Modern Cottage Collection
Modern Cottage house plans blend the charming character of traditional cottages with contemporary design elements, creating homes that feel both cozy and current. These thoughtfully designed residences typically range from 1,200 to 2,500 square feet, making them ideal for both first-time homeowners and empty nesters seeking a simplified lifestyle.
Drawing inspiration from English countryside cottages and American Craftsman architecture, Modern Cottage designs feature steep roof pitches, prominent front-facing gables, and mixed exterior materials like board-and-batten siding, natural stone accents, and modern metal roofing. Large windows, often in classic mullioned styles, flood interiors with natural light while maintaining the home's storybook appeal.
Inside, Modern Cottage floor plans emphasize open-concept living spaces with careful attention to flow and functionality. Main levels typically showcase vaulted great rooms connected to well-appointed kitchens with islands, perfect for both daily living and entertaining. These homes often feature first-floor primary suites, flexible home offices, and thoughtful storage solutions like mudrooms with built-in organizational systems.
While preserving traditional cottage elements like window seats, built-in bookshelves, and exposed wood beams, these plans incorporate modern must-haves including walk-in pantries, charging stations, and energy-efficient systems. Many designs feature covered porches and private patios that extend living space outdoors, creating seamless indoor-outdoor connections.
Modern Cottage homes particularly suit locations where architectural character matters, from lakefront properties to suburban neighborhoods. Their efficient footprints maximize living space while maintaining reasonable building costs. The style's emphasis on natural materials, handcrafted details, and intimate scale creates an immediate sense of home, perfect for buyers seeking a balance of comfort, character, and contemporary convenience.
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All of our floor plans are designed in-house and come with various options to make your dream home custom to you.
House Plan Modifications
Since we design all of our plans, modifying a plan to fit your need could not be easier. Click on the plan, then under the image, you'll find a button to get a 100% free quote on all plan alteration requests. Our plans are all available with a variety of stock customization options.
Exterior Wall Construction Choices
Most of our stock plans come as 2x4 exterior wall construction by default. We do provide options to change the exterior wall type. Those options include 2x6 exterior walls, Post Frame Construction, CMU Block Construction, etc.
Foundation Types
When de signing our house plans, a default foundation is set for a given plan. If possible, we include options to change the foundation type to better match your construction needs. For instance, if the default foundation is an unfinished basement, you'll have the option to change the foundation type to a walkout foundation, crawlspace, or slab foundation.
Please note: Some of our plans are designed with special foundation needs, such as post and pier for waterfront properties. These plans may not allow an option to choose another foundation type. If you find yourself in need of an alternate foundation and aren't given the choice, please fill out the alteration request on the plan page.
Right Reading Reverse
One of our more popular options is reversing the plan. Ordering the reverse option will not only flip the plan on the sets for you, it will also correct the text to make the plan read correctly while reversed.
CAD Files
All of our plans are offered as digital PDF downloads. If you want to make changes to the plan yourself, there is an add-on option that will give you the CAD files. Our CAD files are exported in AutoCAD format. You must have software capable of opening CAD files to use them. This option is great if you are in the business of home building and need to make slight changes to the plans per lot.
Cost to Build Report
All of our house plans come with a 100% free cost-to-build report. Just find the orange section on the plan page, type in your zip code, and choose your finish quality level. Note that this tool is for estimation purposes only and should not be used in any other way.
Garage Choices
We have multiple options for any desired garage location or type. We offer plans with detached garages, courtyard garages, side-load garages, front load, and rear load garages.
License Types
We offer 2 types of licenses for your house plan. A single-use license means that the plan can be built only once by the person who purchases the plan. An unlimited-build license is meant for pro builders that are planning to build the plan multiple times.
Best Price Guarantee
You may find our plans on other vendors’ websites. Since we design all of our plans we can offer a true price match guarantee. If you find another site selling our plans for cheaper than we are, we will match it.