Maine Heritage Timber Frames, Lisbon, ME (2026)

09/03/2026

Another glorious weekend of timber framing with friends! 🌲☀️🌲

This year's Timberfest was a golden opportunity to gather & build a sweet structure with hand tools.

Check out some of these shots from the covered bridge build. In just 3 days, an enthusiastic & diverse crew of folks contributed to the layout, cut, and raising of the world's shortest king post truss bridge (according to our local bridgewright Will Truax- someone fact check this so we can brag!)

Cheers to our Peer Mentor cohort for stepping up big time for leading their teams🩵💙💚 (Maddie Jacks, Emma Patry, Su Mittra, Tyler Hadar, Em Barkei, Eric Chan, Shelby Christiansen )

Also huge props to the Guild planning crew and countless Guild volunteers for supporting this incredible event!

See you next year, Timber Scouts!

06/30/2026

Frogs + Rabbits = Magic!

More shots from our pavilion shop cut with our friends at Rabbit Run Builders from Brunswick. Swipe to see process shots of our scarf joints (and maybe a cute Kume pic or two...)

This project is a thoughtful design/build collaboration to expand the programming at the Heritage Land Trust, and is part of a much larger re-vamp including the creation of offices, expanded parking area, and gardens. The timber frame pavilion will serve as a community gathering space as well as home-base for outreach programs such as Nature Day Camp for youth.

We are honored to be a part of this project to support organizations that align with our core values. We're pumped to bring this into existence in the not-so-distant future 🌿☀!

"...HHLT is embarking on a building expansion project this year to accommodate the growing staff and programming needs of the organization. With the addition of new offices, the community room can once again be dedicated to its original purpose. Additional parking, a screened porch, and an interpretive trail and gardens will allow the office to return to its planned use as a programming and community space for HHLT and other organizations."

Read more directly from their newsletter here:
https://hhltmaine.org/16325/more-than-an-office/

05/11/2026

Another successful Timber Framing with Power Tools class, only at School - Timber Framing and Traditional Trades!

Despite this being a more intimate class with fewer students, we were able to make some great progress throughout the week. On Friday, we had our first outdoor raising of the year of our 14' x 20' 3 bent structure with a dropped tie, wedged 1/2 dovetail tying joint and a stout floor system. We even got to use the telehandler for an exciting twist on our usual hand raisings.

This class was taught by Kyle Murphy of Falling Acorn Timber Frames and Ariel Burns of Maine Heritage Timber Frames, and supported by a fabulous team of apprentices. Sign up next year to get in on the action!

04/28/2026

☀️ Here at the shop, winter has finally given way to spring! This past month, we have witnessed the melt in the yard and we're soaking up all the sunshine we can. Our shop kitty, Kumi, is pretty stoked too.

We are currently digging into piles of pine timbers which will become a pavilion. The timber frame, designed for the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, is collaboration effort between us and our friends at Rabbit Run Builders. This frame will serve as a screened in porch - part of a greater expansion to their headquarters. The addition will provide not only more offices, gardens, parking, and community space, but also be home to youth programming, events, and more.

Read more about their mission & expansion plans here:
https://hhltmaine.org/16325/more-than-an-office/

We are grateful for the opportunity to work with HHLT, and to support their mission to preserve nature through conservation & education. Good things happen when we join forces with the builders at RRB ! 🐇

04/07/2026

💚 INCOMING GOOD NEWS 💚

Its official: Mark and Ariel are proud owners... of a new MHTF Logo!! And fresh swag!! And a NEW WEBSITE!!

What a journey it's been to condense our love of the craft into a meaningful yet simple graphic to represent our company.

While we absolutely loved our design from the talented .art, we decided to work towards a stripped down, simple symbol (way easier said than done).

Darren of took our shared values and distilled them down into this sweet badge you see on the back of the new swag, as well as the other variations.

Shout out to the hardworking for an awesome screen printing job, and for bringing our (camo) dreams to life! 💚

Last but NOT least...

Not only do we now have this new set of logos, new merch, but we also have a BRAND NEW WEBSITE! ✨️👀✨️

Head over to www.maineheritagetimberframes.com (Link in Bio) to see what we've been chipping away at with for the last season. We are so thrilled with it!

Let us know what you think in the comments! 💚🌲

Address

Lisbon, ME

Opening Hours

8am - 4pm

Telephone

+12077980057

Website

http://www.maineheritagetimberframes.com/

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