The Small Home Design Book series shows every house twice: as a full-color rendering of the finished home and as a floor plan with dimensions and room sizes. There are 65 designs across three books, from an 81-square-foot cabin to a three-bedroom house of 1,144 square feet.
Book 1 and Volume 2 each stand on their own. The Complete Collection puts both in one hardcover and adds five plans you won't find anywhere else.
65 Beautiful Homes & Floor Plans
Every house from Book 1 and Volume 2 in one hardcover, plus five bonus plans that appear only here. The 60 main homes are sorted by size into one sequence, so a 129-square-foot studio and a 1,144-square-foot family house sit in the same book.
65 homes, 81 to 1,144 sq ft. 136 pages, hardcover 8.25 x 11 in.
The first book: 22 homes, from a 193-square-foot porch cottage to the three-bedroom Porthole House.
22 homes, 193 to 1,144 sq ft. 50 pages, paperback 8.5 x 11 in.
38 more homes, none repeated from Book 1, from two 129-square-foot cabins to a two-bath house of 1,018 square feet.
38 homes, 129 to 1,018 sq ft. 82 pages, paperback 8.5 x 11 in; hardcover 8.25 x 11 in.
In the books each house gets two facing pages, with the rendering on one and the floor plan on the other. These six cover the range, from a 129-square-foot studio to a three-bedroom house.
One room under a tall arched window holds the bed and a kitchen along one wall, with a shower bath in the back corner. A covered terrace runs across the front. It works as a mountain getaway or a backyard guest room.
In Volume 2 and the Complete Collection
A porch nearly 20 feet long runs the full front, with room for a table at one end and chairs at the other. Inside are a sitting area by a wood-burning fireplace, an L-shaped kitchen, a bedroom and a bath.
In Book 1 and the Complete Collection
A 96-square-foot screened porch opens off the living room. There is an L-shaped kitchen with a table for four, one bedroom, a bath with a tub and a stacked washer and dryer in the hall.
In the Complete Collection only (bonus plan)
Flat roofs at two heights, fieldstone panels and floor-to-ceiling windows. A short entry hall splits the bedroom and bath from one open room for cooking, dining and sitting.
In Book 1 and the Complete Collection
Tan stucco and a terracotta roof over a full-width covered deck. The L-shaped kitchen has a peninsula with three stools, and the bedroom has a 12-foot closet with sliding doors.
In Volume 2 and the Complete Collection
The largest plan in the series. Three bedrooms and a bath take one side of the house. The kitchen and a dining room for six fill the other, lit by a round front window.
In Book 1 and the Complete Collection
People planning a backyard cottage or ADU, a cabin on a piece of land, a smaller house to retire into or a first home they can afford to build.
They also help before a first meeting with an architect or builder. You can point at a layout, say what you like about it and what you would change, and start that conversation with something concrete.
No. The floor plans and renderings are for inspiration and planning. They show room sizes, overall dimensions, doors, windows and furniture, but they are not construction documents. A licensed designer or architect can adapt any of them to your site, climate and local building code.
If you want every house, get the Complete Collection. It holds all 60 homes from Book 1 and Volume 2 plus five bonus plans, in one hardcover. If you already own one of the two books, the other one adds a set of homes you have not seen.
Book 1 and Volume 2 share no houses. The Complete Collection contains every house from both, sorted by size into one sequence, and adds five bonus plans that are not in either.
They run from an 81-square-foot micro cabin to a three-bedroom house of 1,144 square feet. Most have one bedroom, and nearly all have a porch, deck, terrace or patio.
Book 1 is an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback of 50 pages. Volume 2 has 82 pages and comes as an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback and an 8.25 x 11 inch hardcover. The Complete Collection is an 8.25 x 11 inch hardcover of 136 pages.