About The Overlook

The Overlook puts a wall of glass high in its view-end gable, so the mountain view fills the two-story great room. A cedar deck wraps the glass, a loft looks down over the living room, and dark bronze siding lets the home disappear into the hillside.

Highlights

Glass gable facing the view
Two-story great room with loft
Wraparound cedar deck with cable railing
Steep 10:12 roof
Three bedrooms

Best for: View lots and hillsides.

This plan is in: 3 bedroom 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 Overlook

Who it suits

The Overlook suits view lots and hillsides. The right end wall has glass from 9 ft up to the peak, 30 ft wide, and a 10 ft glass door opens from the great room onto a deck 32 x 12 ft. The lot needs its view on that side.

Room by room

Front door: a 3 ft door at the front enters an entry and mudroom, which leads on to the great room.
Great room: 18 x 31 ft under the glass gable, with an open loft on the upper level looking down into it.
Bedrooms: a hall off the great room leads to the primary suite, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Bath 2, the laundry and the mechanical room.
Primary suite: 13 ft 6 in by 16 ft 9 in, with windows on the front and left walls.
Rear deck: a 3 ft door on the rear wall leads to a deck 20 x 8 ft.

Build notes

The roof is a steep 10:12, 14 ft to the eave and 27 ft 4 in to the ridge, with the ridge parallel to the front wall.
Your engineer sizes the framing and bracing around the glass gable.
The open loft is 13 x 31 ft. The plan shows one interior bearing line, and your engineer confirms the loft framing and edge.
Both decks are open to the sky; the only roofed outdoor spot is a 6 x 6 ft entry porch on 2 posts.

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

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

Overall footprint: 54 ft wide by 32 ft deep, the buildings' footprint without porches and decks
Stories: 1.5 stories (main floor plus a 403 sq ft open loft)
Roof (main house): 10:12 pitch, 18 in overhangs
Eave 14'-0", ridge 27'-4"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Glazed gable on the right end wall: glass from 9 ft up to the peak, 30 ft wide
Masses: House: 54' x 32', living space, eave 14'-0", ridge 27'-4"
Porches: Front porch: 6' x 6', 3:12 shed roof attached at 10 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 2 posts
Right deck: 32' x 12', not roofed (open patio or deck)
Rear deck: 20' 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. One interior bearing line is shown on the plan. 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: 10 windows, 3 exterior doors, 2 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Floor	Size	Area
Primary bedroom	1	13'-6" x 16'-9"	226 sq ft
Primary bath	1	7'-0" x 13'-9"	96 sq ft
Primary closet	1	6'-0" x 13'-9"	82 sq ft
Hall	1	20'-6" x 3'-6"	72 sq ft
Bedroom 2	1	11'-6" x 12'-9"	147 sq ft
Bedroom 2 closet	1	3'-6" x 5'-3"	18 sq ft
Mechanical	1	4'-6" x 5'-3"	24 sq ft
Entry / mudroom	1	8'-6" x 7'-0"	60 sq ft
Bath 2	1	5'-6" x 13'-9"	76 sq ft
Laundry	1	5'-6" x 6'-6"	36 sq ft
Bedroom 3 closet	1	5'-6" x 6'-9"	37 sq ft
Bedroom 3	1	8'-6" x 13'-9"	117 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	1	18'-0" x 31'-0"	558 sq ft
Open loft	2	13'-0" x 31'-0"	403 sq ft

Doors and windows

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

ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W01	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	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	Window	7'-6" x 7'-0"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
W05	Window	7'-6" x 7'-0"	1'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Right side
W06	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
W07	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W08	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Rear
W09	Window	2'-0" x 3'-0"	5'-0"	Bath 2	Rear
W10	Window	2'-0" x 3'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Rear
D01	Door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Entry / mudroom	Front
D02	Door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
D03	Glass slider or French door	10'-0" x 8'-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.