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Cherokee Cabin Plans  Starting at just 144 square feet, these are some of the smallest, simplest, most efficient and most attractive country home designs you'll ever find. Tech Art's Cherokee Cabin plans are very inexpensive and easy-to-use.

Early New England Home Kits  Early New England Homes are fashioned after authentic 18th Century homes found in the Connecticut countryside. They use sustainable materials and advocate economy of scale, designing living spaces that are practical and suited to the owners needs.

Shelter-Kit's DIY Cabins, Houses and Green Homes  Quality, affordable homes, barns, garages and cabins, for people who want to build their own building, since 1970.  These kit buildings are carefully precut, with all components clearly labeled for ease of assembly, and designed so that two people can handle each piece. Power tools, lifts and cranes are not required. Your building will come with a detailed construction manual.

Vintage Woodworks  Get architectural details direct from their manufacturer. Find wooden gingerbread, doors, stairs, rails, porch posts, decorative shingles , fireplace mantels, shutters and much more.

Original Home Plans  Design your own New England style home or Cape Cod cottage. Patented Interactive Plan Tool technology lets you design a house, live over the web, with no software to download. It's fascinating, fun, fast and free.

CountryPlans.com  Master builder John Raabe's plans and tools for designing and building cabins, cottages and small homes. Free, downloadable study plans of a Solar Saltbox Farmhouse and an EcoCottage are packed with good ideas.  Raabe's SolarSunKit is a step-by-step guide for planning your property to take best advantage of the sun's energy.

Country Plans by Natalie  Cottage and cabin plans to fit every need. Natalie Howard is a residential designer of unique, affordable house plans that specialize in family spaces, good traffic flow, creative storage solutions and special touches for that comfortable "at home" feeling.

Yankee Barn Homes  If you like the look of barn architecture, the idea of a barn home, the warmth of antique wood, large open areas, cozy adjoining rooms and the strength of timber frames, you need to visit Yankee Barn Homes' website. You'll discover how they can help you create your dream home. 

Cottage Cabin and Craftsman Style Home Plans  Building Designs by Stockton provides top quality home, multi-family and garage blueprints.

Homestead Design  Since 1980, Craig and Jeanne Wallin's Homestead Design. Inc. has been providing superior construction plans for buildings that combine the best traditional values of simplicity, pleasing design and flexibility with cost-saving construction techniques and energy-efficient design principles.

The Parkersville Collection  This remarkable group of home plans was created to provide new homes for a landmark district on an island near Savannah. They are perfect reproductions of the rural homes that once dotted Southern coasts and include Victorian, Greek Revival, French Colonial, Craftsman and folk cottage styles.

FirstDay Cottage Kits  What is a FirstDay Cottage? It's a house kit which a couple or two friends can build in approximately fifteen weekends. It's a home design that can be customized to fit your needs. It's a system of construction that requires almost no carpentry experience. It's a home that can be completed for about $40,000. It's an elegant and durable small home.

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