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Almost every house has one of these rooms: the beige spare room with builder-grade carpet, a basic bookcase and a plain desk that works but says nothing.
Few single-story plans make our shortlist for readers downsizing or building a forever home, and this Craftsman ranch earned a spot fast.
Many barndominium plans aimed at the Carolinas and the Gulf Coast ask the steel shell to do too much. Plan 170017ADS does not make that mistake.
Plenty of large plans cross our desk, but very few keep nine bedrooms on a single level without feeling like a hotel corridor. This barndominium does, and that is what makes it worth a close look.
Cape Cod is a style worth coming back to because it ages so well.
Many farmhouse plans try to do too much. This one does the opposite, and that restraint is exactly why it works.
The curb deserves as much attention as the interior. A facade is the first room of the house; it sets the temperature for everything behind the door.
This single-story barndominium farmhouse is the kind of plan worth styling from the studs out.
The barndominium look has been moving from working-ranch territory into mainstream Southern home design for a few years now, and Plan 35145GH is one of the more livable versions we have reviewed.
Sloped-lot plans are a constant brief for anyone building up in the Blue Ridge and the Smokies, and Plan 35143GH is one of the cleanest answers to that brief.
Some plans whisper and some plans hold the room.
One question comes up again and again for small Charleston and Savannah lots: can a footprint this small actually live well, or is it just a drawing that photographs better than it functions?
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