Farris Construction
Timber porch and retreat entrance — edited project photograph

Custom homes / Middle Tennessee

Made for living.
Built around you.

A full table. A quiet retreat. Room for the people you love. Let’s build a home around the way you want to live.

Let’s talk about your home
Picture the possibilities A place to come home to · Edited project photograph

Your priorities
set the direction.

A gathering space that works on ordinary evenings. Room for another generation, with privacy for everyone. A home that feels comfortable without square footage you won’t use.

Tell us how you spend your days and what you’d change about your current home. We’ll shape the plan around those priorities, then work through the site, budget, and finishes with you.

Already have plans? We can start by reviewing how they connect to your property and proposed scope. Selected additions and substantial renovations can also be considered when the project fits.

Bring the plans and budget together
Kitchen with a gathering island — edited project photograph
Spaces for everyday life · Edited project photograph

The way you live

Make room for
what matters.

Good design starts with an ordinary day in your household. Where you gather. How you unwind. Who needs a little space of their own.

Shape your home with us

Your experience

A connected path to your home.

01

Meet & imagine

Tell us about your people, your property, and what you want this home to feel like.

02

Shape the home

Work through the layout and details, with the land and budget guiding the choices.

03

Prepare to build

Bring selections, site preparation, trade input, and the construction agreement together.

04

Build & welcome home

Follow the build through its milestones, review the finished home, and get ready to settle in.

The details you don’t see

Ask why it’s built that way.

Materials and assemblies belong in a conversation about the whole home. These are considerations and preferences, not a universal specification.

Edited framing photograph showing the construction behind the finished rooms
Start with water and elevations

Before choosing finishes, consider how the house, driveway, and ground around them relate. Drainage, access, and foundation decisions need to suit the site, with surveying or engineering where required.

Think through the structure

Reinforcement, framing, dimensional lumber, and fastening details are selected for the actual application. A preferred material never replaces an engineered requirement or the approved plans.

Consider the whole wall

Plywood sheathing, carefully detailed weather barriers, and insulation options such as Rockwool are part of a broader assembly discussion. Seams, transitions, and installation matter alongside the product choice.

Choose finishes deliberately

Durability, maintenance, feel, cost, and lower-VOC options can all inform material choices. Availability and the agreed scope determine what goes into each project; no health outcome is promised.

An invitation to begin

Let’s talk about the home you have in mind.

A piece of land, a few ideas, or plans ready to build. Tell us where you are, and we’ll work out the next step together.

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