The Family Handyman Best Home Plans

From the nation's leading hands-on home improvement magazine, The Family Handyman Home Plans presents over 350 best-selling designs for houses to delight potential dwellers of wide-ranging tastes, needs and budgets.Showcasing the finest work from 45 of North America's top home-design firms, this inspiring resource offers line drawings of each exterior and inviting capsule descriptions of every space inside -- for dining, sleeping, playing, entertaining, storage and pure pleasure. (Imagine a home with a covered rear porch, an island snack bar or a garden spa tub.)Detailed floor plans lay out the total living area, with room-by-room square-foot dimensions. Homebuilders will also find crucial facts on wall framing, foundation and price code. Each numbered plan refers readers to an 800 phone number where they can order the complete blueprint to get them started in building the house of their dreams.From modest to majestic, from cozy to stunning, appealing home designs include: -- Classic Cottage with Style, finished in striking stucco with a columned front porch -- Vivacious Victorian, featuring a bay-windowed dining room with a built-in china hutch -- Mediterranean Splendor, boasting a gorgeous master bedroom with a see-through fireplace and sunken bath

Presents more than three hundred clear, concise, and meticulously detailed construction plans for homes under two thousand finished square feet, ranging from starter and retirement houses to vacation homes, with exterior elevations of all sides, detailed floor plans, cross sections and interior elevations, information on materials, and contact data.

More than 300 clear, concise and detailed construction plans for homes, including 50 brand new designs, built in a rural, off-the-beaten-path style. Includes an 800 number to order complete blueprints.

Here are over 300 home plans, including 50 new designs, with extensive outdoor living spaces: patios, decks, terraces, and morewith detailed floor plans laying out the total living area and roombyroom squarefoot dimensions. All plans meet North American building codes and include an 800 number to order blueprints.

Build an elegant southern-style home with all of the detail and charm of gracious living. Straight from the nation's leading hands-on home improvement magazine, the Family Handyman Home Designs of the South presents over 300 of the most popular southern-style designs -- including 75 brand-new designs -- featuring classic southern touches such as wraparound porches, sweeping staircases, and more. Detailed floor plans and illustrations lay out the total living area, with room-by-room square-foot dimensions -- plus a special section that features 40 sheds and garages. Included, too, are crucial facts about wall framing, foundation, and price code. Each plan includes a toll-free number for ordering professional blueprints. Showcasing the finest work from North America's premier design firms, this is an idea-filled and hard-working resource to match every lifestyle and budget. Book jacket.

A thorough mix of architectural styles that will please even the most discerning, budget-conscious builder, including over 100 brand-new designs.

If you've been thinking about building a new home that includes some of those special features you've been dreaming about for years, this is the book that will start you on your way.