Timber-trimmed shingle home at dusk with stone retaining walls, glass-railed decks and a wood garage door

North Lake Tahoe Timber Frame

04 / 14Cedar Flat (North Lake Tahoe), Placer County, CA2016

Location
Cedar Flat (North Lake Tahoe), Placer County, CA
Size
2,579 sq. ft.
Year designed
2016

Project information

Like many new home designs within the Lake Tahoe Basin, this home design presented several hurdles to overcome including saving a large existing heritage tree and integrating the tree into the new home design without damaging the tree. The final design solution created a traditional timber framed great room space with related exterior areas, which saved the tree, and captured the views beyond to Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains.

Photographs

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Aerial dusk view of a timber-frame mountain home with glowing windows, deck around a tree and wood garage doors
Covered timber entry porch with heavy beams and stone piers, paver walkway and a wood front door
Open kitchen island with granite counter looking toward a timber-beamed dining area, living room and wood staircase
Timber-frame great room with stone fireplace, tall windows, wood floors and a distant lake view through the glass doors
Vaulted great room with exposed timber trusses, leather chairs, sofas and large windows onto the forest
Timber-frame great room with stone fireplace, wood-framed windows, gray sofas, leather chairs and a dining table at right
Upward view of exposed timber roof trusses, round iron chandelier and a stone fireplace chimney with large windows
Great room with timber posts and trusses, stone fireplace, lantern lights and granite kitchen island in foreground
Kitchen with timber beams, lantern pendants, a stone-topped island with stools, patterned tile backsplash and a staircase
Open timber-frame kitchen and living area with granite island, wood posts, stone fireplace and forest views through windows
Timber-frame staircase with wood posts and railings leading down, with the great room visible beyond
Bathroom with freestanding soaking tub, chevron-tiled glass shower and a wood-framed window facing pine trees
Timber-frame home exterior at dusk with wraparound deck built around a large pine trunk, stone base and paver patio
Front of a shingle-clad timber-frame home with gabled entry, yellow wood garage doors, upper deck and stone base