Barnhouse Plan with 3 Bedrooms and Upstairs Laundry Room
This house plan can be modified to fit your family’s lifestyle and your lot’s specifics.
Plan 49735R is a 3-bedroom 2-story house plan with a modern European character, a steep gable roof and smooth stucco walls, offering 1173 ft² of living space on two levels. Contemporary lines meet a rustic, modern farmhouse silhouette: the 12/12 roof pitch rises to a ridge parallel to the street, and a skylight brings daylight into the upper floor. The house measures 36'0" wide and 23'8" deep, with a height of 25'6".
A proper entry welcomes you and keeps coats and boots away from the main rooms. The closed floor plan gives each room its own walls and purpose, which suits a family that values quiet corners as much as shared time. The family room is built around a fireplace, the natural place to gather on winter evenings, while vaulted ceilings and large, floor-to-ceiling windows give the interior height and light. The large kitchen has room for more than one cook, and its breakfast nook sits by a corner window, so the first coffee of the day comes with a view on two sides.
The bedrooms are clustered together, and the master bedroom is on the second floor, with a walk-in closet for clothes and storage. The house has one full bathroom and one half bathroom, a practical arrangement for a three-bedroom family home. The laundry is on the second floor, close to the bedrooms where clothes are worn and stored, so baskets no longer travel up and down the stairs. A separate utility room keeps the technical equipment out of the living areas.
Outside, a deck extends the living space for summer meals, and a balcony gives the upper level its own open-air spot. This is a house plan without a garage and without a basement, with a compact footprint that leaves the choice of parking to the owners. With stucco facades, a steep gable roof and generous glazing, plan 49735R is a small house plan that reads as a calm, modern single-family home, easy to live in every day.
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