Craftsman Home Plans
 
The Craftsman home style arose from the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain.  Soon after the beginning of the last century, the style was popularized in the United States by Architects Green & Geene and furniture designer Gustav Stickley and his magazine "The Craftsman".  Stickley's goal for an unpretentious lifestyle lived utilitarian structures and with functional furnishings are the principles behind the American Craftsman movement. 

Other styles associated with the Craftsman style include Mission, Spanish, Pueblo and Cape Cod styles of homes.  Craftsman influences were best articulated by the Bungalow homes on the West Coast built by California architects Greene & Greene, in Chicago with the Prairie Style homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and on the East Coast by furniture maker Gustav Stickley and art glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Based on the principles for using traditional materials and handicraft of local workmanship, the Craftsman style featuress overhanging eaves, a low-slung gabled roof, and wide front porches framed by pedestal-like, tapered columns. Materials often include stone, rough-hewn wood, and stucco. Many designs have wide front porches across part of the front, supported by columns.

The elevations of our Craftsman house plans reflect these time honored elements, while the floor plans incorporate modern design features designed for the way we live our lives in this century.