Craftsman House Plans

If you're drawn to an American favorite, consider the broad earthy shoulders, the sheltering eaves and the forceful details of our Craftsman house plans.

Since the earliest days of publishing house plans, Craftsman home plans have been in strong demand.That may be why it’s easy to identify the Craftsman house plan:

• The natural materials and master carpentry leap from one element after another.
• Your new Craftsman home plan welcomes guests onto a spacious front porch, often boasting tapered columns on stone bases supporting the low protective rooflines.
• Wide overhanging eaves with corbels and exposed rafter tails are common features of craftsman house plans.
• Wooden angle brackets along the roof edge, with planter boxes and decorative fretwork at gable ends or along the porch.
• The windows of a Craftsman house plan may feature transomed windows, with a multi-pane upper sash over one large pane at the bottom.
• The options of highly crafted built-ins throughout the Craftsman home plan like ceiling beams, tailored bookcases and a custom-made front door. As if growing out of the earth, Craftsman house plans stand strong – a solid part of the landscape, as if at one with its setting.

Your new Craftsman house plan will be part of a century old tradition but with discriminating new elements and workmanship that have broadened and renewed its appeal – the picture of beauty and strength.

Look through some the examples below and on the following pages. You’ll see why fine homebuilding for many who are creating their new home means buying a Craftsman house plan.