Tract House #4A

This house design had been hanging around a long time, even though the house is small, and doesn't have very many "interesting" features. It just took a while to decide I was finished (and of course, the time to finish it). I do like the high, cathedral ceilings in the living room, with the open stairs that lead up to a small study/family room/play room. This does give the main living areas a nice, open feel.

The Front

The Rear

Some things worth noting:

• This design could be built with a basement (with a little juggling of things), but I decided that a slab/crawlspace worked just as well.
• There is a decently-sized master bedroom with a cozy, yet functional master bath.
• The living and dining connect with each other, but the two spaces are visually separated due to the high cathedral ceiling over the living room.
• I vacillated over how/whether to close in the pantry area in the kitchen. I could see it being open, but I finally decided to enclose it with a diagonal wall. You may like it otherwise.
• Of course, my kitchens are small (well, this is a small house, too), and of course I placed a window over the sink. I simply like it that way.

On the second floor (below), you might want to note the following:

• The two bedrooms are very small, but I think they're large enough for young children. I could also see a variation that combines them into one large bedroom that could be shared by two boys or girls.
• Note the dashed line along the bottom of the "front" bedroom. This describes where the ceiling begins to slope downward. The closets have sloped ceilings, as well.

This view is (more or less) from the bottom of the stairs, just inside the front door. Note the dining room visible at the rear.

Here is looking from the front right corner, back toward the stairs and the hall to the master bedroom. I debated over placing the diagonal tile in the dining room, and opted for it to help separate the spaces. Carpeting would look nice, as well (perhaps better). Note the playroom/study at the top of the stairs.

From the vicinity of the doorway between the kitchen and the living room, this shows the double set of windows that adorn the front of the house.

Here we are in the back right corner of the dining room, looking toward the front door.

From in front of the pantry, we look back to the kitchen. Not a bad layout. Nice and compact.

This kitchen view looks toward the living and dining room. That's the pantry right in the middle, with the door cracked open.

Here's our master bedroom. Closets are along the left-hand wall.

And if we sat in the sink in the master bathroom, this is what we might see.

This looks down the stairs at the living room and front door.

Here is a view looking out toward the open space above the living room.