Jay Osborne’s Free Backyard Farmhouse ADU Plans are practical, compact and efficient with all the character of a restored farmhouse home. This variation has a ground floor bedroom and bathroom. The first floor bedroom can be built at the same time as the rest of …
Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, has designed an ADU Small Farmhouse with three sizes and dozens of variations. The three sizes start at 16×24 with 646 square feet, a little larger 16×28 with 749 square feet, and the largest 16×32 with 857 square feet, all with potential …
This is the Vanna Venturi House. It is considered one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement. Architect Robert Venturi designed the house for his mother, Vanna. It was completed in 1964. The Vanna Venturi House may not seem like a small …
If you are looking for farmhouse kitchen ideas, Jay Osborne has three variations. They are all complete, usable plans designed for anyone to build, even if you don’t have a lot of previous construction experience. And you can get the plans free. The plans include …
What are front-loaded homes? They are narrow houses with the front on the narrow end. Many tiny houses are front-load. Often they have a front porch. The photo at the top of this page, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, is a front-loaded house with a …
A few years ago I shared plans for a small farmhouse that Jay Osborne made available free. Yesterday he contacted me through Pinterest to tell me what is new with the plans and to tell me about his Kickstarter for a book about the floor …
I just picked up a 2017 issue of Mother Earth News at our neighborhood book exchange. It had a cover article Small Homes are Just the Right Size. These homeowners downsized their lives to inhabit hand-built spaces that are easier and cheaper to maintain. The …
Bob’s Containers sells DIY Container Home Kits from $17,500 or even less! 20-foot Container Home Kits start at $17,500. 40-foot kits are from $27,000. If you start with a used container, they cost even less. You can contact them for what is available. They will …
When I was little there was a train caboose in the parking lot of the Crandon Park Zoo in Miami. We loved it. Our parents had to drag us into the zoo. I found a photo of the caboose in the parking lot of the …
A mystery I am reading (Exit Wounds by J. A. Jance) has mentioned over and over that the sheriff lives in a new “rammed-earth home” with “thick walls and high ceilings”. It is “pleasantly cool”, despite the over 100 degree weather. I guessed “rammed-earth” was …
