Country house plans
Inspired by an idyllic sense of relaxed rural living, Country house plans trace their origins to the picturesque cottages of the early European countryside that have been updated and adapted by Americans over the past 300 years to reflect regional sensibilities. Country houses are simple structures often with symmetrical lines, a central door, and evenly spaced windows. It can be one or two stories high. A country house invites you with a front porch or a wrap-around porch and is topped with a gabled roof. Although most closely associated with informal living, Country homes can also be elegant. Regional variations of country homes built in the late 1800s to early 1900s took on Victorian or Colonial characteristics by incorporating front porches decorated with Victorian house style spindle work and brackets or Colonial house style shutters and dormers. This collection of Country house plans draws inspiration from the nostalgia of the country home style, yet with architectural floor plans appropriate for the lifestyles of today.
