About The Loon Lake Retreat

The Loon Lake Retreat turns its tall glass gable to the water, so the lake is the first thing you see every morning. Deep forest-green siding and natural cedar sit quietly in the pines, and a cedar porch steps down toward the dock. Inside it's pale oak, wool and a black wood stove, with a reading loft tucked above the living room.

Highlights

Floor-to-ceiling glass facing the lake
Reading loft
Cedar lake porch and rear deck
Gear room for kayaks and coats
Compact two-bedroom plan

Best for: Lake lots, cabins and vacation homes.

This plan is in: 2 bedroom barndominium floor plans · Small barndominium floor plans · 2 story and loft barndominium plans

In the $149 plan set

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

Completed by your local team

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 Loon Lake Retreat

Who it suits

The Loon Lake Retreat suits lake lots and vacation cabins. The right end of the house is a wall of glass, so the lake has to lie on that side of the lot. The front door opens into a gear room with laundry before you reach the living space.

Room by room

Front door: the 3 ft door opens into the gear room and laundry, which has doors to the great room and to the hall.
Great room: the kitchen, dining and living areas share a room with 4 fixed windows and a 5 ft glass door, 16 ft tall, across the right end.
Reading loft: 12 ft by 9 ft 4 in on the upper level, above the living space.
Bedrooms: the hall leads to Bedroom 2, the primary bedroom and Bath 2. The primary has its own bath and windows on the left and rear walls.
Outside: the lake porch is 30 ft long and 10 ft deep, and the rear deck is 16 x 8 ft with no roof.

Build notes

The 7:12 main roof is 11 ft to the eave and 19 ft 9 in to the ridge. It carries on over the lake porch, which stands on 4 posts.
Glass fills the right gable from 16 ft up to the peak, 7 ft 1-1/2 in wide. Your engineer sizes the framing around the glass and the loft.
The 8 in stove flue leaves the front roof slope 12 ft 9 in from the ridge.

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 Loon Lake Retreat: main floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Main floor plan. Tap to open full size.

The Loon Lake Retreat: upper floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Upper floor plan. Tap to open full size.

Overall footprint: 40 ft wide by 30 ft deep, the buildings' footprint without porches and decks
Stories: 1.5 stories (one story plus a reading loft)
Roof (main house): 7:12 pitch, 18 in overhangs
Eave 11'-0", ridge 19'-9"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Glazed gable on the right end wall: glass from 16 ft up to the peak, 7 ft 1-1/2 in wide
Stove flue above the Great room / kitchen / dining (8 in wide), centered 37 ft 9 in from the left end of the house (as you face the front), through the front roof slope, 12 ft 9 in from the ridge; its top is 20 ft 7-1/2 in above the floor, 10-1/2 in above the ridge
Masses: House: 40' x 30', living space, eave 11'-0", ridge 19'-9"
Porches: Lake porch: 30' x 10', the main gable roof continues over it, 4 posts
Rear deck: 16' x 8', not roofed (open patio or deck)
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.
Counts: 12 windows, 2 exterior doors, 4 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Floor	Size	Area
Bedroom 2	1	10'-0" x 13'-0"	130 sq ft
Primary bedroom	1	10'-0" x 15'-6"	155 sq ft
Gear room / laundry	1	8'-0" x 9'-0"	72 sq ft
Hall	1	8'-0" x 7'-6"	60 sq ft
Bath 2	1	8'-0" x 5'-6"	44 sq ft
Primary bath	1	8'-0" x 5'-6"	44 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	1	20'-0" x 29'-0"	580 sq ft
Reading loft	2	12'-0" x 9'-4"	112 sq ft

Doors and windows

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

ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W02	Window	4'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W04	Casement window	3'-0" x 5'-0"	3'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W05	Casement window	4'-0" x 4'-0"	3'-0"	Bedroom 2	Left side
W06	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
W07	Casement window	5'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Rear
W08	Window	2'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Rear
W09	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W10	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W30	Fixed window	5'-0" x 9'-0"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
W31	Fixed window	5'-0" x 13'-0"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
W32	Fixed window	5'-0" x 12'-6"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
W33	Fixed window	4'-6" x 9'-0"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
D01	Door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Gear room / laundry	Front
D02	Glass slider or French door	5'-0" x 16'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side

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.