By David Porter AIA - Consulting architect to the Garlinghouse Company since 1989
You have looked through lots of plans magazines or you have spent hours sitting at your computer looking at plans services’ websites and there it is; bingo….a rendering or photograph of that dream house you have always wanted.  Even the floor plan layout […]

Search our Cottage Home Plans collection
Thinking of Cottage style homes, one might become swept away with images straight out of a children’s story book.  Quaintly pitched roofs, hand-hewn beams, candle-lit shuttered windows, cobblestone walkways, etc. (not to mention hard-working dwarves, cuddly forest animals, poison apples, etc.)  One thing is for sure - Cottage style homes, no matter […]

Search our Contemporary Home Plans collection
Jutting angles.  Sleek styling.  Clean lines.  Polished glass.  Are these the words to describe a work of modern art?  Perhaps.  But just as easily, they might portray the look and feel of a Contemporary style home.   Contemporary homes are designed as architecturally inspired sculptures, yet they offer their occupants practical living spaces […]

Search our Colonial House Plans collection
With nearly four centuries of popularity, the Colonial has long been considered the classic American home.  Two-story symmetry articulates the “look” of the Colonial home, and often - but not always - these homes employ the theme of “five over four, with a door” (five upper-level windows, stacked above four main-level windows, […]

Backyard decks are smart choice for entertaining, outdoor living
They’re comfortable. They can be a private sanctuary or party central. They’re as close to home as you can get. And they often return as much money as it costs to build them.
They are decks - a practical and enjoyable investment for nearly any residence. It’s […]