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A-Frame Home Plans and The A Shaped House

Search our A-Frame House Plans collection Many consider the A-Frame style house the classic vacation home. It is easily imagined, nestled away in a natural setting, reflecting itself in the rippling waters of a calm lake, or overlooking the crashing waves of an ocean beachfront. The A-frame house has been cast...

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Southwest Style Home Design

Search our Southwestern Style Homes collection Like the Florida and Mediterranean home, the Southwest style home is designed to thrive in hot climates.  A variety of looks are encompassed by this style, including Pueblo, Spanish Revival, Adobe and Mission.  Exterior walls are typically clad in stucco or stucco-like materials and/or brick.  Wood siding is...

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Traditional Homes

Search our Traditional House Plans collection This category is by far the most difficult to define, yet it is the most commonly constructed architectural "style" in America - and it has been for many years.  Traditional homes are not necessarily "historic" homes and they are certainly not contemporary in style.  They are practical,...

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Tudor Style Homes

Search our Tudor Style Homes collection Tudor style homes exude a captivating combination of medieval character, warmth and charm.  Characterized by steep sloping roofs, stucco-clad gables, half-timber detailing, multi-paned windows and brick siding, this English-born style became popular in America in the 1890's and continued to flourish until about 1940.   Many of the...

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Vacation Style Home Plans

Search our Vacation House Plans collection The term "Vacation Home" encompasses a number of styles of architecture, including A-Frames, Cabins, Cottages and more.   Perhaps the most common attribute of the Vacation Home is its provision of great views and comfortable outdoor living spaces.  Large, plentiful windows often face the most scenic views.   Sprawling...

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Southern Style Home Plans

Search our Southern Style House Plans collection The Southern style home spans a broad spectrum of historic architectural styles and consequently, there is not one particular "look" that defines this category.  Southern homes can range from simpler "Low Country" designs with shed-roofed porches, to grand Plantation style structures with elaborate columns, sweeping staircases...

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Victorian Style Homes

Search our Victorian Home Plans collection Victorian homes are commonly thought of as an architectural style, but in actuality, they reflect of a period of history from 1840 to 1904, when Queen Victoria ruled Britain.  During that time, which coincided with the Industrial Age, a wide variety of ornately fashioned homes became immensely...

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Retro Style Home Plans

Search our Retro House Plans collection Visit any suburban neighborhood that was built in the 1950's or 1960's and the homes you pass by will reflect an optimism and energy of days gone by.  Throughout that post-war era, the American Dream of owning a home was bolstered by the prosperity of our thriving...

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Ranch House Plans

Search our Ranch Home Plans collection Many, who hear the words "one-story home," instinctively think of the "Ranch" home.  A Ranch home is a particular style of one-story home that is simpler in appearance and layout.   Sometimes referred to a "Rambler," the Ranch style home became extremely popular following WWII due to its...

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