The Forge - Barndominium House Plan
Shop and garage in one open bay, a vaulted living room on the house side.
Front elevation (South): the 40 foot front porch, three cupolas and one overhead door into the 2-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.
The truck backs in under a 16 foot door, the house a mud room away. The Forge is a single-story 2-bedroom, 2-bath barndominium, about 1,900 square feet on a 50×95 footprint: a vaulted living and dining room, an open kitchen, a walk-in pantry, and porches front and back. The 25′ × 50′ shop and garage are one open bay, no wall between. From the road it is a house; the shop is why you bought it.
The Floor Plan
Key Features
- A 25′ × 50′ shop across the full width of the building, with a 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end (the short end wall under the roof peak) and a walk door
- Transom windows high on three walls of the shop, daylight without giving up the wall space below
- A 30′ × 50′ two-car garage open to the shop, behind a 16 foot wide overhead door, with a walk door of its own on the back wall
- An 8′ × 14′ mud room and an 8′ × 15′ laundry between the garage and the house, the mud room under a tubular skylight with its own door into the kitchen
- A 16′ × 29′ living and dining room under a vaulted ceiling, with a sliding glass door on the end wall and a foyer at the front door
- A 16′ × 29′ kitchen open to the living room, vaulted, with a window over the counter and a 5′ × 8′ walk-in pantry behind a barn door (a door that slides on a track outside the wall)
- A master suite in the north-east corner: a vaulted 12′ × 16′ bedroom, its own bath, a 10′ × 6′ walk-in closet under a tubular skylight, and a sliding door onto the rear porch
- An 8′ × 5′ mechanical room off the garage, so a service call never comes through the house
- Tubular skylights over the hall bath and the hallway, daylight in two rooms that have no window
- Porches front and back, 40 feet each, 640 square feet in all, and a 5:12 gable roof with three louvered cupolas
Is This Plan Right for You?
A great fit if you want
- a 25′ × 50′ shop across the full width of the building, with its own overhead door and walk door
- a two-car garage behind a 16 foot wide door, with a mud room and laundry between the garage and the house
- a vaulted living and dining room, 16′ × 29′, with the kitchen open to it and a foyer at the front door
- a master suite with its own bath and walk-in closet, a sliding door onto the rear porch, and no wall shared with the other bedroom
- porches front and back, 40 feet each, along the house
View our other plans if you need
- a third bedroom with a shop: see the 3 bedroom plans with a shop The Hearth
- a smaller building: the 40×70 and 40×90 plans with a shop The Brazos
- a home office as well as the shop: see the plans with a shop and an office The Caprock
- a shorter footprint: the building runs 95 feet long, and the porches add 8 feet to the front and 8 feet to the back of the house end Barndominium Plans
Tour The Forge
The Heart of the Home
Step in through the front door and a foyer opens into the 16′ × 29′ living and dining room, vaulted, with a sliding door. The kitchen beside it is the same 16′ × 29′ and vaulted, windows on the front wall, a walk-in pantry behind a barn door. The cook walks supper to the table, no door on the way.
The Shop
Drive in under the 16 foot door and the 30′ × 50′ garage runs on into the 25′ × 50′ shop, no wall between them. The shop has a 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end, a walk door, and transom windows high on three walls. Park the truck, keep walking, and you are in the shop.
The Master Suite
The 40 foot hallway runs the length of the house, and the 12′ × 16′ master bedroom opens off it, vaulted, a sliding door onto the rear porch. Its bath and 10′ × 6′ walk-in closet open off the bedroom, the closet under a skylight. Whoever turns in first has the bath and closet between them and Bedroom 2.
Work & Service
In from the garage, the 8′ × 14′ mud room takes the boots under a tubular skylight, an 8′ × 15′ laundry behind its own door. A second door opens into the kitchen, a third onto the hallway. Whoever comes in from the shop passes two doors before the kitchen.
Outdoor Living
The front door opens under an 8′ × 40′ porch and the master's sliding door under a matching 8′ × 40′ porch at the back, both deep enough for a table. Together they cover 640 square feet along the house; the shop end has none. The first one done for the day sets the table out back.
