Finished Houses, Barns, and Additions

Our client has one of the finest sugar maple stands in the state, and when she decided to begin collecting and boiling sap for maple syrup she decided she wanted a sugar house that would reflect the spirit of the trees as richly as possible. The entire entry was framed in full round lumber (sugar maple, cherry, pine, yellow birch) and additional forked stems inside support a curved queenpost truss over the "arch" boiler. A poplar tree that fell onto the road in an ice storm became the center of a spiral stair leading to the sap tank. Cherry and maple cabinetry with granite countertops finished the work. No plywood or plastic was used in the entire job.