These photos partially capture a timber frame house raising of Aaron and Jean Yarbrough’s home. It will be close to 900 square feet with a lofted bedroom and soaring open air living space. They plan to have a wrap around porch overlooking a beautiful live oak out back.

Family, friends, and neighbors came together to help with this raising and it was truly a celebration of life on this day everyone will always remember.

More info, photos, and the day’s video can be found here: Timber Frame Cabin Building.

This table was built several years ago to host a video series at Austin Ridge Bible Church. It is now part of Season 3 of the Equip video series. It has been in several other video episodes and served a homeless community for a few years. The roundtable has evolved over time and is a survivor. It was nearly discarded by one organization and was put outside to be abused by sun and rain. It was restored last year and now has a beautiful patina that only comes from age. It is five feet in diameter and the top is Honduran Mahogany. The table base was changed to a pedestal for this new season. Here is the link to the Equip Roundtables videos.

This was a fun Christmas project. This small frame was built to house a Christmas music video series for Austin Ridge Bible Church. The frame was erected inside building D and was put up and taken down all in one week.

Here is the link to the Christmas Music Videos.

The Community Table is a timber frame outdoor dining hall that was build entirely with hand tools. Over 400 volunteers ranging in age from 11 to 85 years old came together over a period of nine months to do the work.

This timber frame ended up as a bus stop. It was executed in Douglas Fir and is a unique design. The requirements of this design only allowed one linear bent. Most frames do not have both rafters originating from a single post. In addition due to requirements from the transportation authority, the front roof line needed to be shortened. The design needed to be engineered to stand in high winds, provide cover and shade from the sun in Texas afternoons, and since it stands at the entrance, be an attractive addition to the Village.

This small tea box was a Christmas gift. The outside box is made from highly figured Claro Walnut. The interior is made from spalted maple and provides a nice contrast when the box is opened. The red center clasp is a monkey fist knot held by a cobra weave loop and a hemp lashing.

The box is assembled with hand cut dovetails. The intent was to execute each tail and pin with the precision needed to hide the joinery in the wood figure.

This is a live edge conference table located in Unity Hall at Community First Village. The table is black walnut with a mesquite center leaf. It is 21 feet long and 5 feet wide. The table was built from a single walnut log (last image) that was 150 years old when felled. The table is made up of two live edge mirrored halves. The center leaf allows phone and electrical connections through to the top.

A heavy outdoor table executed in Western Red Cedar.

This small box is roughly 9” by 9” by 9”. It is a simple construction with hand cut dovetails to lend strength and permanence. The primary wood is mesquite and the inside of the top and bottom is cedar. The top had defects that are common to mesquite that were strengthened with a turquoise inlay. The turquoise adds color and complements the wood color and grain.

This box was used as a funeral urn for a friend. Rest in peace John Vincent.

This is the first of several funeral urns for Community First Village.