Cottage Plans
Our cottage plans – like all of our plan sets – contain a tremendous amount of detail, enabling your builder to construct the house exactly as it was designed. Homes constructed from our cottage house plans vary in size and shape, but all are recognizable as cottages or bungalows. Many of the architects and designers we work with actually specializein cottage designs.
If you’re looking for small cottage plans, you may wish to also check the small house plans section of our site. The dictionary defines cottages as “a small, one-family house”, or as “a small house for vacation use”. But a large house can still look like a cottage, so we include cottage floor plans for these larger homes as well.
A cottage style house is also something folks often look for in building a vacation home. If this is your situation, you may also wish to visit the vacation house plans section of our site. While vacation homes are often only used in certain seasons, almost all of our cottages were designed for year-round living.
Folks often refer to houses built from cottage home plans as “cozy”. This term is typically understood to mean “small”, but it really refers to how the house “feels”. To achieve this feeling, ceilings are rarely vaulted, and are typically set at 8 or 9 feet. However, open floor plans and lots of windows are also needed to keep the house from feeling small. A fine balancing act that our cottage plans reflect.
Common Characteristics of Cottage Plans:
- Exterior materials often tied to local landscape or region
- Usually have a fairly steeply pitch roof, often with gables or dormers
- Tend to have simple and unpretentious interiors, often with a fireplace
- Often easy to live in and to maintain
- Typically have a small footprint, and often fit on narrow lots
- Found in both rural and urban settings
- Tend to be well-crafted, and have interesting exterior detailing
- Rarely have vinyl siding, tending toward natural materials
- Often have exterior spaces (porches, patios, etc.) for contact with nature
- Often have intimate entryways and smaller windows
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