The Bramble - Barndominium House Plan
Everything on one level, and a master bedroom that opens onto the rear porch.
Front elevation (South): the 26 foot front porch and one overhead door into the 1-car garage.
Exterior renders show the steel version of this plan; the wood-framed set's windows and doors are as drawn on its own elevations.
Groceries in from the garage through the mud room, no stairs anywhere. The Bramble is a single-story 2-bedroom, 2-bath barndominium, about 1,550 square feet on a 40×50 footprint: a kitchen open to a vaulted living and dining room, a 1-car garage with a carport beside it, and porches front and back. The 24′ × 16′ master bedroom has a sliding door onto the rear porch. Two chairs go out on the back porch the first evening.
The Floor Plan
Key Features
- No stairs anywhere, with seven 3 foot interior doors and a 4 foot wide hallway under a tubular skylight to both bedrooms and the hall bath
- A kitchen open to the vaulted living and dining room, with a walk-in pantry behind a barn door (a door that slides on a track outside the wall)
- Vaulted ceilings over the kitchen, living and dining, and again in the master bedroom; 9 foot ceilings in the rest of the living space
- A 24′ × 16′ master bedroom with its own sliding door onto the rear porch, its own bath, and beyond the bath a 6′ × 16′ walk-in closet with a window
- A 12′ × 20′ second bedroom in the north-west corner with daylight from two sides, windows on the back and west walls, and a reach-in closet behind a sliding door
- A mud room entry from the garage, with the laundry behind its own door and a tubular skylight overhead
- An enclosed 1-car garage and a 12′ × 24′ carport beside it
- Porches front and back: 26 feet of covered entry, a 36 foot rear porch, 496 square feet in all, each 8 feet deep, room for a table
- Tubular skylights pulling daylight into the hallway, hall bath and mud room
- A 4:12 gable roof over a 12 foot eave
Is This Plan Right for You?
A great fit if you want
- everything on one level, seven 3 foot interior doors and a 4 foot wide hallway
- a kitchen open to a vaulted living and dining room, with the front door opening into it
- two bedrooms along the back, the master with its own bath and a walk-in closet beyond it
- an enclosed 1-car garage you enter through a mud room, and a carport beside it
- a home around 1,550 square feet of conditioned space with porches front and back
View our other plans if you need
- a two-car garage: see plans with a 2-car garage The Alder
- a third bedroom: see the 3 bedroom plans 3 Bedroom Barndominium Floor Plans
- a workshop: see plans with an attached shop The Forge
- a bigger master closet: the walk-in closet here is 6′ × 16′ with hanging on one wall; see The Meadow or The Alder Barndominium Plans
Tour The Bramble
The Heart of the Home
Step in from the front porch and the 14′ × 20′ living and dining room opens under a vaulted ceiling, the 12′ × 15′ kitchen open to it in the corner, vaulted too. Two windows and the front door face the porch; a barn door off the kitchen hides the walk-in pantry. Whoever is cooking stays in the room.
The Master Suite
Walk down the hallway to the 24′ × 16′ master bedroom, vaulted, with a sliding door onto the rear porch and room for a king bed and a chair. Its own bath opens off it, and beyond the bath a 6′ × 16′ walk-in closet. One reads in the chair while the other sleeps on.
The Second Bedroom
Next door, the 12′ × 20′ second bedroom takes the north-west corner with daylight from two sides, a window on the back wall and one on the west. The hall bath opens off the hallway under a tubular skylight. A guest wakes to light from two windows and unpacks into the reach-in closet behind its sliding door.
Work & Service
Come in from the garage and the 10′ × 6′ mud room takes the coats under a tubular skylight, the laundry behind its own door. The 14′ × 24′ garage has a 10 foot overhead door. A 12′ × 24′ carport stands beside the garage. Both of you drop the boots in the mud room, one door from the car.
Outdoor Living
An 8′ × 26′ covered porch faces the front and an 8′ × 36′ porch runs along the back, 496 square feet of covered outdoor space. The front door opens under one, and the master bedroom's sliding door under the other. Whoever sits out back at the end of the day has 36 feet of shade to choose from.
