Modern Style Cottage Floor Plan

Originally built as a Davis Timber Frame Home, this floor plan features 2,482 sq. ft. and a great floor plan with an open and spacious layout. This is one of our most requested floor plans! The exterior of this custom home offers a unique design that adds a twist to a traditional cottage style design. Our cottage style floor plan is a perfect plan if you wish to achieve a unique and energy efficient home. This home can easily be built as a panelized home using our Energy Smart Insulated Panel System, eSIPS! Our wall and roof panels are made with BioBased spray foam, making this a healthier building choice.

The first floor features a kitchen that leads to a comfortable great room on one side and a cozy breakfast nook on the other. The nearby dining room connects to a covered porch for year-round entertaining of larger crowds and dinner parties. The large porch wraps around ¾ of the house and is not only perfect for entertaining, but a great way to enjoy the outdoors on a nice warm day. This floor plan also features a first floor master suite with a master bedroom, master bathroom and walk in closet.

The second floor has two bedrooms and a bathroom; this is perfect for guests or a growing family. The second floor also features a cozy loft. The overall floor plan of this timber frame home provides three bedrooms, a spacious layout and is very energy efficient!

To learn more about this energy efficient home, check out an article of a past Davis Frame client that inspired us to create a model close to the cottage style timber frame home or take a look at our Contemporary Cottage picture gallery!

Contact us today by calling 800.636.0993 to learn more about our custom floor plans and design services!

Energy Efficient Floor Plan Feature: Classic Studio 1

The Classic Studio series by Davis Frame Company offers modest energy efficient floor plans that work well for those that want an efficient home or can even be used as an addition. All of Davis Frame Company's floor plans can be used as an Energy Smart Insulated Panel floor plan (eSIPS) offering you many different floor plans to choose from. If you do not find a floor plan that meets your needs, we have an in-house design team that can help you design a home from scratch.


The Classic Studio 1 first floor plan offers an open concept great room, kitchen and dining room allowing for a panoramic view from the surrounding windows. The open concept space allows this home to feel spacious and works well for entertaining guests. The second floor loft accommodates a comfortable bedroom and full bath.

Contact us today by calling 800.636.0993! Explore our featured eSIPS floor plans by visiting the eSIPS website!

Vermont Conventional Home Adds Timber Frame Accents

Below are pictures of the timber frame accents being raised for a conventional home near Stratton Mountain, Vermont. The Davis Frame shop finished working on the timber frame King Post trusses about two weeks ago and the timber frame accents were shipped out and installed last week by the project's builder Mike Lynn of Rocky Dell Builders, Inc. of Dorset, Vermont.

This is the third conventional style home in Vermont this year to add Davis Frame timber frame accents to their new home. You don't have to build a full timber frame home to enjoy the elegance of a timber frame. Timber frame trusses are often added to great rooms of conventional homes.

Timber frame trusses ready to be raised

First King Post truss in place

Second King Post truss in place

Beam being raised into place

Timber Frame Accents installed

If you are looking to build a conventional style home with energy efficiency in mind, consider our structural wall and roof panels, Energy Smart Insulated Panel System, eSIPS to build your new home. The core of our panels is made with soy-based spray foam, making this a more eco-friendly way to build your new home. You can also consider the option of adding Davis Frame timber frame accents to get the timber frame ambiance without the cost of a full timber frame home!

Call us today at 800.636.0993 to speak with our project coordinators about our structural panels or timber frames!

Another Vermont Conventional Home Adds Timber Frame Accents

Here at Davis Timber Frame and eSIPS, we are very busy! We have several timber frame and eSIPS projects shipping out this fall and winter.

Below are pictures of some of our shop guys working on a few king post trusses for a home near Stratton Mountain, VT. Many of our clients building conventional style and eSIPS homes look for timber frame truss accent pieces to add to their new home. If you don't want to build a complete timber frame home, why not add character by adding timber frame accents to your conventionally built home or eSIPS panelized home?

Nick handcrafting a timber frame truss

Chris P. drilling a hole into the truss for the oak pegs

Chris M. making sure the oak pegs fit into the truss

The shop finalizing the details on the timber frame king post trusses

One king post truss done, ready for tung oil finish

Contact us today by calling 800.636.0993 to talk to one of our project coordinators today about your new project! We can help you build a timber frame home, eSIPS insulated panel home, addition, garage or craft timber frame accent pieces to add to your conventional and stick-built home.

