House Plan #454-7

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Square Feet 2979
Bedrooms 3
Baths
Garage Stalls 2
Levels 2
Width 74' 10"
Depth 89' 8"

House Plan Description

HOME BY DESIGN ORIGINAL 454-7. This beautiful and uniquely designed 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home was built to exemplify many of the Not So BigĀ® principles featured in Sarah Susanka's book, Home By Design. Luxurious in feel, the home includes abundant windows, terraces and an expansive screened-in porch for virtual integration with the outdoors. The plan provides for either an unfinished storage basement and crawlspace, or conversion to a full lower level. The exterior of the home, with its horizontal lines, modest roof pitch, large overhangs, and centralized rectangular chimney, evokes a Prairie Style feel, while the floor plan is ideal for today's more informal lifestyle. See Further Description Below

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Main Level

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Specs and Features

HOUSE PLAN #454-7

BASICS
Levels 2
Bedrooms 3
Potential Bedrooms 0
Baths
Garage Stalls 2
STYLES
Prairie Style House Plans
DESIGNER NOTES

The straight lines of the roof are broken with an eyebrow curve above the screen porch. This curve is a theme throughout the home, and is repeated in strategically placed windows, and curved ceiling lines. This gives the home an integrated and complete feel. This design provides for an open yet intimate feel in the center of the home. Special use areas, such as the parlor, are physically separated from the rest of the main level for privacy. The Master Bedroom boasts built-in window seats, a spacious walk-in dressing area, and access to a covered terrace. The upper part of the home contains two bedrooms, both with abundant windows tucked below the home's projecting Prairie Style roofline. The large screened porch, with its floor to ceiling window frames, provides a seamless transition to the outdoors. Depending on your needs, the climate, and the orientation of the home on the lot, the screens may simply be replaced with glass windows, forming a large Sun Room. The tile floor and curved ceiling continue outside onto the adjoining terraces. As drawn, the plan includes an unfinished storage basement below the livingroom/parlor end of the home, with crawlspace below the dining room/master bedroom. Conversion to a full basement is so easy and common that most homes built from customers purchasing these plans (including the home in the photos) have built on full basements. With this home, Sarah Susanka demonstrates that beautiful unique architecture and sound environmental design and construction can all easily and affordably be achieved. The incredibly detailed plans for the original 2004-V home were drawn in 1997, and then significantly updated in 2005. More interior photos of this home can be found in Sarah's book Inside the Not So Big House, and a mix of interior and exterior photos are available in Outside the Not So Big House. Both books offer extensive descriptions of the architecture and design features.

FEATURES
DIMENSIONS
Width 74' 10"
Depth 89' 8"
Height 22'
SQUARE FOOTAGE
Heated Square Footage 2979
Main Floor 2155
Upper Floor 800
Basement 1039
Porch 320
WALL INFORMATION
Exterior Wall Constr 2"x6"
ROOF INFORMATION
Roof Pitch 4:12
CEILING HEIGHTS
Ceiling Main 8
Ceiling Upper 8
Ceiling Details Main level ceiling height varies: 8' - 9'
FOUNDATIONS
Basement
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