A beam is a horizontal support and a post is a vertical support. Together they are used to provide support for the framing ..

"It's not cheap," says Jeff Champgana, who moved into his timber-frame home in Coal Valley, Ill., last June. "But timber framing has inherent ... tongue in the post. When the frame is pulled ...

(Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Jennifer Brickman, owner of Soaring Eagle Custom Framing, at her shop in Creston. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Frame samples at Soaring Eagle Custom Framing.