Mini Suburban Homes

This home is 300sft on the main floor, with the upper floor likely bringing the total to 600 or 700sft. The look and feel is that of a more standard suburban home (usually 1200-2000sft), but with a much smaller foot print. Single car garage, one full bath and one half bath, 3 bedrooms. I like the uniqueness of this design, the main floor is 300sft, but with...

900sf Home Re-Model

Our home before the one we are in now was an old 950sf bungalow, it felt tight and cramped. We developed the basement to make more rooms (a bedroom, living room, guest room, laundry and bathroom)  for out family of 6 and the guests we often had staying with us.But the Space was not truly that small, it just felt like it because the they fundamental layout...

175sft House

This house features a full kitchen, full bath, living room a dining aria and a loft bedroom that can sleep...

Trailer

This is a tiny house on wheels, it measures 16' (less tung) by 8'. So bit less than 120 square feet of living space on the main floor, and around 130 with the porches included.The main floor includes a sitting room, a half bath, a kitchen and a nook as well as storage cabinet stairs.The upstairs leaves room for 2 valeted ceilings, one over the living room,...

More 15'x20' Floor Plans

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140sf house

This is a house I sketched up the other day, only 140 square feet, on the main floor, very simple open floor plan concept. A nice use of space I think. The best place for the door would likely be on to the kitchen from this si...

The 'I' House

This home is shaped like the letter I giving it some nice external character both front and back. It has a large kitchen, a dining room, a small siting room and ether a full or 2/3 upper floor for bedrooms. I wish I could remember the square footage... something like 400 I think. If a second bath was added on the second floor, the but could be removed from...

4 15'x20' floor plans.

After asking for some feedback on some of my floor plans, I was given the advice that in a small house, you don't need to have a sink in the bathroom as it is already so close to the kitchen sink and that can save a lot of space. S oI tried to apply that to my previous design: Small Home A and I was able sink the space in the the kitchen, which was to small...

Small Shops

A few years ago I shot a film series in maritime Canada, I was sifting through some of the footage yesterday and came across a little Barber Shop and thought I would share: There was this little shed I liked: I hope I will have a more unique post next we...

Ross Chapin Architects

I stumbled across a company called Ross Chapin Architects the other day, I really like their stuff. Their cabins look very attractive from the outside, I especially like the front porches and sun rooms on the fronts. They seem to have gone out of their way to create neat little alcoves, nooks and crannies that I love. http://www.rosschapin.c...

Tiny House A2

You may remember one of my previous posts Tiny House A that I posted tiny house, well I was just looking at that floor plan and it hit me that if I reversed the bathroom the door would work much more efficiently. So here is that update to that desig...

Tiny Split House

Our currant home is a split, and it just hit me for the first time that a split would work well for a small home on a foundation. I like it so far, it is fairly small and efficient use of space I think. However, I am not sure where to place the bathroom. I am wondering if switching the kitchen and the living room might find the space somewhere in there. Any...

Small Home A take 2

I posted his floor plan a few weeks a go, I really have it on the brain so I made it up in floor planer. The more I see it, the more I like it...

Large Kitchen A

 This is a large Kitchen I designed with a nook or a sitting aria in the middle. This make what is normally 2 spaces in to one, making the kitchen more friendly and inviting, a place where life happens. It would utilize under counter fridges and an under counter freezer. There is no pantry and few over counter cupboards making the space open and airy....

Small Home B

Ok, I just put this one togather. It is a joining of a few ideas, but not to much thought in how it was laydout. It worked out ok I think, it sits at 597sft, it has some flaws. Like the lack of front many Windo...

3 Stage Home

I have often thought when musing about tiny houses how they would make good starter homes. They are affordable and quick to erect. But they don't leave much room for expansion. It would be nice to start with a small home, with the ability to expand on it latter. This is one design I thought up that might do the trick. This home is built in 3 stages. The first...

Small Home A

The sketch seen here is one of my favorite small home designs, I just really like it. It is The Micro Cottage from Sheldon Designs and is  354 sf on the first floor and has 524 sf total living area. However, I also really like the idea of this house: But there are no plans for it to be found. So I decided to take the plans from The...

Talking with furniture arrangements: The Living Room

When you think of communicating with a room you may think of the standard concepts. Warm and inviting, open and welcoming, cozy and intimate come to mind. But that is only half the picture. What does your choice of furniture and arraignment of it say about you and your family? In a movie every set is carefully decorated by a set dresser, no prop or peace...

What your room says about you: Living/Dining

In this example, we have 2 identical rooms with the same furniture, only in different arraignments. What you choose to display, how you display it says things about you and communicates to those in your home. 1. In the top arraignment we see a standard modern north american furniture arraignment. We have 2 spaces here, and in a way two rooms that are open to...

Grand Dining Room Plan

Black: Walls Blue: Windows Brown: Tables Beige: Table Chars Red: Arm Ch...

Bunk Room

This is an idea for a bunk room in our basement. The room as six 6' twin beds a walk in closet, built in shelving, and a counter with a small sink.This room plan allows for 6 beds comfortably where normally you would find 2 or maybe 3. This room would allow us to hose large family, and have friends and guests over without worying about beds.Not only is this...

Small house sketch A

This floor plan has a small foot print, and rather then a bedroom a half loft. It features a full kitchen, full bath, L stairs, and a loft. Inspired by my tiny house resear...