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Happier Camper ADAPTIV® Modular Camper Van Conversion

Happier Camper ADAPTIV® Modular Camper Van Conversion

We are just starting to look at camper ideas. We were going to buy an old camper to have fun restoring until we talked to some people that did it and they told us some of the drawbacks. The largest obstacle they have found is 

Custom Design, Model and Budget Your New Tiny House

Custom Design, Model and Budget Your New Tiny House

Do you want a custom-designed tiny house? This example was just listed on Facebook Marketplace. It is an example of what the builder is able to do. He can design in-house as well as help you with selections and a budget that fits your style.” 

Free Plans for Farmhouse Addition and Garage

Free Plans for Farmhouse Addition and Garage

In 2017, I found a complete set of house plans for a farmhouse being given away free. The author, Jay Osborne, based the design on an abandoned farmhouse he found in a Virginia forest. He created it as an open-source art project house design. Originally called 

Extending the Free Farmhouse Kitchen Plans

Extending the Free Farmhouse Kitchen Plans

This post goes into more details on the kitchen ideas on the American Farmhouse Extended Plans. The original Free Farmhouse Plans build a small 975 square foot two-story traditional farmhouse. The Extended Design gives ideas for how you can build a bigger farmhouse or build 

Free Farmhouse Kitchen Plans

Free Farmhouse Kitchen Plans

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 

Build a Southern Farmhouse with Free Plans

Build a Southern Farmhouse with Free Plans

Download free open-source house plans, architectural drawings and design files to build your own home. The open-source plan is intended to be easy to build, even without a lot of previous construction experience. In 2015, Jay Osborne created a set of house plans for a 

Shotgun Houses and Modern Front Loaded Homes with a Lengthwise Floor Plan

Shotgun Houses and Modern Front Loaded Homes with a Lengthwise Floor Plan

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 

12-foot Wide Barn to Tiny House Conversion

12-foot Wide Barn to Tiny House Conversion

I don’t think I have ever seen a Gambrel style roof shed converted to a home turn out as well as this one did. Styled with a distressed galvanized metal ceiling, weathered wood laminate flooring and concrete countertops, this conversion takes barn to a new 

12-foot Wide House

12-foot Wide House

Right after I wrote a post answering a question about how to come up with interior plans for a house only 12-feet wide, this house showed up on Facebook Market Place. It is a Stone Harbor Tiny Home made by Champion Home Builders. 1 Bed 

EZ Log Structures Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kits

EZ Log Structures Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kits

Have you seen these log cabin kits? This DIY log cabin has shown up a few times. This time it was on one of the Facebook garage sale sites I follow. 1 Bed 1 Bath – House $35,089 Franklin, NC We offer complete log home