Haystack Joinery is a design-build studio in midcoast Maine dedicated to creating living spaces through thoughtful design, elevated handcraft, and materials that reflect our deep reverence for nature. Timber framing has been at the heart of our studio since 2008. Alongside the timber work, our design-build team offers architectural services, project management, and frame to finish construction. We strive to create spaces that fulfill our human need for shelter from the elements, but which also answer our longing for beauty, coherence and inspiration.
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Design
We have been designing and refining timber frames for almost twenty years. Our design-build team now offers an integrated approach to the full scope of architectural design from siting to floor plans to engineering to finishes. Our collaborative approach to design is architecture rooted in craft, material and place.
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Timber Frame
To those who believe that beauty follows function, timber framing represents structure at its best. Timbers are joined together using time-tested mortise and tenon joinery and hardwood pegs, with no need for ornamentation. Like a fine piece of furniture, our timber frames are designed with structural integrity and aesthetic grace given equal measures of care and attention.
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Build
Timber frames are fabricated in our shop in Freedom, Maine and can be delivered almost anywhere and assembled quickly on site. For local projects we additionally offer frame to finish general contracting. For projects where distance makes site work prohibitive, we can support a successful build with project planning and management.
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Sauna
Saunas are an essential way for us to relax, spend time together, and reconnect with ourselves. We build saunas using stacked logs as people in northern lands have for countless generations. As the sauna goes through its cycle of heat and steam, the logs regulate both to provide a healthy atmosphere for a perfect sweat.
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Restoration
