Mike Gullace

Mike's the head of the timber frame shop. In addition to his feline sense of balance (he'll be the guy walking nonchalantly along the ridge beam on raising day), Mike has an uncanny ability to think in 3D & can come up with a solution before anyone else has an inkling that there's a problem.

Mike built the home he shares with his wife & children and when free of family obligations, can be found at one end of a fishing pole in the summer and attached to a bowstring during October.

Marc Schaertl

As well as being a long-serving timber framer, Marc comes from a long line of master masons. He has the patience that comes with having a grown up daughter, two preschoolers and grandchildren.

Mike Basile

Mike's love of things old school and quirky is a thread that runs through his day to day life. From his choice of tools to his vehicles - his car has its engine backwards he's got a kick starter & points on the bike - he's not afraid to take a stand against the vagaries of fashion.

Jake Webster

The only member of the shop with a log building background, Jake does most of the chip carving on our frames. He's also pretty good at found form work and cut the log posts on some of our bigger commercial jobs. Recently married, when not swooning in honeymoon bliss with Jen he'll be relaxing at the dry end of a fishing pole.

Paul Plane

PJ came to the timber frame shop by way of our construction group and is now all grown up with a lovely wife Jolene, new baby boy and a 19th century timber frame farmhouse that he's whipping into shape for them all to nest in.

Tim Neumann

Tim is in the finishing stages of his own homebuilding odyssey, having raised his frame just down the road from the site of our treehouse workshop. When he and his wife Karen aren't working on their home, Tim's probably working on one of his kayak kits.

Rob West

Rob's Story: A Houghton boy [Rob] marries a potter [Rachel] and moves back to the Finger Lakes to be close to family and become a timberframer. He volunteers with Rochester Youth for Christ and is most at home testing his faith by hanging from precarious rock formations like a spider.

Dan Seeloff

Dan's one of those strange folks who actually enjoys winter in the Adirondacks. A native of Saranac Lake, he worked in various capacities in the construction industry (log work, excavating, you name it) before we enticed him and his family down to the Finger Lakes. Apparently the snowmobiling isn't nearly as good.

Todd Whitford

Todd's a timberframer by day and a DJ by night - which comes in handy on the off occasion that one of us might want to bust-a-move. He also runs a stereo-install gig in his hometown, spends the winter weekends on a snowmobile and never misses an opportunity to laugh or crack a smile.

Andy Tack

Andy's a bit of an enigma - a quiet guy with a tough work ethic. This may be part of his personality or it just may be the Alfred post-colligate haze. Either way, his composed nature makes him a great hunter - which is what occupies most of his fall weekend mornings.