This is the Bartlett Plan (NC0004) from Allison Ramsey Architects. This plan has 1,794 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Perfect living for this day and time!

One of the reasons I like this house so much is because it doesn’t look new, like something built in a subdivision with 100’s of homes that all look the same. It has character and class, not to mention a fabulous front porch!

When you walk into this home there is a nice foyer space and an elegant staircase. The first room you come to is the living room with a wonderful fireplace. It seems like a majority of the plans I feature are open plans, where the living/dining/kitchen are all relatively open to one another. This plan is different, for those of you who aren’t big on the open plans. Our home now is not an open plan, they both have their pluses and minuses… One good thing about a plan that is not open… MORE ART because there are MORE WALLS!

This plan has a nice size kitchen and dining room with french doors that head out to a deck, how nice for when the weather is beautiful! I like that there is a downstairs Master Bedroom/Bathroom with a Utility room close by.

Two bedrooms upstairs with a shared bath and sitting room – perfect!! This is a really nice plan!

All images via AllisonRamseyArchitect.com

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This is the Shad Shack Retreat plan (1381) by architect John Tee. This plan is 1,826 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. Just look at that sweet front porch, the wonderful screened porch and the lines of this house that make it look like a cottage built years ago, when there was so much charm. I love this!

The Master Bedroom/Bathroom is in the front of the house, with the Living/Dining/Kitchen in the back of the house, which I really like. It’s more private. It’s wonderful to have a screened porch off the Great Room, so you can open those French doors and have a nice breeze flow through the house on a nice day!

With two bedrooms upstairs and a little living space, I think that’s perfect. I would opt for only one bathroom, unless I had two people upstairs that clearly needed their own space. John gives two options for the upstairs, this is my favorite. You check it out and see which you like best, or what would work for you!

Images via JohnTee.com, used with permission…

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Ooh ooh ooh! Love these plans! This is TNH-LC-10A (LC = large cottage) by Moser Design Group. This plan is 2,457 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. 10′ ceilings on the first floor, 9′ on second. I love that the master bedroom is that sweet little separate space on the right. Fabulous isn’t it? What a dream to have a front porch that wraps to the side – so nice!

This is a great plan for so many reasons. First of all you have a separate dining room for those of you who really use a dining room. I think I would make it a reading room, and put some really nice barstools at the bar area in the kitchen… or maybe I would use the dining room? Hmmm… Possibilities! The Kitchen and Living spaces are together which is so nice! THERE IS A PANTRY! Five stars for that alone! A rear porch, which I love, a powder room right off the porch, which is handy when you’re working in the yard! A sunroom! Which is heavenly! Ok, I’m ready to move! Hee.

The upstairs has two bedrooms with a shared bath as well as attic/storage or playroom space. Art Studio?? Whoa Nellie!

All images via MoserDesignGroup.com, used with permission…

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41 Daphne Way by Our Town Plans… I think their plans are amazing. A mixture of great living inside AND outside! This plan has a 10-foot deep porch that runs the width of the house. That’s a lot of living space! Ten feet gives you enough depth to make it really usable! There is a side entry which goes into the kitchen, which is nice. A great place for a screen door (slam! haha, love those old screen doors!) – it would let in air when you’re cooking, or just when the weather is nice!

This plan is 2,156 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. Perfect!

As you come in the front door off of the wonderful generous front porch with gorgeous french doors, ceiling fans, and enough charm to knock your socks off, you enter the Great Room area, it runs the same width as the front porch, then it’s onto the Kitchen. Also downstairs is a Master Bedroom/Bathroom and another spare Bedroom, that I, personally  would use as a study… I think! Or a guest room for those who have a hard time going up and down steps!

Click HERE to see images of the inside of an actual 41 Daphne Way home… I love real photos, it helps so much!

The upstairs of this plan is so unique. It has a Bunk Loft, with 2 Bed Niche’s (built in’s are so nice, aren’t they)? A great Storage area, Dressing, Bathroom and closets. A great place for a studio (instead of one of the built in’s perhaps?) – the possibilities?? ENDLESS!

All images via OurTownPlans.com, used with permission…

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