NORTH BEND, Wash. – Extensive timber frame expertise was not a prerequisite when Daucey and Pat Brewington embarked on building their dream home in the elevated woods near North Bend. It was a matter ...

Daucey and Pat Brewington’s home outside North Bend features a mahogany fixture (far end of the kitchen under the window) in the kitchen, which is an old beer cooler from a defunct Queen Anne Hotel.

“Extensive timberframe expertise” was not exactly a prerequisite when Daucey and Pat embarked on building their dream home in the elevated woods near North Bend, Wash. Turns out they assembled just ...