Plan Specifications
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 1,548 sq ft (heated and cooled living space, not the garage, carport or porches) |
|---|---|
| Garage | 305 sq ft |
| Carport | 288 sq ft |
| Covered porches (front 208 sq ft + rear 288 sq ft) | 496 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 2,637 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 40′ × 50′ (40 ft clear span, 50 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 18′-8″ |
| Roof | Gable, 4:12 (4 inches of rise per foot) |
| Stories | 1 |
| Ceiling height (flat areas) | 9′-0″ |
| Vaulted ceilings | Master Bedroom, Kitchen, Living / Dining |
Construction
| System | Designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction |
|---|---|
| Interior walls | 4-1/2 in thick (2x4 framed) |
| Foundation | Not included; designed by your local structural engineer for your site, using the anchor bolt plan and loads from your building supplier |
Openings
| Doors | 14 (one 10′ × 8′ overhead, one entry, one patio sliding door, one fire-rated, self-closing door from the garage into the mud room, seven 3′-0″ interior doors) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 10 (each bedroom has an egress window, big enough to climb out of in an emergency) |
| Skylights | 4 tubular (a small roof dome that pipes daylight down a reflective tube), in the master bath, hallway, hall bath and mud room |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 24′ × 16′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 12′ × 20′ |
| Living / dining | 14′ × 20′ |
| Kitchen | 12′ × 15′ |
| Master bath | 8′ × 16′ |
| Hall bath | 10′ × 7′ |
| Walk-in closet | 6′ × 16′ |
| Pantry | 12′ × 5′ |
| Hallway | 4′ wide (3′-7½″ clear between the finished walls) |
Room sizes here are before the outside wall is taken off. The floor plans print finished sizes, a little smaller along an outside wall, and the presentation floor plan notes any corner a room gives up to a closet or a notch.
Service & extras
| Mud room | 10′ × 6′ |
|---|---|
| Laundry | 7′ × 7′ |
| Mechanical | 5′ × 7′ (off the garage) |
| 1-car garage | 14′ × 24′ |
| Carport | 12′ × 24′ |
| Front porch | 8′ × 26′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 36′ |
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 1,582 sq ft (heated and cooled living space, not the garage, carport or porches) |
|---|---|
| Garage | 602 sq ft |
| Carport | 288 sq ft |
| Covered porches (front 208 sq ft + rear 288 sq ft) | 496 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 2,680 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 40′ × 50′ (40 ft clear span, 50 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 18′-8″ |
| Roof | Gable, 4:12 (4 inches of rise per foot) |
| Stories | 1 |
| Ceiling height (flat areas) | 9′-0″ |
| Vaulted ceilings | Master Bedroom, Kitchen, Living / Dining |
Construction
| System | Designed for standard wood-frame construction |
|---|---|
| Exterior walls | 2×6 studs with continuous sheathing and braced wall panels, shown on the detail floor plan |
| Interior walls | 4-1/2 in thick (2x4 framed) |
| Foundation | Not included; designed by your local structural engineer for your site |
Openings
| Doors | 14 (one 10′ × 8′ overhead, one entry, one patio sliding door, one fire-rated, self-closing door from the garage into the mud room, seven 3′-0″ interior doors) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 13 (each bedroom has an egress window, big enough to climb out of in an emergency) |
| Skylights | 3 tubular (a small roof dome that pipes daylight down a reflective tube), in the hallway, hall bath and mud room |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 24′ × 16′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 12′ × 20′ |
| Living / dining | 14′ × 20′ |
| Kitchen | 12′ × 15′ |
| Master bath | 8′ × 16′ |
| Hall bath | 10′ × 7′ |
| Walk-in closet | 6′ × 16′ |
| Pantry | 12′ × 5′ |
| Hallway | 4′ wide (3′-7½″ clear between the finished walls) |
Room sizes here are before the outside wall is taken off. The floor plans print finished sizes, a little smaller along an outside wall, and the presentation floor plan notes any corner a room gives up to a closet or a notch.
Service & extras
| Mud room | 10′ × 6′ |
|---|---|
| Laundry | 7′ × 7′ |
| Mechanical | 5′ × 7′ (off the garage) |
| 1-car garage | 14′ × 24′ |
| Carport | 12′ × 24′ |
| Front porch | 8′ × 26′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 36′ |
Included in This Plan Set
The Design Plan Set is eight pages in one PDF, sized to print at 24 × 36 inches (ARCH D). It is the set you send out for quotes and estimates; each page is listed below. One home, one license.
