For homeowner Brett, the idea of spending quality time with his wife and young children outdoors in a timber frame pavilion was one that followed him from one home to the next. Originally discussing the idea with his father, who is also his homebuilder, several years ago for his first home, it was here in his second home the idea finally took form.
“It was actually an idea we had in our old house, then we decided not to add on and move, so the idea followed us to this new house,” Brett told us. “This project was an idea of ours for 5 or 10 years, quite a while. We love the outdoors and after seeing some of the other New Energy Works projects online, this idea just came together overtime to build a three-season timber frame room.”
The porch has quickly become the focal point of the house, with evenings and weekends now largely shared by the whole family on the porch when the weather is nice, and sometimes even when it’s not.
“When I get an idea like this, I usually kick it off to my dad, who is a well-known homebuilder locally. I had seen some of the projects he had done with New Energy Works in the past, then I visited the website and just fell in love with the rustic timber frame look, which was a big part of the idea early on,” Brett shared. “From the first design drawings we received it just felt like this is what we wanted. Now that it is completed, this is the space where my family and I gravitate towards most in our home.”
Photos by Gary Ledgerwood
