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Free Newsletter for Country Home
Builders The Back Home newsletter
reviews free cottage and cabin plans, small home plans,
barns, garages, sheds and country furniture projects
from a variety of sources. It also covers inexpensive
blueprints, do-it-yourself kits and easy-to-use
design/build software. Most importantly, it focuses on
buildings and projects that are simple and inexpensive
to build and to maintain. Sign up now for a free
subscription. You'll enjoy the fresh designs and design
ideas. |
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Bungalow Designs from the Historic
American Building Survey This selection
of bungalow designs, shown in photos and measured drawings,
includes forty homes in twelve different states. |
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Farm House Plans from Louisiana State
University's AgCenter
Free, instant download
design plans and building details for seven practical farm houses. |
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Free Home Planning and House Building
Guide from
Rona of Canada
Dreaming of owning a new house? Here is a complete guide on
how to build the home that will live up to your ambitions. |
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Saltbox House Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
The Library of Congress list of Saltbox home designs, shown
in photos and measured drawings, includes seventy houses
homes built in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Virginia. |
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Yesterday's Country Home Designs
The builders, architects and landscapers of yesterday's
picture-perfect country homes left us a legacy of design
ideas and practical building advice. Their words, drawings
and designs are as valuable now as they were then. The
Backroad Home website presents some of the best designs from
historic sources. |
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Historic House and Cottage Designs at
Craftsman-Style.info Besides presenting
Craftsman style designs and ideas, this website offers free,
vintage ideas for home and house designs, including floor
plans from 19th century publications.
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Craftsman and Mission Style Home,
Bungalow, Cottage and Cabin Designs In
addition to early 1900s designs for homes, farmhouses,
bungalows, log homes, cabins and cottages in the Craftsman
and Mission styles, you'll find articles and design ideas on
related topics: interior design; furniture; cabinetry;
gardening and landscaping. |
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Cape Cod House Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
The Library of Congress list of Cape Cod home designs, shown
in photos and measured drawings, includes seventy three
homes built throughout New England. Although most of the
designs are classic gable-roof cottages, the list also
includes homes with gambrel and round or bow roofs. |
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Historic Home and Outbuilding Designs.
Be inspired by dozens of renderings and floor plans of
yesterday's homes, cottages, farmhouses, carriage houses,
vintage garages, gate houses and farm outbuildings. If you
like any one of the designs, you can read more about it, and
find more designs like it by ordering an inexpensive,
instant-download reprint of the original 19th century book
where it was first published. |
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Timber-Frame House Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
This list, selected by the Library of Congress includes
sixty-five sixty-five houses, in a variety of styles, built
in eleven different states. All show some aspect of the
timber frame in drawings, details and photos. |
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Small House Plans from
North Dakota State University Agricultural Extension Service
Download free design plans and building details for a
variety of tiny houses, cabins and cottages. |
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Classic American Homes from
North Dakota State University Agricultural Extension Service
Find free, instant download design plans and building
details for traditional American home designs. |
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Log Cabin Designs from the Historic
American Building Survey These
eighteenth and nineteenth century log cabins are just a few
samples of the hundreds of log building designs that have been preserved through the HABS.
You can view
photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations
and construction details. |
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Historic American House Designs on the
Old House Web
Explore early house designs ranging from 17th century
vernacular homes through popular early 20th century housing
styles. |
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Accessible Home Designs from Louisiana
State University's AgCenter
Free, instant download
plans and building details for homes that are designed for easy
access for the handicapped or the elderly. |
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Free
Plans for Country Buildings
Do you need a new barn, garage or workshop? Are you dreaming
of a new country home or vacation cabin? Or, do you just
need a new shed for your lawn tractor? Here are good quality
plans, design ideas and great building advice that you can
use for free. |
