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Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 2,124
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 3.5
Floor Plan
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This single-story layout puts the family room and kitchen at the center, with a primary suite tucked toward the rear. A rear covered porch, front porch, mudroom, pantry, and two-car garage round out the practical flow.
Floor Plan
Upper level hosts three bedrooms, a central loft, a rear covered porch, and mechanical storage. The 2-car garage sits below with a front porch entry.
Pro Tip: The loft at 13×15 feet is large enough to function as a dedicated home office or media room without stealing square footage from the bedrooms. If you’re building in a hot climate, note that the rear porch faces away from street traffic, making it a genuinely usable outdoor space. Pair it with ceiling fans, and you’ve got a spot that works hard from spring through fall.
White Lap Siding and a Covered Porch That Actually Gets Used
Adirondack chairs on the covered patio and mulched beds with hostas frame a rear elevation that stays practical without feeling plain.
Why the Roofline Works So Hard Here
That steep gable over the side wall isn’t just visual. It signals the loft space tucked inside, giving the home real vertical volume without pushing out the footprint. The way the lower roofline sweeps down to shelter the porch keeps rain off the patio furniture year-round, which is something flat-roofed alternatives can’t claim. It’s a roof doing two jobs at once, and you can read both from the yard.
Stone Fireplace, Wood Mantel, and Fall Light Pouring In
Gray sofas face a stacked-stone fireplace with a live-edge wood mantel. Glass coffee tables keep sightlines open to the autumn views outside.
Ask Yourself: If your living room has multiple windows like this one, think about how afternoon light shifts across the space before committing to sofa placement. Natural light can make or break how a seating arrangement actually feels to live with day to day.
Moving into the kitchen, the design choices get bolder and more specific.
Navy Island, Marble Countertop, and Four Barstools That Mean Business
Dark navy cabinetry on the island punches hard against white perimeter cabinets and a herringbone tile backsplash. The marble countertop runs long enough to seat four comfortably. Two lantern-style pendants hang over the island, and a third drops over the dining area beyond. Open glass-front cabinets keep the wall side from feeling too closed off.
Candlelight Chandelier, Fall Views, and a Dining Room That Earns Its Place
Warm-toned walls meet dark wood chairs and a herringbone tile backsplash visible through the kitchen opening. Autumn trees outside do the decorating.
Material Matters: Herringbone subway tile costs roughly the same as straight-set subway tile, but the angled layout makes grout lines more visible over time. Sealing grout annually keeps it from absorbing cooking oils and darkening near the range. Lighter grout colors show wear faster but are easier to touch up with a grout pen between deep cleans.
Charcoal Bed Frame, Layered Linens, and Two Doors Worth Noticing
Soft gray walls set a neutral backdrop, but the real detail is the layout: an en suite bathroom and a separate door, likely a walk-in closet, visible from the bed. Layered bedding in charcoal and slate keeps the palette cohesive without feeling cold.
Designer’s Secret: Platform beds with upholstered frames look best when the mattress sits low enough that you don’t need a box spring. Skipping the box spring also brings the visual weight down, making taller ceilings feel even more pronounced. If you’re buying a platform frame, confirm mattress height before ordering bedding so your throw blanket hits the right spot.
Marble, Glass, and a Walk-In Closet Visible Right Through the Door
Freestanding soaking tub sits beside a large window framing fall foliage outside, which makes the space feel less like a bathroom and more like a retreat. The glass shower enclosure uses marble-look tile floor to ceiling, with a matte black rain head and handheld combo. Marble countertops on the vanity carry the same veining throughout, keeping the palette cohesive without being repetitive.
The Psychology Behind This: Seeing storage from inside the bathroom, like that open closet visible through the doorway, subtly reduces decision fatigue by keeping your morning routine contained in one connected zone. Designers call this adjacency planning, and it’s one of the details buyers consistently cite as a reason a layout feels right even when they can’t explain why.
Loft TV Wall With a Media Console That Actually Has Room to Breathe
Mounted flush to the wall, the large flat-screen sits above a low open-shelf console with enough depth to store books and decorative objects without feeling crowded. Natural light from the triple window at the far end keeps the space from reading as a dark media cave. Carpet helps too.
Natural light from the triple window at the far end keeps the space from reading as a dark media cave.
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The exterior photo shows a white lap-siding farmhouse with a covered front porch and two-car garage. The floor plan below reveals a single-story layout with a 17×17 family room, primary suite, rear porch, kitchen with pantry, and mudroom off the garage entry.
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