About The Tallgrass

Wheat-tan board-and-batten and cedar posts give The Tallgrass the easy warmth of a prairie farmhouse. Its covered porch runs across the front and down the whole left side, while a lower garage wing sits back at the right. Inside, the front door opens to a vaulted great room with the kitchen at the rear and a glass door to the covered back porch. The primary suite rests on the left; the other bedrooms share a hall on the right.

Highlights

10-ft wraparound porch
Vaulted great room
Split bedroom layout
Walk-in pantry and mudroom laundry
24 x 28 ft attached garage

Best for: Households that want one-level living and a long porch facing the landscape.

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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
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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 Tallgrass

Who it suits

The Tallgrass suits a household that wants its living space and bedrooms on one floor. The porch turns from the front along the whole left wall, and the garage joins the right end behind the house front.

Room by room

Front entry: a 3 ft door opens straight into the 18 ft 6 in by 35 ft great room, with a kitchen run and island at the rear.
Primary side: the front-left bedroom measures 14 ft 6 in by 17 ft and has front and left windows; its walk-in closet is 5 ft 6 in wide and 17 ft 6 in long.
Right hall: a 3 ft cased opening leads to Bedrooms 2 and 3, at 10 x 13 ft and 10 ft 6 in by 13 ft, and to Bath 2, which has no window.
Garage route: the hall leads through the mudroom and laundry to the garage; the walk-in pantry opens off the great room near the kitchen.

Build notes

The 56 x 36 ft house has a 6:12 gable roof, with 11 ft eaves and a 20 ft ridge running left to right.
The 24 x 28 ft garage sits 8 ft behind the house front, under a separate lower 6:12 gable roof.
The wraparound is 10 ft deep across the 56 ft front and the 36 ft left side; a separate 16 x 10 ft covered porch sits at the back.
The drawings use conventional wood framing; your builder or engineer adapts a steel or post-frame version and an engineer determines structural sizes, 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 Tallgrass: main floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Main floor plan. Tap to open full size.

Overall footprint: 80 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
Masses: House: 56' x 36', living space, eave 11'-0", ridge 20'-0"
Garage: 24' x 28', eave 10'-0", ridge 17'-0"
Porches: Wraparound porch: 56' x 10' front, 36' x 10' left, 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 14 posts
Covered back porch: 16' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 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, 2 overhead doors, 17 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Primary bedroom	14'-6" x 17'-0"	246 sq ft
Primary bath	8'-6" x 17'-6"	149 sq ft
Walk-in closet	5'-6" x 17'-6"	96 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	18'-6" x 35'-0"	648 sq ft
Bedroom 2	10'-0" x 13'-0"	130 sq ft
Bedroom 3	10'-6" x 13'-0"	136 sq ft
Hall	21'-0" x 3'-6"	74 sq ft
Bath 2	9'-0" x 8'-0"	72 sq ft
Walk-in pantry	9'-0" x 9'-0"	81 sq ft
Mudroom / laundry	11'-6" x 9'-6"	109 sq ft
Mechanical	11'-6" x 7'-6"	86 sq ft
Garage	23'-0" x 27'-0"	621 sq ft

Doors and windows

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

ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W01	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Front
W02	Window	3'-6" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W03	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W04	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 2	Front
W05	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Front
W06	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Left side
W07	Window	3'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Left side
W08	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Right side
W09	Window	4'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W10	Window	3'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Rear
W11	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Garage	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	Garage	Right side
G01	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	Front
G02	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	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.