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Country house plans allow us to mix traditional design with the high-tech comforts we’ve all come to expect in a modern home. With clean lines, wrap-around porches, and small town charm, homes built from these classic plans allow us to enjoy the best of both worlds.

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Luxury House Plans: Country Style

By Alison Braidwood

Country house plans are about heritage, quality, and tradition. The individual house plans vary in style and detail, but share a common foundation – they’re pure Americana. Pick any Country house plan design and discover for yourself how easy it is to picture “Huckleberry Finn” lazing on the whitewashed, wrap-around porch, paintbrush in one hand, a glass of lemonade in the other.

Our Country house plans give you all the tools you need to create an heirloom. Most of us no longer live in houses that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Children move away and often never return to live in the family home. Every time an old homestead is sold outside the family, a bit of someone’s history is lost. This is your chance to build something you can pass on to your children. And, perhaps more importantly, it’s your chance to build something your children will want to inherit.

Country house design has roots in the Prairies, in small town life, in rolling fields of wheat, in narrow country lanes, white picket fences, and neighbors who say “howdy”. James Stewart in his “George Bailey” persona would have felt perfectly comfortable using one of our Country house plans to build his dream home. Sometimes, if you want a wonderful life, you have to plan the foundations of that life from the ground up.

Our plans are Country, yes, but mixed with a little bit of Rock and Roll. Just blend small town sensibility with cutting edge technology, and modern comfort. The result is a home that encompasses the best of both worlds. You’ll be able to sit on your traditional wrap-around porch with your laptop and a glass of lemonade and know that you haven’t compromised on functionality or comfort.

Often based on pared down Victorian or Colonial styles, traditional country homes deliberately omitted the curlicues and gingerbread that often decorated city houses. A country home was built with symmetry in mind, typically with two stories, evenly spaced, shuttered windows, and a centrally placed main door. But simple didn’t mean totally plain; a pitched, gabled roof, painted wooden shutters, an imposing chimneystack, and that ubiquitous wrap-around porch added both interest and charm.

Inside the country house, cool-toned walls, high ceilings, and quality workmanship meant living areas were gracious, but unpretentious. Interiors often boasted a wood-burning fireplace with a stone hearth, a screened-in sunroom, an informal, eat-in farm-style kitchen, high ceilings, and beautiful hardwood floors.

White picket fence optional.

Our Country house plans take the guesswork out of creating gracious, yet simple living space. By blending traditional design with modern functionality, we can help you build a homestead your children will be proud to inherit and pass along in their turn. Building your dream home won’t just enhance your family’s life. You’ll improve the neighborhood, please the neighbors (who probably dreaded the construction of yet another ugly suburban carbuncle), and have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve built something substantial, timeless, and beautiful.

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