About The Meadowlark

The Meadowlark starts with the porch: ten feet deep and running the whole width of the house, with cedar posts and a cedar ceiling that glows at sunset. Step inside and the great room opens up under exposed wood trusses, anchored by a whitewashed stone fireplace. The kitchen island seats the whole family, a walk-in pantry keeps the counters clear, and the primary suite sits quietly away from the kids' rooms. Simple, warm and built around the way families actually live.

Highlights

Full-width 10-ft covered front porch
Vaulted great room with exposed trusses
Island kitchen with walk-in pantry
Split bedrooms for privacy
Covered rear patio for outdoor dining

Best for: Families who want a classic country home with room to breathe.

This plan is in: 3 bedroom barndominium floor 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 Meadowlark

Who it suits

The Meadowlark fits a family that wants a classic country house with room to spread out. A porch 10 ft deep spans the front and a covered patio 12 ft deep spans the back. The great room sits between the primary suite and the bedroom hall.

Room by room

Front door: the 3 ft entry door opens straight into the great room, which is one open room with the kitchen and dining area.
Pantry and patio: a walk-in pantry opens off the great room, and a 6 ft glass door on the rear wall leads to the covered patio.
Primary suite: at the left end, with a bath, a walk-in closet and windows on the front and left walls.
Bedrooms: a hall off the great room serves Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Bath 2 and the laundry, all at the right end.

Build notes

One 6:12 gable roof covers the house, 11 ft 6 in to the eave and 20 ft 6 in to the ridge, with the gable ends facing left and right.
Two 3:12 shed roofs cover the porches, each on 8 posts. Your engineer sizes the footing under every post.
The 3 ft wide chimney comes through the front roof slope 1 ft from the ridge.
The drawings assume wood framing, so a steel or post-frame Meadowlark is an adaptation for your builder or engineer.

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

Overall footprint: 64 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'-6", ridge 20'-6"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Chimney above the Great room / kitchen / dining (3 ft wide), centered 19 ft from the left end of the house (as you face the front), through the front roof slope, 1 ft from the ridge; its top is 23 ft 5 in above the floor, 2 ft 11 in above the ridge
Masses: House: 64' x 36', living space, eave 11'-6", ridge 20'-6"
Porches: Front porch: 64' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft 6 in, beam 9 ft high at the posts, 8 posts
Covered rear patio: 64' x 12', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft 6 in, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 8 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.
Counts: 12 windows, 2 exterior doors, 16 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Primary bedroom	17'-0" x 19'-6"	332 sq ft
Primary bath	10'-0" x 15'-0"	150 sq ft
Walk-in closet	6'-6" x 15'-0"	98 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	26'-0" x 35'-0"	910 sq ft
Bedroom 2 closet	4'-0" x 6'-0"	24 sq ft
Hall	4'-0" x 22'-0"	88 sq ft
Walk-in pantry	4'-0" x 6'-0"	24 sq ft
Bedroom 2	14'-6" x 12'-0"	174 sq ft
Laundry / mechanical	14'-6" x 5'-6"	80 sq ft
Bath 2	10'-0" x 5'-6"	55 sq ft
Bedroom 3 closet	4'-0" x 5'-6"	22 sq ft
Bedroom 3	14'-6" x 10'-6"	152 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 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W04	Window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W05	Window	4'-0" x 4'-0"	3'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
W06	Window	3'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W07	Window	3'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Rear
W08	Window	2'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Rear
W09	Window	3'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Laundry / mechanical	Right side
W10	Window	4'-0" x 4'-0"	3'-0"	Bedroom 2	Right side
W11	Window	4'-0" x 4'-0"	3'-0"	Bedroom 3	Right side
W12	Window	4'-0" x 4'-0"	3'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
D01	Entry door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
D02	Glass slider or French door	6'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear

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.