Plan Specifications
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 1,893 sq ft (heated and cooled space; the garage, shop and porches are counted separately) |
|---|---|
| Shop | 1,168 sq ft |
| Garage | 1,450 sq ft, including an 8′ × 5′ mechanical room |
| Covered porches (front 320 sq ft + rear 320 sq ft) | 640 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 5,151 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 50′ × 95′ (50 ft clear span, 95 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ over the house (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 22′-5″ over the house |
| Roof | Gable, 5:12 (5 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 |
|---|---|
| Shop and garage eave | 14′, a 2 foot step up from the house; the ridge over the shop end is 24′-5″ |
| 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 | 19 (one 16′ × 8′ overhead on the garage, one 10′ × 10′ overhead on the shop, one entry, two exterior walk doors, two patio sliding doors, one fire-rated, self-closing door from the garage into the mud room) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 16 (each bedroom has an egress window, big enough to climb out of in an emergency) |
| Skylights | 5 tubular (a small roof dome that pipes daylight down a reflective tube), in the walk-in closet, hall bath, hallway, mud room and foyer |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 12′ × 16′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 11′ × 16′ |
| Living / dining | 16′ × 29′ |
| Kitchen | 16′ × 29′ |
| Master bath | 10′ × 10′ |
| Hall bath | 7′ × 10′ |
| Walk-in closet | 10′ × 6′ |
| Pantry | 5′ × 8′ |
| Foyer | 8′ × 6′ |
| Hallway | 5′ wide (4′-7½″ clear) |
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
| Shop | 25′ × 50′, one 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end and a walk door |
|---|---|
| 2-car garage | 30′ × 50′, open to the shop, one 16′ × 8′ overhead door |
| Mechanical (off the garage) | 8′ × 5′ |
| Mud room | 8′ × 14′ |
| Laundry | 8′ × 15′ |
| Cupolas | 3 (36 in, louvered; the small vented boxes on the ridge) |
| Front porch | 8′ × 40′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 40′ |
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 1,925 sq ft (heated and cooled space; the garage, shop and porches are counted separately) |
|---|---|
| Shop | 1,192 sq ft |
| Garage | 1,465 sq ft, including an 8′ × 5′ mechanical room |
| Covered porches (front 320 sq ft + rear 320 sq ft) | 640 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 5,222 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 50′ × 95′ (50 ft clear span, 95 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 22′-5″ |
| Roof | Gable, 5:12 (5 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 | 19 (one 16′ × 8′ overhead on the garage, one 10′ × 10′ overhead on the shop, one entry, two exterior walk doors, two patio sliding doors, one fire-rated, self-closing door from the garage into the mud room) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 22 (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 walk-in closet, hall bath, hallway and mud room |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 12′ × 16′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 11′ × 16′ |
| Living / dining | 16′ × 29′ |
| Kitchen | 16′ × 29′ |
| Master bath | 10′ × 10′ |
| Hall bath | 7′ × 10′ |
| Walk-in closet | 10′ × 6′ |
| Pantry | 5′ × 8′ |
| Foyer | 8′ × 6′ |
| Hallway | 5′ wide (4′-7½″ clear) |
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
| Shop | 25′ × 50′, one 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end and a walk door |
|---|---|
| 2-car garage | 30′ × 50′, open to the shop, one 16′ × 8′ overhead door |
| Mechanical (off the garage) | 8′ × 5′ |
| Mud room | 8′ × 14′ |
| Laundry | 8′ × 15′ |
| Cupolas | 3 (36 in, louvered; the small vented boxes on the ridge) |
| Front porch | 8′ × 40′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 40′ |
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 living room, kitchen and master bedroom can be vaulted, and the shop and garage end can rise to a 14 foot eave under the same roof. 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?
$460,000 to $510,000
A home like The Forge is estimated to complete for $460,000 to $510,000 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.
$580,000 to $625,000
A home like The Forge is estimated to complete for $580,000 to $625,000 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
How big is the shop, really?
25′ × 50′, the full width, with a 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end, a walk door, and high windows on three walls. The two-car garage beside it is open to the shop, 30′ × 50′ behind a 16 foot wide overhead door on the front, with an 8′ × 5′ mechanical room off its back wall.
Is the house half a real house?
Two bedrooms, two baths, about 1,900 square feet on one level. The living and dining room is 16′ × 29′ under a vaulted ceiling, the kitchen has a walk-in pantry, and the master suite has its own bath, a walk-in closet and a sliding door onto the rear porch. The porches run along the house, not the shop.
Can I build The Forge 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 Forge 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.
How big is the shop, really?
25′ × 50′, the full width, with a 10 foot wide overhead door on the gable end, a walk door, and high windows on three walls. The two-car garage beside it is open to the shop, 30′ × 50′ behind a 16 foot wide overhead door on the front, with an 8′ × 5′ mechanical room off its back wall.
Is the house half a real house?
Two bedrooms, two baths, about 1,900 square feet on one level. The living and dining room is 16′ × 29′ under a vaulted ceiling, the kitchen has a walk-in pantry, and the master suite has its own bath, a walk-in closet and a sliding door onto the rear porch. The porches run along the house, not the shop.
Can I build The Forge 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 Forge 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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