Tag: A-Frame

Pre-Fab, Custom Built and DIY Kit A-Frame Cabins

Pre-Fab, Custom Built and DIY Kit A-Frame Cabins

There are advantages and drawbacks to an A-Frame cabin. They can be less expensive to build. But the roof slope means less usable space. Some of the companies that build sheds also build affordable completed A-frame cabins that they set up on your site. Some 

Roof pitch on an A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Dormer

Roof pitch on an A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Dormer

This A-frame house is in our neighborhood. If this feels like a re-run, I wrote a short post about this last year.  But we were on a different road and realized we can see the back of it here. So this blog post is more 

24 x 24 A-Frame Cabin Plan

24 x 24 A-Frame Cabin Plan

This 24 x 24 A-Frame Cabin Plan builds an inexpensive home using rough lumber and inexpensive materials.  “With some knowledge of carpentry and the ability to use ordinary hand tools, three or four men should have no serious problems building this cabin.” Cooperative Farm Building 

Tiny A-Frame in the Mountains

Tiny A-Frame in the Mountains

Isn’t this tiny A-frame house adorable? It is 540 square feet inside with hardwood floors and ceilings. Downstairs is a living room and a kitchen with an adorable tiny pot-belly wood stove. The bathroom has a claw-foot tub. The living room, upstairs loft bedroom, and 

Good Housekeeping Tiny House Special August 2019

Good Housekeeping Tiny House Special August 2019

This Summer’s issue of Good Housekeeping had an article on Tiny Houses. It is the Good Housekeeping magazine August 2019. Cute Backyard Guesthouses you can buy online! Build Your Own Tiny Home in as Little as a Day! You can see other better photos here: 

A-Frame House on the Beach

A-Frame House on the Beach

We saw this A-Frame driving down A1A and I just had to share it. This is the view from A1A. See the sidewalk in front of the house?   There are little windows poking out of the roof on both sides. The house is right 

A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Roof Addition

A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Roof Addition

This modified A-frame house is near our new house. The house itself is only 26-feet wide. It was built in 1978. The deck wraps around the front and side of the house. It is big enough to put a table and chairs on and use 

A-Frame House on Hilton Head Island

A-Frame House on Hilton Head Island

We saw this A-Frame house on Hilton Head Island The house has only roof on two sides, so the only windows are on the front and back. They have French doors and air-conditioners in the walls. I’ll bet a lot of heat leaves through that 

Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame

Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame

Back in the late ’60s, the American Plywood Association put out a series of books with plans for small houses. Great Ideas for Second Homes: A Portfolio of 20 Distinguished New Designs in Plywood Paperback by American Plywood Association 1969 The book has been out