What is Energy Smart Insulated Panel System, (eSIPS)?

eSIPS stands for Energy Smart Insulated Panel System, and is a division of timber home manufacturer Davis Frame Company that has been developed to provide the consumer with a sustainable, green building option for prefab homes and structural panel home kits. eSIPS is a pre-assembled, insulated wall and roof system using conventional framing lumber and closed cell foam that incorporates soy bean oil to replace a portion of the petroleum that is traditionally used in polyurethane foam insulation.

Partnering with the company BioBased Insulation, eSIPS uses foam produced from soy beans grown in the United States to create a complete thermal envelope for the homeowner. The growing and processing of soy employs workers in the United States, and its use in foam insulation lessens our dependence on imported petroleum products. Our product is a great alternative to Structural Insulated Panel (SIPS) construction! BioBased Insulation also replaces the chemical blowing agents commonly used in spray foam insulation with water which is healthier as well as environmentally responsible.

Click on the picture below to enlarge. The pictures shows the makeup of an eSIPS Insulated Panel. This diagram will help you better understand the panel system.

*What is an R-Value of an eSIPS? 5.5 per inch or 20 total with an optional R7 with an added 1" of XPS of rigid insulation.

Contact us today to learn more about eSIPS Insulated Panel System by calling 800.636.0993!

Save Money on Heating Your Home and Receive Tax Credits!

Is your home leaking air? Do you feel like your home needs more insulation to keep the temperature consistent? For those of you with homes in New Hampshire and Vermont, eSIPS has a solution for you!

We are the certified BioBased soy-based spray foam insulation dealer for New Hampshire and Vermont homeowners and can help you seal your home to increase energy efficiency and decrease your heating and cooling bills. BioBased® Insulation seals a structure's thermal envelope, making it is more energy efficient, healthier, more comfortable and durable than traditionally insulated homes. BioBased®Insulation also is water-blown and soy-based, so it is more environmentally responsible and a GreenGuard certified product that's safe for children and schools.

Also, there are tax credits available for home improvement! Here is what you can receive for credits:

Tax Credits for Existing Home Energy Efficiency Improvement

What: Tax credit equal to 30% of the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer for qualified energy-efficiency improvements installed during the taxable year through 2010

Who: Homeowners

Limit: Capped at $1,500 on any property qualifying for the credit

Claim: For Tax Purposes, save your receipt and the Manufacturer's Certification Statement. Use IRS Tax Form 5695 (version 2009).

Note: For insulation to qualify, its primary purpose must be to insulate. It must be expected to last five years OR have a two-year warranty, installation costs are not included. A Manufacturers' Certification Statement is required.

*From www.BioBased.net

Contact us today to receive a quote on your spray foam insulation project in New Hampshire or Vermont! 800.636.0993.

New Home Tax Credits

There are also federal tax credits available for new home construction too! You can earn back up to $6,500 just for building a new home. Our Energy Smart Insulated Panel System can provide you with a wall and roof insulation panel system to help you build your new home. Don't miss the opportunity to earn money back on building your dream home!

Check out Energy Star to learn more about all the available tax credits for home improvements. Our eSIPS panel system can also be shipped outside New England. Call 800.636.0993 to learn more about our insulation products!

Is it Time to Insulate Your Existing or New Home in NH or VT?

Looking to insulate your current home better or insulate your new home or addition?

Partnering with eSIPS, BioBased® Insulation markets building products that allow residential and commercial structures to be more sustainable and energy efficient. BioBased®Insulation seals a structure's thermal envelope, making it is more energy efficient, healthier, more comfortable and durable than traditionally insulated homes. BioBased®Insulation also is water-blown and soy-based, so it is more environmentally responsible and a GreenGuard certified product that's safe for children and schools.

Our spray foam insulation is a more natural way to insulate your home compared to a true polyurethane spray foam insulation. As a BioBased dealer through our eSIPS insulated panel company, we can offer you spray foam services in western and central New Hampshire and in portions of Vermont!

Call us today to get a quote! 800.636.0993