The Nobleboro: A 20' x 28' Year-Round Timber Frame Home

The Nobleboro House is designed for year-round family living on the Maine coast. This efficient 1.5-story 'small' house is engineered to feel significantly larger than its footprint, offering an open kitchen and living area on the first floor with the flexibility for two bedrooms upstairs. Unique to this build is the daylight basement, which adds a third level of functionality—housing a small workshop, utilities, and additional living quarters. Wrapped in a high-performance SIP envelope, the Nobleboro provides a bright, super-insulated, and sustainable home for any climate.

We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed creating this very special BungalowInABox.

Floor Plan and Elevations: Click a thumbnail to start this slideshow.
First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan
Construction Photos: Click a thumbnail to start this slideshow.
Poured foundation Poured Foundation Basement Posts Basement Posts Platform ModulePlatform Module 1 Setting platform Setting Platform Preparing timber frame bent Preparing Bent Two timber frame bents raised Two Bents The timber frame from another angle Another Angle Top Plate Top Plate Raising ridge pole bent Ridge Pole Bent First Rafter Set First Rafter Set 20' x 28' Nobleboro Timber Frame Raised Frame Raised Installing SIPs Installing SIPs Looking up at frame Looking Up Joinery Joinery Looking in the building Looking In SIPs installed SIPs Installed Looking out of the building Looking Out Metal roof installed on the 20' x 28' Nobleboro cottage Roof Installed