A quiet morning doesn’t need a bigger house — it needs the right door. The Clover Cottage earns its keep with a covered front porch built for two chairs and no agenda, an open layout that keeps coffee in hand from bedroom to kitchen, and a single-story flow that puts nothing between you and the stillness before the day starts.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 680
- Bedrooms: 1
- Bathrooms: 1
Floor Plan – Main Floor
At 29’6″ wide and 30’6″ deep, this is a plan that knows exactly what it is. The great room anchors the center under cathedral ceilings, the kitchen tucks back-left, and the bedroom and bath share the right side in a pairing that keeps the private spaces genuinely private. Out front, a covered porch stretches nearly the full width of the house — which, at this square footage, is where a lot of the living actually happens.
Warm Light Spills Through Black-Framed Windows on a Quiet Evening
Board-and-batten siding, a standing-seam metal roof, and a brick chimney give the exterior the kind of material honesty that reads well from the road and holds up over time.
- String lights run from the roofline to a covered side porch, turning an ordinary evening outside into something worth staying for
- Large multi-pane windows push warm interior light all the way to the yard, so the house glows rather than just sits there
- Hydrangeas and terra cotta pots soften the hard line between patio and building without asking for much maintenance in return
Exposed Beams and a Stone Fireplace Make the Open Plan Feel Rooted
Reclaimed ceiling beams carry the eye from kitchen to living room in a single sweep, while brass pendant lights and a marble island top keep the space from tipping too far into rustic territory. It’s a balance a lot of farmhouse interiors miss.
Editor’s Note: That stone fireplace does real work in an open-plan space, giving the living area a visual anchor that a sofa alone never could. The copper pots on open shelving aren’t decorative staging either — they suggest someone actually cooks here. Small detail, but it shifts the whole room from showroom to home.
Vaulted Ceilings and a Brick Chimney Anchor the Living Space Without Competing With the View
Sage green cabinetry in the open kitchen pulls your eye to the right, while the brick fireplace surround keeps the living area from floating loose in all that vaulted air. And that plaid throw on the sofa is doing more decorating than it probably gets credit for.
Ask Yourself: Pendant lights over a kitchen island are easy to get wrong. Hang them too high and they lose all intimacy; too low and they cut the sightline across the room. Hold a test light at a few different heights before you commit to hardware — it takes ten minutes and saves a return trip to the lighting store.
Dark Wood, Soft Linen, and One Very Good Rug Pull the Whole Room Together
A walnut-toned storage bed anchors the room without crowding it. The blue knit throw, striped pillows, and faded Persian rug bring in pattern quietly — nothing competing, everything contributing. Black window frames hold the exterior edge with just enough contrast to keep the whole composition from going soft.
Fun Fact: Bedroom rugs almost always get sized too small, floating awkwardly under just the foot of the bed. Pull a larger rug so it extends well past both sides and the whole room suddenly feels deliberate rather than assembled. It costs more upfront, but nobody who’s done it has ever gone back.
Brushed Brass and Beadboard Give This Bathroom Its Quiet Personality
Gold-framed shower glass is the detail that earns its keep here. Beadboard wainscoting keeps things casual enough that the brass fixtures on the vanity and wall sconce don’t feel precious — they feel chosen. Sage cabinet fronts under a speckled stone countertop add just enough color to give the room a point of view without turning it into a mood board. Small bath. Clear idea. That’s all it needed.
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Exterior photo of a modern farmhouse with a covered porch paired with a one-bedroom floor plan showing kitchen, great room, bedroom, and bath.
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