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"Experience the Craftsmanship of Our Timber Frames" Blue Ridge Timberwrights P.O. Box 30 Christiansburg, VA 24068 ph 540.382.1102 fx 540.382.8039 "The design was fantastic. The craftsmanship was unbelievable. We have never seen workmen put so much of themselves into their finished product." - Charles Smith, Homeowner	Blue Ridge Timberwrights News and Events
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		"House Hunters" Timber Home Living (September 2009) One Arizona couple puts their gaming skills to good use to track down the perfect elements for their timber home.

		"A Shenandoah Retreat" Blue Ridge Country (September/October 2008). A Virginia couple builds a "hybrid home" at the edge of the Shenandoah National Park.

		"On Mountain Time" Timber Homes Illustrated (September 2008). Leaving the corporate commute behind.

		"Sage Advice" Timber Homes Illustrated (Annual Buyer's Directory 2008). Veteran timber framer offers his wisdom to would-be homeowners.

		"Happily Ever After" Timber Homes Illustrated (September 2007). Virginia family designs a fairy tale cottage.

		"Outside the Box" Timber Homes Illustrated (May 2007). A Georgia timber frame with Rocky Mountain roots that was fun to create.

		"The Risin" Timber Homes Illustrated (September 2006). A timber frame constructed of reclaimed heart pine rises in this rural Virginia setting.

		"New Roots"Timber Homes Illustrated 2006 Annual Buyer's Directory. A hybrid timber frame home rises in Virginia, designed in the "American Shingle Style". Featuring taiko beams, or naturally shaped timbers, this home presented an interesting challenge for Blue Ridge Timberwrights.

		"Second Time Around" Timber Homes Illustrated (June 2004). Nestled in the woods of North Carolina, this home is an excellent example of a timber frame completely customized by Blue Ridge Timberwrights to the owner's desires.

		" Old English Rendering" Timber Frame Homes 2004 Annual Buyer's Guide. Features a timber frame home in York, SC, built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights using mainly reclaimed timbers, some of which were originally destined for the USS Constitution.

		"New Take On a Farm House" Southern Living (September 2003). Features a timber frame home in Rappahanock County, VA built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights which received a 2003 Southern Home Award for Architects Charles Swartz and Elizabeth Reader.

		"Church Replaces Tonado Tossed Steeple" Roanoke Times (Feb 4, 2003). An article featuring the rebuilding of Bedford Presbyterian Church's steeple after a tornado destroyed the original.

		"Frame-Up" The Tennessean (March 24, 2002). Features three families timber framing experience.

		"New Steeple Makes Church, City Rejoice" The Roanoke Times (March 6, 2002). An article featuring the renovation of Lexington's Steeple.

		"Building on the Past" The Roanoke Times (March 18, 2001). An article discussing the history and founding of Blue Ridge Timberwrights.

		"Hands at Work" Southern Accents (Sept-Oct 2000). Features a timber frame home in rural southwestern Virginia constructed by Blue Ridge Timberwrights with reclaimed, hand-hewn timbers. This home was designed by Greensboro, NC architect, Frank Cheney.

		"A New Covered Bridge for Salem" Professional Engineer : The Magazine of North Carolina Engineering (May/June 2000). .Shows a 120-foot covered pedestrian bridge built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, NC.

		"Budging the Blue Ridge Bridge" Fine Homebuilding (March 2000). Shows a 120-foot covered pedestrian bridge built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, NC.

		North Carolina State Map - published by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (2000) Cover photo featuring the Old Salem Covered Bridge, a 120-foot covered pedestrian bridge built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights in historic Winston-Salem, NC.

		"The Country Life " Timber Frame Homes 1998 Buyer's Guide. Showcases a timber frame home created by Blue Ridge Timberwrights as a replacement for a house destroyed by fire. Architect Ed Feher's design is suggestive of a barn, silo and stable.

		"Planks of History " Winston-Salem Journal, June 13, 1998 Timbers with stories to tell will form a covered bridge that will welcome visitors to Old Salem. Story about the reclaimed timbers used in the Old Salem Covered Bridge, a 120-foot covered pedestrian bridge built by Blue Ridge Timberwrights in historic Winston-Salem, NC.

		"Like Fine Wine " New River Current, March 1, 1998 Chateau Morrisette employs a vintage method of construction. Blue Ridge Timberwrights begins raising a timber frame for a local winery using recycled Seaway timbers. Also see "New Life for Old Timber" in the same issue of the New River Current.

		"Raise High the Roof Beam" Timber Frame Homes 1996 Buyer's Guide. Article explaining the timber framing process from the ground up.

		"Here's the Steeple" New River Current, The Roanoke Times, Jan 22, 1995. The cap goes back on the Presbyterian Church, and Christiansburg's three-steeple skyline is once again familiar. Article featuring a steeple renovated by Blue Ridge Timberwrights.

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		The Museum of Shenandoah Valley- Opened in April 2005,this museum tells the story of the art, history, and culture of the great valley for which it is named. Blue Ridge Timberwrights worked closely with Michael Graves & Associates and Hitt Contracting, Inc. to create timber frame structures and timber components in six different areas of the Museum.

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