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Tiny House Studio from a Shed with Clerestory Windows

Tiny House Studio from a Shed with Clerestory Windows

See how a Facebook Marketplace seller has turned a shed into a 448 square foot studio. She bought two and all of the materials to finish them. After finishing one, she is selling the other one and the rest of the materials. You can finish 

Free 16×24 Open Source Backyard Farmhouse ADU Plans

Free 16×24 Open Source Backyard Farmhouse ADU Plans

Free Open Source Backyard Farmhouse ADU Plans designed by Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, are available in three sizes and dozens of variations. The smallest is 16×24 with 646 square feet. It is designed to work within most local zoning restrictions for ADUs or Accessory Dwelling Units. 

Free Open Source Granny Flat House Plans

Free Open Source Granny Flat House Plans

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 

The Backyard Farmhouse – Free Open Source ADU Plans in Three Sizes

The Backyard Farmhouse – Free Open Source ADU Plans in Three Sizes

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 

Tiny Farmhouse Plans from Free Farmhouse

Tiny Farmhouse Plans from Free Farmhouse

Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, has designed a Tiny Farmhouse that is easy to build onto later. It is less than 500 square feet to be finished quickly and inexpensively. Then add on as you can afford to. With only one bedroom, and less than 500 square 

Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

You don’t have to live in a Victorian mansion or a castle to have a secret passage or a hidden room concealed behind a bookcase. You can buy a complete kit with everything you need to build a bookcase that opens like a door, or 

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

I have loved the idea of a hidden door to a secret room since I read Betsy Byers and Nancy Drew. How many gothic mysteries have a hidden room behind a wall that is revealed when you press the right place in the wall? That’s 

Murphy Doors – Secret Doors and Added Storage

Murphy Doors – Secret Doors and Added Storage

How does Bruce Wayne enter the bat cave? Through a secret bookcase door. If you want a secret door to your hidden lair, you can build one yourself with a kit or parts from Murphy Doors. The Murphy Door Company makes doors that are also 

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

It is hard to stay organized when there is just not enough space. Buying extra bins and tubs doesn’t help if there is nowhere to put them. Look around your house. You might be surprised for find space that can be used for storage that 

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

When I first bought the log cabin, the bedroom was only 10-feet wide and there was very little closet space and storage. We took out the small closets to make the master bedroom larger and more functional and built a bump out for two closets.