“Wild Rose Timberworks partners raise the timber frame at the Decorah Fish Hatchery on Trout Run Road. This took place the first week of November, 2011. The Friends of the Fish Hatchery raised the money through private donations and some grants to fund the construction of this public building on the grounds of the Iowa DNR’s Trout Run Hatchery in Decorah, Iowa. The shelter will be used as an interpretive center and also houses new rest rooms for visitors. Located immediately adjacent to this hatchery is the world famous Decorah Eagle’s Nest.”
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Sarah Raisel’s Photostream
Wow, I really like this home a lot. The gentle curves and earthy colors are very soothing. Great job Sarah and crew! Source: Sarah Raisel’s Photostream Sarah Raisel’s site at Flickerhivemind
Visiting a Whole-Tree House
Here’s another beautiful custom home design by Whole Tree Architecture.com. We covered their work in a previous blog post on Whole-tree Building that was very popular and so I decided to expand on this topic some more. You can think of whole-tree building as maximizing the trees that nature gives us to create rustic timberframe … Read more