Tradition Home Designs Inc

Tradition Home Designs Inc We sell period log homes delivered to your site. Now you can have the historic home you've always wanted – where you want it!

Company founder, Mel Shakespeare, ensures that each pioneer log home is carefully documented, numbered and then disassembled for relocation to sites throughout North America where they begin life again as restored period log homes. Tradition Home offers a select inventory of classic, period log cabins and houses plus post & beam houses dating from 1780 to 1860.

12/13/2024

This may be your last chance to get a copy of my fabulous limited-edition hardcover book, A Dedication to Beauty! Only a few copies are left that are signed by the author. A great Christmas gift for the antique or old house enthusiast! For information on how to order, go here: https://www.dedicationtobeauty.com

Have you heard my interview on the radio? Here's a link to some of it:
09/18/2024

Have you heard my interview on the radio? Here's a link to some of it:

Mel Shakespeare is an antiquarian and architectural restorationist who has spent over six decades saving and r...

Meet me at the Cobourg library on September 29th from 1:00PM. I'll be selling and personally inscribing my limited editi...
09/17/2024

Meet me at the Cobourg library on September 29th from 1:00PM. I'll be selling and personally inscribing my limited edition book: A Dedication to Beauty — An Antiquarian's Life With Antiques and Old Houses. You can find out more about my book at www.dedicationtobeauty.com

I still have a few books available. Contact me through my website: dedicationtobeauty.com if you'd like to purchase one....
07/29/2024

I still have a few books available. Contact me through my website: dedicationtobeauty.com if you'd like to purchase one. Meanwhile, I have received a wonderful review from Canadian Antiques and Folk Art Magazine.

If you see this page in your feed, IT'S NOT ME!
07/29/2024

If you see this page in your feed, IT'S NOT ME!

05/24/2024

Looking forward to being at the Cookstown Antique Show tomorrow (Saturday) to sign books. My booth is now C15 (they changed it from the previous number) See you there!

05/17/2024

Don't forget to visit me in Booth C24 at the Cookstown Antique Show on May 25th. I will be signing copies of my new book, A Dedication to Beauty, and I will also have some choice antiques from my collection there for sale.

The book is launched! This photo shows Gar Darroch, an early purchaser of a signed copy at the Bowmanville Antique Show....
04/23/2024

The book is launched! This photo shows Gar Darroch, an early purchaser of a signed copy at the Bowmanville Antique Show. If you missed the show, copies can be obtained at Legacy Vintage in Cobourg and Smith's Creek Antiques in Port Hope.

Want to know more about my book? Click the QR code here!
04/02/2024

Want to know more about my book? Click the QR code here!

Only a few weeks until the Bowmanville Antique and Folk Art Show on April 20th and 21st where I will be launching my new...
04/02/2024

Only a few weeks until the Bowmanville Antique and Folk Art Show on April 20th and 21st where I will be launching my new book!

People are asking me what my book, A Dedication to Beauty" is about. So I've launched a website to provide details: http...
02/02/2024

People are asking me what my book, A Dedication to Beauty" is about. So I've launched a website to provide details: https://dedicationtobeauty.com

I'm very excited to announce that I will be premiering my new book, "A Dedication to Beauty" at the April Antiques & Fol...
01/31/2024

I'm very excited to announce that I will be premiering my new book, "A Dedication to Beauty" at the April Antiques & Folk Art Show in Bowmanville, on April 20th & 21st. I will be there to personally sign limited edition copies. See you there! Mel
Here are some photos of some of the over 300 pages in the book which also has over 325 colour photos.

Oh NO! Just when I was about to retire! I thought I'd never find another great log house, and then this story and a half...
12/21/2023

Oh NO! Just when I was about to retire! I thought I'd never find another great log house, and then this story and a half beauty showed up! Contact me soon! Better yet, call me at 905-786-2619

I am Retiring After 60 Years! Over the years, I have located and revitalized over 100 vintage, hand-hewn, log buildings,...
11/13/2023

I am Retiring After 60 Years!
Over the years, I have located and revitalized over 100 vintage, hand-hewn, log buildings, as well as many other post & beam and solid stone buildings from all over Ontario. Rebuilt in new locations, these buildings, once derelict, are now beautiful homes and the pride of their owners. Now you can have the opportunity to own a special, historic home of your own—on a site of your choosing. The buildings below are from my final inventory and are ready to deliver to your property for your craftsmen to re-erect—and at these prices, they won’t be available long!

I am Retiring After 60 Years! Over the years, I have located and revitalized over 100 vintage, hand-hewn, log buildings, as well as many other post & beam and solid stone buildings from all over Ontario. Rebuilt in new locations, these buildings, once derelict, are now beautiful homes and the pride

"A Hand-Hewn Post and Beam Frame" 30' x 26'Circa 1850A country classic from Cherry Valley in the county.  We seldom find...
10/11/2023

"A Hand-Hewn Post and Beam Frame" 30' x 26'
Circa 1850

A country classic from Cherry Valley in the county. We seldom find these, especially in such great condition. The size at 30 x 26 (1500 sq. ft.) suggests a three-bedroom upstairs with the option of adding another 300 or 400 ft. It will be stored indoors to preserve the wonderful color of the beams until you're ready to have it rebuilt on your property or added to your existing home.
Included with the frame are flooring, rafters, and period sidelights.
The house on our site called "The Forester" would fit together with this house perfectly — doubling the size!
The house will take 12 over 12 windows which can be ordered with our vintage reproduction Tradition Windows that can feature optional thermopane glass.
We're pricing it very economically as it will be one of the last structures we will be building, finally getting around to retirement after six decades of restoration.
Call Mel anytime for an appointment.
Contact us for more information on this house!
Or call: 905-786-26
http://www.traditionhome.com

Hey! Here's an article on me and my business over the past 50 years that appears in today's edition of the Daily Commerc...
09/12/2023

Hey! Here's an article on me and my business over the past 50 years that appears in today's edition of the Daily Commercial News! An excellent article written by Don Proctor.

Mel Shakespeare has been repurposing old buildings for decades, long before adaptive reuse was a thing in the building world. Now the 82-year-old Cobourg, Ont. resident is in the final stages of writing a book that looks back on the mostly 19th century abandoned buildings he has brought back to life...

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2-78 James Street West
Cobourg, ON
K9A2K1

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