New Construction

Hollow beams transform a room’s trim detail while making it easy to integrate lighting and run wiring by Chris Whalen

A small guest house proves that you can make elegant spaces with stock materials by Gale Goff

Maintaining historical proportions and details makes a big, modern house look like a traditional New England colonial by Steve Heffner

Soaring cathedral ceilings and a four-step footprint enable a narrow cottage to fit comfortably between a golf course and a steep ravine by Gary Bowen

Blown in behind the drywall, high-density cellulose air-seals as it insulates by Fred Lugano

Full-scale patterns on the floor and prefabricated sections help you to build these small dropped ceilings accurately and efficiently by Ralph Holloway

Letting ceiling joists cantilever beyond the walls makes this challenging roof detail stronger and easier to build by Scott McBride

Blocking makes a house more stable and makes it easier to install drywall, plumbing and siding by Larry Haun

Three framing methods by Don Dunkley, Greg Lawrence, Jay Thomsen

Three simple, problem-solving framing techniques by Larry Haun

Combining stick-framed walls with a timber-framed ceiling by George Nash

Strategies for toning down sound transmission in wood-framed floors and ceilings by Russell DuPree

Longitudinal Wood I-Beams by Lamar Henderson

Trusses and Plywood Gussets by Gerry Copeland