About The Juniper

The Juniper joins a compact home and a workshop under one silver galvalume roof. At the open end of the house, windows on three walls bring light into the vaulted great room. A short hall leads past the bedrooms and baths to the mudroom and the shop door. The cedar front porch stops at the house, while the shop faces forward with an overhead door and a walk door of its own.

Highlights

30 x 30 ft shop under the house roof
One 12 x 10 ft overhead shop door
Great room with windows on three walls
40 x 8 ft front porch across the house
16 x 10 ft covered back porch

Best for: A small household that wants a workshop a few steps from the mudroom.

This plan is in: 2 bedroom barndominium floor plans · Barndominium plans with a shop · Small barndominium floor plans

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
License to build one home

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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 Juniper

Who it suits

The Juniper suits people who want their work space attached to a compact home. The mudroom / laundry sits between the shop and a hall serving the private rooms.

Room by room

Great room: the 16 ft 6 in x 29 ft room has windows on the front, west end and rear walls, with a 5 ft glass door at the back.
Hall: a 3 ft cased opening from the great room leads to the primary bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bath 2 and the mudroom / laundry.
Primary suite: the 13 ft 6 in x 13 ft bedroom has a front window, with its bath and closet reached directly from the bedroom.
Shop entry: a door from the mudroom / laundry enters the shop; the water heater, air handler and panel are in the shop corner.

Build notes

One 4:12 gable roof and one straight ridge cover the house and shop, with a 12 ft eave and a 17 ft ridge throughout.
The 30 x 30 ft shop has one 12 x 10 ft overhead door and a 3 ft walk door on its front wall.
The front porch runs 40 x 8 ft across the house only on 5 posts; the covered back porch is 16 x 10 ft.
The drawings assume conventional wood framing. A builder or engineer adapts them for steel or post-frame construction and decides the structural members, 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 Juniper: main floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Main floor plan. Tap to open full size.

Overall footprint: 70 ft wide by 30 ft deep, the buildings' footprint without porches and decks
Stories: 1 story
Roof (main house): 4:12 pitch, 18 in overhangs
Eave 12'-0", ridge 17'-0"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Masses: House: 40' x 30', living space, eave 12'-0", ridge 17'-0"
Shop: 30' x 30', eave 12'-0", ridge 17'-0"
Porches: Front porch: 40' x 8', 3:12 shed roof attached at 12 ft, beam 10 ft high at the posts, 5 posts
Covered back porch: 16' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 12 ft, beam 9 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: 11 windows, 3 exterior doors, 1 overhead door, 8 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Great room / kitchen / dining	16'-6" x 29'-0"	478 sq ft
Primary bedroom	13'-6" x 13'-0"	176 sq ft
Primary bath	8'-0" x 7'-6"	60 sq ft
Primary closet	8'-0" x 5'-0"	40 sq ft
Hall	22'-0" x 3'-0"	66 sq ft
Bedroom 2	11'-0" x 12'-0"	132 sq ft
Bath 2	5'-0" x 12'-0"	60 sq ft
Mudroom / laundry	5'-0" x 12'-0"	60 sq ft
Shop	29'-0" x 29'-0"	841 sq ft

Doors and windows

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

ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W01	Window	5'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W02	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W03	Window	3'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Front
W04	Window	5'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Left side
W05	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Left side
W06	Window	4'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W07	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Rear
W08	Window	2'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Bath 2	Rear
W09	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Shop	Right side
W10	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Shop	Rear
W11	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Shop	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	Shop	Front
G01	Overhead door	12'-0" x 10'-0"	no sill	Shop	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.