About The Magnolia Split

The Magnolia Split gives a growing family four bedrooms without giving up charm: soft white siding over a whitewashed brick base, a centered front gable and tapered columns on a deep porch. The primary suite sits on its own side of the house, the kids' rooms on the other, and a sage-island kitchen sits in between.

Highlights

Four bedrooms, three baths
Split-bedroom layout
Whitewashed brick wainscot
Side-entry two-car garage
Rear porch with a swing bed

Best for: Growing families.

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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 Magnolia Split

Who it suits

The Magnolia Split suits a growing household that wants its bedrooms apart. The primary suite sits at the left end and the hall of bedrooms at the right, with the great room between them. Bedroom 4 has a bath of its own.

Room by room

Front door: a 5 ft double door behind the 46 ft porch leads into the great room, which holds the kitchen and dining area.
Pantry and porch: the pantry opens off the great room, and an 8 ft glass door steps out to the rear porch, 30 x 10 ft, where the plan puts the swing bed.
Primary suite: entered from the great room, 16 ft 6 in by 19 ft, with its own bath, a walk-in closet and 2 casement windows.
Bedrooms: Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Bedroom 4 and Bath 2 all open off a hall from the great room.
Laundry: the laundry and mud room opens off the same hall, and the garage opens into it.

Build notes

The 6:12 roof peaks at 20 ft. A 6:12 cross gable, 15 ft wide, rises over the front porch.
The garage is a 24 x 24 ft wing at the right end, its front wall set back 4 ft. Its 2 overhead doors, 9 x 7 ft, face the side, not the street.
Local code governs the laundry door into the garage, and your builder confirms what applies.
The front porch has 6 posts and the rear porch 4.

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

Overall footprint: 92 ft wide by 36 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 20'-0"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Cross gable on the front: a 6:12 gable 15 ft wide, starting 21 ft 6 in from the left corner of the front wall, over the porch
Chimney above the Great room / kitchen / dining (3 ft wide), centered 19 ft 3 in from the left end of the house (as you face the front), through the rear roof slope, 1 ft from the ridge; its top is 22 ft 11 in above the floor, 2 ft 11 in above the ridge
Masses: House: 68' x 36', living space, eave 11'-0", ridge 20'-0"
Garage: 24' x 24', eave 10'-0", ridge 16'-0"
Porches: Front porch: 46' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 6 posts
Rear porch (swing bed): 30' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 4 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, 2 exterior doors, 2 overhead doors, 10 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Primary bedroom	16'-6" x 19'-0"	314 sq ft
Primary bath	9'-6" x 15'-6"	147 sq ft
Walk-in closet	6'-6" x 15'-6"	101 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	23'-0" x 35'-0"	805 sq ft
Bedroom 2	14'-0" x 14'-6"	203 sq ft
Bedroom 3	12'-0" x 14'-6"	174 sq ft
Hall	26'-6" x 4'-0"	106 sq ft
Bedroom 4 closet	4'-0" x 7'-0"	28 sq ft
Pantry	4'-0" x 8'-0"	32 sq ft
Bedroom 4	9'-0" x 15'-6"	140 sq ft
Bath 2	6'-0" x 7'-6"	45 sq ft
Laundry / mud	6'-0" x 7'-6"	45 sq ft
Bedroom 4 bath	8'-0" x 7'-6"	60 sq ft
Mechanical	4'-0" x 7'-6"	30 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	Window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W02	Window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W03	Window	4'-0" x 4'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W04	Casement window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W05	Casement window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
W06	Casement window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W07	Casement window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Front
W08	Casement window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 4	Rear
W09	Window	2'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Rear
W10	Window	2'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Bedroom 4 bath	Rear
D01	Double entry door	5'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
D02	Glass slider or French door	8'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
G01	Overhead door	9'-0" x 7'-0"	no sill	Garage	Right side
G02	Overhead door	9'-0" x 7'-0"	no sill	Garage	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.