Includes 350 plans and 200 color photos of the most popular country and farmhouse style homes. Designs for every budget, taste, and region.

"Provides an excellent introduction as well as suggestions for using these plans to add architectural detail to your own home...an excellent bibliography."--Victorian Homes "The best home, barn and landscape designs...in a charming book....[It] contains numerous original illustrations showing a wealth of construction details, site plans and plantings."--Fine Homebuilding This classic bestseller contains the finest collection of architectural designs from a bygone era--and it's a boon for anyone hoping to construct that dream house or add charming touches to a modern one. Hundreds of illustrations from actual 19th century building plans feature architects' blueprints and drawings, full-color photos, and more. The buildings range from humble farmers' cabins to summer getaway cottages for the rich, and there's plenty of detail work, including built-in shelves, dormers, and turned balusters. With this information, an architect could easily create anything shown on the pages.

Celebrate country architecture with North America's most popular housing style--the traditional farmhouse. This book is the most impressive display of today's most comfortable and picturesque designs. The traditional exteriors belie up-to-date and spacious interiors that make these homes as livable as they are beautiful. 540 illustrations.

Country style is the hottest design trend in the market today. Features Colonial, Victorian, Cape Cod, Farmhouse, European, and more.