{"id":11642,"date":"2023-04-29T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T16:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=11642"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:14:23","slug":"free-749-square-feet-backyard-farmhouse-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/free-749-square-feet-backyard-farmhouse-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Free 16×28 749 Square Feet Backyard Farmhouse Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can download free building plans for a traditional style 16×28 2-bedroom farmhouse with 749 square feet, sized right to be an accessory house. Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, has designed a Tiny Farmhouse, under 500 square feet and an ADU Small Farmhouse in three sizes and dozens of variations.<\/p>\n

The three sizes start at 16\u00d724 with 646 square feet, this house, a little larger 16\u00d728 with 749 square feet, and the largest 16\u00d732 with 857 square feet, all with potential additions and alterations.<\/p>\n

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16×28 Backyard Farmhouse
749 square feet
Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This farmhouse is only 749 square feet with a very traditional farmhouse look.<\/p>\n

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16×28 Backyard Farmhouse
749 Square Feet
Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The roof line is kept low, which saves money.<\/p>\n

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Backyard Farmhouse with Front Porch and Side Covered Landing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can make changes to it. This shows a back door into the kitchen with a stoop and shed roof.<\/p>\n

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Backyard Farmhouse with Porch on Side by Kitchen Door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This shows just a deck at the main entrance. The covered porch is over the door that opens into the kitchen.<\/p>\n

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16\u00d716 Tiny Farmhouse – 497 Square Feet<\/a>
Backyard Farmhouses in three sizes; 16\u00d724 with 646 square feet<\/a>, a little larger 16\u00d728 with 749 square feet<\/a>, and the largest 16\u00d732 with 857 square feet<\/a>, all with potential for rear or side additions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As these plans are completed, they will be available to download free on www.freefarmhouse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*All quotes unless otherwise stated are from the designer Jay Osborne cited from instagram.com\/freefarmhouse\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can download free building plans for a traditional style 16×28 2-bedroom farmhouse with 749 square feet, sized right to be an accessory house. Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, has designed a Tiny Farmhouse, under 500 square feet and an ADU Small Farmhouse in three sizes and …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85,30,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adus","category-house-plans","category-other-small-houses"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/featured-backyard_farmhouse-mid.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11646,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/free-2-story-house-plans-for-16x32-backyard-farmhouse\/","url_meta":{"origin":11642,"position":0},"title":"Free 2-Story House Plans for 16×32 Backyard Farmhouse","author":"Carla","date":"April 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the largest of the free open source Backyard Farmhouse plans Jay Osborne, www.freefarmhouse.com, designed. 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