About The Bluebird

The Bluebird sets a slate-blue farmhouse and a lower two-car garage beside a broad cedar porch. The front door opens into a vaulted great room, with the kitchen at the back and a glass door to the covered rear porch. The mudroom / laundry links the garage to the kitchen end of the house. The primary bedroom sits at the front right, while Bedroom 3 stretches along the rear with its closet at one end.

Highlights

50 x 8 ft front porch on 7 cedar posts
16 x 10 ft covered back porch
Attached two-car garage set back 6 ft
Walk-in pantry beside the kitchen
Primary bedroom with its own bath and walk-in closet

Best for: A household seeking three bedrooms, an attached garage and room to sit outside.

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In the $149 plan set

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Builder-ready drawing set, dimensioned to the inch
Floor plan with every room, door and window located
Four exterior elevations
Building sections and roof plan
Door and window schedules
Electrical, smoke and CO placement diagram
Foundation outline
Editable CAD file (DXF) of the floor plan for your builder or drafter
Every concept rendering of the home, full-size
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Structural design and member sizing (beams, footings, framing)
Engineering stamps or seals
Site-specific engineering, energy or code review
Permits or permit approval

Your local builder and, where your project needs one, a licensed engineer or architect complete these for your site and local codes.

Living in The Bluebird

Who it suits

The Bluebird suits a household that wants a porch, a garage and a short route from the car to the kitchen. Bedroom 2 is on the garage side of the great room, while the primary bedroom and the long, narrow Bedroom 3 are on the other side.

Room by room

Great room: the 18 x 29 ft space has a front entry between two windows; a 5 ft glass door on the rear wall leads to the covered porch.
Primary suite: the 19 x 12 ft 6 in bedroom has two front windows and a right-side window, with its bath and walk-in closet opening from the bedroom.
Bedroom 3: the 19 x 9 ft 6 in room has a rear window, a closet at one end and a door straight from the great room.
Garage side: the door from the garage enters the mudroom / laundry, which opens into the great room near the 5 x 4 ft 6 in walk-in pantry; Bath 2 has no window.

Build notes

The house has a 6:12 gable roof with an 11 ft eave and an 18 ft 6 in ridge; the lower garage roof stops against its left gable wall.
The garage wing is set back 6 ft and has a 10 ft eave, with two 9 x 8 ft overhead doors facing the front.
The front porch runs 50 x 8 ft on 7 posts; the covered back porch measures 16 x 10 ft.
The plan is drawn for conventional wood framing. A steel or post-frame version is an adaptation by your builder or engineer, who decides the structure, footings and connections.

The exterior and interior images are concept renderings of this design, not photographs of a built home. Finishes and fixtures are illustrative; the plan governs. The floor plan is drawn from the plan set. Areas are approximate and measured to the outside face of exterior walls; porches, garages and shops are listed separately.

Floor plan and specifications

Every room is dimensioned and every door and window carries its size, straight from the plan set.

The Bluebird: main floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Main floor plan. Tap to open full size.

Overall footprint: 74 ft wide by 30 ft deep, the buildings' footprint without porches and decks
Stories: 1 story
Roof (main house): 6:12 pitch, 18 in overhangs
Eave 11'-0", ridge 18'-6"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Masses: House: 50' x 30', living space, eave 11'-0", ridge 18'-6"
Garage: 24' x 24', eave 10'-0", ridge 16'-0"
Porches: Front porch: 50' x 8', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 9 ft high at the posts, 7 posts
Covered back porch: 16' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 3 posts
Structure: Drawn for conventional wood (stick) framing; trusses, posts, beams and footings are sized by the builder's engineer. A steel-frame or post-frame version is an adaptation your builder or engineer makes. Member sizes, connections and loads are by your builder's engineer for your site.
Foundation: Typical starting point: monolithic slab-on-grade with a thickened edge (a stem wall where frost depth requires), footings below the local frost line, a footing under every interior bearing line and girder point, and porch-post footings with uplift ties. Slab thickness, footing sizes, reinforcing and anchorage are sized by your engineer for your soil, frost depth and loads; shop and garage slabs are usually heavier than living-area slabs.
Counts: 10 windows, 3 exterior doors, 2 overhead doors, 10 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Bedroom 2	11'-0" x 12'-0"	132 sq ft
Bath 2	11'-0" x 5'-0"	55 sq ft
Mudroom / laundry	11'-0" x 6'-0"	66 sq ft
Mechanical	5'-6" x 4'-6"	25 sq ft
Walk-in pantry	5'-0" x 4'-6"	22 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	18'-0" x 29'-0"	522 sq ft
Primary bedroom	19'-0" x 12'-6"	238 sq ft
Walk-in closet	7'-0" x 6'-0"	42 sq ft
Primary bath	11'-6" x 6'-0"	69 sq ft
Bedroom 3	19'-0" x 9'-6"	180 sq ft
Garage	23'-0" x 23'-0"	529 sq ft

Doors and windows

Swipe the table sideways to see sill, room and wall.

ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W01	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W02	Window	3'-4" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W03	Window	3'-4" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W04	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W05	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W06	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Right side
W07	Window	3'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Right side
W08	Window	4'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W09	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Rear
W10	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Garage	Rear
D01	Entry door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
D02	Glass slider or French door	5'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
D03	Door	3'-0" x 6'-8"	no sill	Garage	Left side
G01	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	Front
G02	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	Front

Sizes are clear inside dimensions for rooms and rough openings for doors and windows, from the plan set. Roof heights are above the finished floor. The structure and foundation lines are typical starting points: the drawings are not stamped, and your builder's engineer sizes members, footings and anchorage for your site, soil, snow, wind and frost depth.