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...

Tiny House A

I have buncombe very interested in the tiny house movement of late, here is one of my designs inspired by that idea. I am not sure if the stare are functional thou...

FloorPlanner.com

FloorPlanner.com is a fantastic free resource, you can create fantastic looking floor plans online. The free version requires a email address, and only allows 3 floor plans to be stored at a time. Many of my vector looking floor plans are made with this program. It is worth checking out even if to just play with.http://www.floorplanner.c...