Greetings! For those of you that were interested in the Healthy Homes Plan's "Field of Dreams" Farmhouse pictured back on Tue, Feb 12, we're in the process of building this home :o) Well, actually it's a blended version of the original Field of Dreams plan and the Field of Dreams 2 plan... in addition to our own individual tweaking and modifications due to our sloping lot, LOL! In addition to several floor plan layout changes, we also added a walkout basement and a detached 2 car garage with and apartment above which will eventually be attached to the house by a breezeway. Above grade we're approximately 2500 sq. ft. and the basement is about 1300. We've created a blog for our farm adventures, including our home's construction which has been a roller coaster ride with it's ups and downs! Our blog can be found at www.blueharvestfarm.net where we're tracking the progress if anyone is interested. We're currently wrapping up the garage apartment so we can move in while the house is being finished and we should have lots of updated pictures of the house (which is now framed, woo hoo!) this weekend. Enjoy and best of luck to everyone building their own "dream" farmhouse! Here is a link that might be useful: Blue Harvest Farm

One thing that bothers me is the kids have windows on only one wall. That means not a lot of light during the day and not a lot of cross ventilation for those days and nights that heating/cooling are not needed. I would love to figure out a way to get the bathroom off the corner of the girls room so she could take advantage of being on the corner and the same with boy's room 2 with maybe moving the outdoor bath somewhere else. I do agree with you that you should have a place to rinse off, etc. I did make two changes on your master side of the house. Basically just moving the closet doors around. Especially instead of from your closet to your utility room, changing it from your closet to your hallway right near the door to the utility room. It's still close enough to carry your laundry there, but the advantage now is if you need to run to your closet to get something you forgot, it's an easier in and out than running an obstacle course through your utility closet. Additionally I changed the door from your bathroom into the closet to put the door towards the end of the closet. I did this because corners in closets are wasted space so put the doors there instead. The only reason I didn't do it to the main hallway from your closet is you have to balance the corner closet space with the idea of looking down your long hallway and seeing a doorway instead of a nice vignette. And it's the corner issue why I moved the door into the pantry too.

just_janni "My house is insulated concrete panels - so not really a cladding discussion. It's a simple, truthful material, but requires a crap ton of up front planning. here's another house with a simple shape but some mixed materials (some quite inexpensive but used creatively) https://www.tonic-design.com/projects/weathering-house/?portfolioCats=307" sorry, I somehow missed this post. Simple and truthful and words that are like music to my ears #thumbsup thanks for posting that house. very nice.

I agree with others here that you'll get a house that fits your needs best with an architect. If you're only planning to live there a few years, sure, go with a stock plan. If this is your planned home for the indefinite future, why not have a plan designed to your unique needs? That said, if you're set on a stock plan, you might check out Allison Ramsey's plans. Many have a farmhouse look, and may fit your needs. https://www.allisonramseyarchitect.com/index.cfm You could also look at these from Alan Masacord. Neither is a perfect plan or a perfect fit for your needs, but I find them to be among the better stock plans, they could perhaps be altered by Masacord to fit your needs better. https://houseplans.co/house-plans/21151a/ https://houseplans.co/house-plans/1258/