home. A foreman is the man in charge of the process of creating a home to look like something drawn on a set of plans. A foreman is the man who truly puts his blood, sweat, and tears into a home.

A year later and I would start my own company and begin the process of becoming a designer/builder. This home would provide me with inspiration in the possibilities of refined “rusticness”.

Originally posted 2015-06-07 12:56:29.

InglecressNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:35+00:00

A faux candle

My windowsill… this photo was taken last July.

That’s fake snow on the window, and a fake evergreen branch, and a fake tree outside with fake snow on it.

Oh those sales catalogs… is nothing real in them?

At least the candle is real.

Wait a minute.

Originally posted 2015-06-06 22:33:20.

A faux candleNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:34+00:00

Wood working shop… part 14

It’s a man thing.

Originally posted 2015-06-06 22:20:32.

Wood working shop… part 14Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:33+00:00

Wood working shop… part 13

We made use of the old attic stairway for use to get to the second floor of the shop.

Barely two feet wide and steeply pitched this original piece to the house took very little square footage out of the shop and since it was seldom used it fit our needs perfectly.

Originally posted 2015-06-06 09:13:06.

Wood working shop… part 13Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:32+00:00

Wood working shop… part 12

We don’t often save and reuse old siding, but here it worked.

Most of the time the siding on an old house is worn out, dry and brittle from years exposed to the weather. We have found that so much of it breaks apart that there is never enough quality material to reuse.

And besides, most clients want a crisp new finish to their homes… not the “Beverly Hillbillies” look. But, here, on this woodworking shop, we went for it.

Originally posted 2015-06-06 09:04:30.

Wood working shop… part 12Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:37:31+00:00