{"id":4224,"date":"2018-07-28T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:10:16","slug":"classic-design-for-a-low-budget-a-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/classic-design-for-a-low-budget-a-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the late ’60s, the American Plywood Association put out a series of books with plans for small houses.<\/p>\n

\"Great
Great Ideas for Second Homes: A Portfolio of 20 Distinguished New Designs in Plywood Paperback<\/strong>
by American Plywood Association 1969<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Great Ideas for Second Homes: A Portfolio of 20 Distinguished New Designs in Plywood Paperback<\/strong>
\nby American Plywood Association 1969<\/p>\n

The book has been out of print for a long time, but you can still get it used on Amazon or eBay.<\/p>\n

\"Classic<\/a>
House Plans – Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This A-Frame is a favorite plan from this book.<\/p>\n

\"A-Frame<\/a>
A-Frame on Ski Mountain in Gatlinburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We spent a week in a very similar A-Frame. It was on Ski Mountain in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
\nThe cabin is gone now. It was one of the houses that burned down in the 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires. More than 2000 buildings burned.<\/p>\n

\"House<\/a>
House Plans – Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame<\/h2>\n

This skillfully detailed version of the once radically different A-frame has been worked out to\u00a0 give you maximum living space and convenience on a minimum building budget.<\/p>\n

The plans call for a slightly elevated structure with a dramatic glass outlook to bring the whole view inside the house.<\/p>\n

The living area is centered around a fireplace (plans call for a prefab unit) and the kitchen area is close by.<\/p>\n

The plan is laid out for one bedroom down and a spacious sleeping loft up.<\/p>\n

Textured On-Eleven plywood (panels with deep parallel grooves) is applied with the textured face down to provide a handsome ceiling effect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Search for Great Ideas for Second Homes: A Portfolio of 20 Distinguished New Designs in Plywood Paperback on eBay ><\/a><\/p>\n

\"House
House Plans – Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Classic<\/a>
Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame \u2013 Project Small House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old
Old family photo of an unknown A-frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Going through some old family photos, I found this.<\/p>\n

\"Old
Old family photo of an unknown A-frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know who these people are. Evidently family or friends of family.<\/p>\n

\"Old
Old family photo of an unknown A-frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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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 …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4225,"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":true,"_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":[30,26,8,18],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-4224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-house-plans","category-other-small-houses","category-projects","category-small-house-history","tag-a-frame"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/featured_image-classic-design-for-a-low-budget-a-frame.jpg?fit=1034%2C535&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14457,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/ecohousemart-plywood-house-kits\/","url_meta":{"origin":4224,"position":0},"title":"EcoHouseMart Plywood House Kits","author":"Carla","date":"June 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"EcoHouseMart makes and sells house kits made with engineered wood.\u00a0 They make kits to build a log cabin and these solid wood panel houses. 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