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Mother Earth News Magazine's Cozy Cabin

Learn how to build a 14-by-20-foot cabin with a sleeping loft over a shady front porch.

 

This economical little house, from the pages of Mother Earth News magazine is designed for easy framing and concrete pier footings. Builder Steve Maxwell gives you extensive step-by-step building instructions and a complete material list. And, if building from scratch seems too difficult, there's a list of similar cabins that you can order as easy-to-assemble kits.


 

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Free Cabin Plans from the Back Home Newsletter  Get reviews and links to free building plans and woodwork projects from a variety of sources. You'll also read about inexpensive blueprints, do-it-yourself kits and easy-to-use design/build software. Most importantly, you'll find buildings and projects that are simple and inexpensive to build and to maintain. If you're planning to build any type of cabin or country home, sign up for your free subscription. You'll enjoy fresh designs and design ideas that will help you create something great for your property and your family.
 
 More Cabins

If you can't find a free plan that's just right for you, check out these websites for hundreds of great designs, inexpensive blueprints, do-it-yourself design software and easy-to-assemble cabin kits. 

aBetterCabin.com  From tiny, 144 square foot getaway cabin plans, to easy-to-assemble kits that you can build yourself, to luxurious contemporary log and cedar homes designed by some of America's best known architects, you'll find your country cabin. You'll also find sources for rustic cabin furniture, and top designers, suppliers and cabin kit manufacturers.

Country Plans by Natalie

Design Your Own Cabin  Plan3D is a new online service that helps you create a home (or garage, barn, shed or room extension), landscape it and lay out furniture. View your work from any angle - inside and out. Scan existing plans into Plan3D and take a virtual walk through in lifelike 3D.

Backroad Cabin Blueprints  Find easy-to-build small cabin plans, log cabin plans, rental cabin blueprints and vacation getaway designs by a variety of architects and country designers. You'll also discover an extensive selection of country outbuildings that are just right for your backroad property: barns, carriage houses, loft garages, horse barns, sheds and more. 

 

 

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