MoreSun Custom Woodworking, Inc., dba MoreSun Timber Frames, was founded by Stephen Morrison in 2002. Starting as a one-man show, offering a variety of custom woodworking, MoreSun now employs twelve full and part time timber framers, designers, and office staff.

Our projects include both residential and commercial jobs: timber frames, historic timber restoration, installation of structural insulated panels, sawyer and mill work. We are committed to quality craftsmanship and take pride in building relationships with our clients to ensure the success of our projects.

MoreSun is located in Long Creek, South Carolina, a couple of hours north of Atlanta. We work where ever a job takes us, although most of our work in the southeast. We cut and test fit timber frames in our two workshops. We also operate a sawmill, which gives us flexibility when custom timbers are needed for a project. Currently we’re building a showroom and office on the property.

We’ve been fortunate to work with clients and builders on a variety of historic restoration projects. From creating new frames for Tiffany windows in a historic church to recreating a Civilian Conservation Corps state park log pavilion, the projects have varied widely in scope.

Historic restoration and preservation of timber framed structures is a timber framer’s dream job. Not only do we get to do timber frame work, we usually get access to parts of historic buildings not generally seen. When most people enter a historic building, they look at the living or working spaces and want to envision the day to day lives of the past inhabitants. We immediately want to see the crawlspace, the basement, and the attic. That is usually where we can find the old timbers.

Discovering hand-hewn timbers, marriage marks, types of joints, trusses and styles can teach us a lot about the structure and who built it. We can often identify the species of trees used and determine why it was selected. In many cases we can get an idea of where the carpenters were from and when the building was built by the style of construction. It gives us a connection to the past and the workers who came before us. We often learn a new idea that we can incorporate into our own projects.

There is a satisfaction that comes from working on an old building, knowing that you contributed to saving it for future use. We also hope that in a couple hundred years someone will care enough to take good care of the structures we build every day.