Included Pages
- A-001Cover sheet and legend
- A-100Presentation floor plan
- A-101Detail floor plan
- A-102Schedules
- A-111Roof plan
- A-201Exterior elevations
- A-202Exterior elevations
- L-001License and terms
Not included, handled by local professionals
- Foundation design: by your local structural engineer for your site, using the anchor bolt plan and loads from your building supplier
- Engineering drawings for the structure (provided by your chosen supplier)
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC layouts, by your local trades to local code
The Design Plan Set is eight pages, delivered as a single PDF sized to print at ARCH D (24 × 36 in). It carries the detail a framing contractor and a truss manufacturer need to quote this exact home, enough for local contractors to price the slab foundation and the interior fit-out, and enough to take a real number to your lender.
Included Pages
- A-001Cover sheet and legend
- A-100Presentation floor plan
- A-101Detail floor plan
- A-102Schedules
- A-111Roof plan
- A-201Exterior elevations
- A-202Exterior elevations
- L-001License and terms
Not included, handled by local professionals
- Foundation design: by your local structural engineer for your site
- Roof truss engineering: the sealed truss drawings and layout from your truss manufacturer
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC layouts, by your local trades to local code
Can I Build This?
Yes: every page is designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction. Stamped structural drawings come from your building supplier's engineer, and permit review is with your local building department.
Why a pre-engineered metal building?
A PEMB encloses more home for the money than a wood-framed building and goes up in weeks. Its steel frames carry the roof, so no inside wall has to hold it up: the kitchen, living room and master bedroom can be vaulted. The frame layout on these pages follows standard metal building practice, so a supplier can quote it as drawn.
Who does what
We design the home: the rooms, where the doors and windows go, the elevations and the roof. Your building supplier engineers the steel frame for your site and confirms the vaulted ceilings against it. That is the usual split on a metal building project, and our pages are drawn to it.
Yes: every page is designed for standard wood-frame construction. The sealed truss drawings come from your truss manufacturer's engineer, the foundation design from your local structural engineer, and permit review is with your local building department.
Why wood framing?
A 2×6 wood frame is the construction framing crews work in and lumber yards stock, with a deeper wall cavity for insulation than a 2×4 wall. The roof is carried on trusses, engineered by your truss manufacturer for the spans these pages draw, and the kitchen, living room and master bedroom are designed with vaulted ceilings that follow the roof trusses. The braced wall panels on these pages follow the US building code's standard method; the header framing comes with the construction plan set, and any beam too large for the code's tables is marked there for an engineer to size.
Who does what
We design the home: the rooms, where the doors and windows go, the elevations and the roof, and the braced wall panels the US building code asks for. Your chosen truss manufacturer's engineer designs the trusses: the sealed truss drawings and layout for your exact roof, and they confirm the vaulted ceilings against the trusses they supply. Your local structural engineer designs the foundation, including any thickened footings under interior bearing walls. That is the usual split on a wood-framed project, and our pages are drawn to it.
What Will It Cost to Build?
$295,000 to $345,000
A home like The Bramble is estimated to complete for $295,000 to $345,000 with you as your own general contractor, hiring the trades yourself. That covers the steel building and putting it up, the foundation, the inside finish, and an allowance for site work, utilities, driveway and septic.
It leaves out land, financing, sales tax, payroll taxes and insurance on labor, appliances beyond a standard allowance, landscaping and window coverings. Hiring a general contractor adds about 15 percent.
This is a rough estimate, not a quote. Costs vary by region by 15 to 25 percent, and your building supplier and local contractors will price it for your area. Our barndominium buying guide walks through what moves the number.
$360,000 to $410,000
A home like The Bramble is estimated to complete for $360,000 to $410,000 with the owner acting as general contractor, including framing materials and labor, roof trusses, metal roofing and wall panels, the foundation, interior finish, and an allowance for site work, utilities, driveway and septic.
It excludes land, financing, sales tax, labor burden, appliances beyond a standard allowance, landscaping and window coverings, and hiring a general contractor typically adds about 15 percent.
