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Dreaming about a cottage in the country? Need a backyard guest cottage or studio? Here are plans and design ideas that you can use for free. They are all downloadable, so you can start planning your new cottage today. 

 

Free Newsletter for Cottage Builders  The Back Home newsletter reviews free cottage plans, small home plans, garages, sheds and backyard projects from a variety of sources. It also covers inexpensive blueprints, do-it-yourself kits and easy-to-use design/build software. Most importantly, it focuses on buildings and projects that are simple and inexpensive to build and to maintain. Sign up now for a free subscription. You'll enjoy the fresh designs and design ideas.

Bungalow Designs from the Historic American Building Survey  This selection of bungalow designs, shown in photos and measured drawings, includes forty homes in twelve different states.

Yesterday's Country Home Designs  The builders, architects and landscapers of yesterday's picture-perfect country homes left us a legacy of design ideas and practical building advice. Their words, drawings and designs are as valuable now as they were then. The Backroad Home website presents some of the best designs from historic sources.

Historic House and Cottage Designs at Craftsman-Style.info  Besides presenting Craftsman style designs and ideas, this website offers free, vintage ideas for home and house designs, including floor plans from 19th century publications.

Craftsman and Mission Style Home, Bungalow, Cottage and Cabin Designs  In addition to early 1900s designs for homes, farmhouses, bungalows, log homes, cabins and cottages in the Craftsman and Mission styles, you'll find articles and design ideas on related topics: interior design; furniture; cabinetry; gardening and landscaping.

Cape Cod House Designs from the Historic American Building Survey  The Library of Congress list of Cape Cod home designs, shown in photos and measured drawings, includes seventy three homes built throughout New England. Although most of the designs are classic gable-roof cottages, the list also includes homes with gambrel and round or bow roofs.

Historic Home and Outbuilding Designs.  Be inspired by dozens of renderings and floor plans of yesterday's homes, cottages, farmhouses, carriage houses, vintage garages, gate houses and farm outbuildings. If you like any one of the designs, you can read more about it, and find more designs like it by ordering an inexpensive, instant-download reprint of the original 19th century book where it was first published.

Cottage Plans from North Dakota State University Agricultural Extension Service  Print free, instant download design plans and building details for a variety of attractive cottages.

Small House Plans from North Dakota State University Agricultural Extension Service  Download free design plans and building details for a variety of tiny houses, cabins and cottages.

Bungalow Designs from the Historic American Building Survey  This selection of bungalow designs, shown in photos and measured drawings, includes forty homes in twelve different states.

Small Home Designs from Louisiana State University's AgCenter  Free, instant download design plans and building details for ten small southern homes, cabins and cottages.

Free Plans for Country Buildings  Do you need a new barn, garage or workshop? Are you dreaming of a new country home or vacation cabin? Or, do you just need a new shed for your lawn tractor? Here are good quality plans, design ideas and great building advice that you can use for free.

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Country House Plans and Building Kits  Find traditional country home plans in all styles: Adobe, Barn Homes, Bungalows, Cape Cods, Craftsman Style, Colonial, Farmhouse, Southern, Southwest, Victorian and Western. Have an architect in your area create a one-of-a-kind custom design. Have a soaring timber-frame barn home crafted for you or have a beautiful small home shipped right to your country acres or vacation property as an easy-to-assemble building kit.

 

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Do-It-Yourself Home Plan Software  Do you want the perfect new home for your family? Or, are you planning an extension or renovation to your old one? Design it yourself on your computer with inexpensive, easy-to-use software programs. They are available online or by instant download, so you can get started right now.

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DIY Plans for Free Solar and Wind Power for Your Cottage  Here's an inexpensive way for do-it-yourselfers to start saving on home energy costs. Earth 4 Energy is a downloadable guide that shows you how to build your own solar panels and your own backyard wind turbine for as little as $200 each. Their package includes solar panel and windmill plans, a step-by-step guide book, instructional videos and inexpensive sources for components.

Prefab and Modular Homes, and Home Building Kits  Find modular home manufacturers, builders, prefabricated homes, panelized homes, home building kits, plans, custom designs and helpful building resources. 

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Have all plans reviewed by your building department or by an experienced building professional who knows local conditions, before you purchase materials or start to build. Plans may have to be modified by a local professional to suit your site's building code and weather requirements.

 

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