This is a rough estimate, not a quote: costs vary by region by 15 to 25 percent, and your framing contractor and local trades will price for your chosen building location. Our barndominium buying guide walks through what moves the number.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an easy house to live in for a long time?
It is all on one level, and you come in from the garage through a mud room. Seven interior doors are 3 feet wide and the hallway is drawn 4 feet wide. At about 1,550 square feet there is less to heat and clean. Thresholds, the shower and grab bars are decided with your builder.
Why a carport as well as a garage?
The carport gives a second vehicle, a visitor or a trailer a covered spot without the cost of a second garage bay. The 1-car garage is enclosed and opens into the house through the mud room; the 12′ × 24′ carport stands beside it. Both sit on the same side of the house, away from the porches.
Can I build The Bramble with any metal building supplier?
Yes. Every page is designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction, so any steel building supplier can quote this home as drawn. Their engineer then provides the stamped engineering drawings for the steel building, along with an anchor bolt plan and the loads for your site, and your local structural engineer designs the foundation from them.
Is the plan stamped, engineered, or permit-ready?
No. No plan set is a permit. This design set is for quotes, budgeting, and financing; permit review comes later, on a construction plan set (ours is launching soon) with the engineering your building department requires. The Bramble is designed and informed by the IRC (USA) and NBC Part 9 (Canada). Local permit review is between you, your builder and your building department.
Is a steel barndominium a good choice in a wildfire zone?
Yes, with the rest done right. The steel frame and the metal wall and roof panels do not burn, the kind of construction wildfire rules favor. A metal roof also carries the top fire rating, Class A. Ember-resistant vents, boxed eaves, tempered windows and cleared ground around the house decide the rest. No home is fireproof.
Is a steel barndominium a good choice on the coast?
Yes. Your building supplier's engineer designs the frame, its bracing and its anchor bolts for your site's wind speed, and the stamped drawings say so. The windows, doors and panel fasteners decide the rest. Buy windows and doors rated for your wind zone, and fasten the panels to the engineer's schedule, which says how many fasteners go where.
Is this an easy house to live in for a long time?
It is all on one level, and you come in from the garage through a mud room. Seven interior doors are 3 feet wide and the hallway is drawn 4 feet wide. At about 1,550 square feet there is less to heat and clean. Thresholds, the shower and grab bars are decided with your builder.
Why a carport as well as a garage?
The carport gives a second vehicle, a visitor or a trailer a covered spot without the cost of a second garage bay. The 1-car garage is enclosed and opens into the house through the mud room; the 12′ × 24′ carport stands beside it. Both sit on the same side of the house, away from the porches.
Can I build The Bramble with any framing contractor?
Yes. Every page is designed for standard wood-frame construction: 2×6 exterior walls with continuous sheathing, braced wall panels drawn to the US building code's standard method, and roof trusses. A framing contractor and a truss manufacturer can quote the home from this set; the sealed truss drawings and layout come from the truss manufacturer's engineer when you order with the construction plan set, and your local structural engineer designs the foundation for your site from that set and the loads from your truss manufacturer.
Is the plan stamped, engineered, or permit-ready?
No. No plan set is a permit. This design set is for quotes, budgeting, and financing; permit review comes later, on a construction plan set (ours is launching soon) with the engineering your building department requires. The Bramble is designed and informed by the IRC (USA) and NBC Part 9 (Canada). The sealed truss drawings come from your truss manufacturer's engineer, the foundation design from your local structural engineer, and local permit review is between you, your builder and your building department.
Is a wood-framed barndominium a good choice in a wildfire zone?
It can be. The metal roof and metal wall panels help with the exterior rules wildfire codes set, and the wood framing behind them stays protected only while that skin holds. Ember-resistant vents, boxed eaves, tempered windows and cleared ground around the house decide the rest; ask your insurer how they rate a wood frame under metal.
Is a wood-framed barndominium a good choice on the coast?
Yes, built to the high-wind rules. In high-wind regions the code asks for engineered connections: uplift straps from the trusses to the walls and anchor bolts from the walls to the slab, a continuous path from roof to ground. Your framer and truss company build to it; rated windows and doors do the rest.
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