Cottage House Plans A Cottage is, typically, a small house. The word comes from England where it originally was a house that has a ground floor, with a first, lower story of bedrooms which fit within the roof space. “Montana” a Mark Stewart Small Cottage House Plan In many places the word cottage is used to mean a small old-fashioned house. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location.  In the United States the word cottage is often used to mean a small holiday home. However there are Cottage House Plans in cities, and in places such as Canada the term generally exists with no connotations of size at all. If you have any questions about ordering these home plans online don’t hesitate to give us a call or email. Shop, or browse photos of our broad and varied collection of Cottage House Plans below. If you have any questions about these home designs, or how to order the house plans online, just let us know!  

Country Home Design Something about these Country Style House Plans brings us home to our roots, where we feel comfortable, safe and secure. Mark Stewart Country and Americana Home Designs: bringing you back home. This American Rooted Style is a bit of  an update of the popular “Colonial style.” The colonial home is  influenced by 18th century colonists bringing European styles with them. They’re probably most recognizable for featuring two windows on either side of the front door and five windows on top, with the middle window directly above the door. Country houses aspire to be warm and inviting. They generally have wide porches, shutters, dormers, and wood detailing. The Modern Country Style House Plan that is seeing a resurgence now has fuzzy ties to the Modern Farmhouse Movement. These homes evoke simpler times, bring back great memories, feel permanent and generally are structurally straightforward to build. Modern touches, color schemes and technology have brought this style into current day home style vernacular.

Craftsman House Plans Craftsman house plans have enjoyed a powerful renaissance, and with good reason. Modern Craftsman homes are cozy and proud to behold. Craftsman House Plans can also be affordable to build. Anyway you look at it Craftsman designs are back and here to stay. Craftsman House Plan Sister 73 Base Craftsman House Plans come in  four primary roof shapes: front gabled, cross gabled, side gabled and hipped roof. The details of the porch posts and rails, rafter tails and eave brackets allow significant variation. Brick, stone, stucco and wood siding of many different types is used in this style, resulting in almost every example’s taking on its own unique identity. The style has built on itself over the years, but they continue to charm homeowners with their intimacy, richness and sense of belonging. We have produced a full collection of Craftsman Home Designs from small to large for most lot types. You can also view many of these in our small home design collection. We are proud to offer you some of finest modern craftsman homes available anywhere. If you have any questions about how to order our house plans online or would like to order the designs over the phone, don’t hesitate to contact us. We can take your order over the phone or help you buy your house plan online.

We have a growing collection of house plans that have been designed to work with the City of Lake Oswego’s demanding single family zoning and planning requirements. This is a varied collection from simple craftsman style house plans, to organic modern estate sized homes on down hill lots. Check back often to this part of our website if you are a builder or homeowner in the beautiful city of Lake Oswego. Mark Stewart House Plans will be cropping up all over the city in the coming years.

Extreme House Plans Extreme Makeover changed me. Lifelong friendships with some of the Families and the Cast have been  a very rewarding bonus. The lives that we helped transform and the people involved was a spiritual experience that I will always treasure Mark and Extreme Makeover Cast This is an exclusive design category that includes the homes we designed for  “Extreme Makeover” Home Edition as well as designs that we consider worthy of the title. We were fortunate to the be the first and I believe only outside Home Design Firm to consult with the Show. The stars, producers and all involved were very generous with their praise for the home designs we created for them. In addition to the well documented and popular Extreme Makeover House Plans you will find here some of our most “out of the box” attempts to transition to new styles, experimental designs and the like.We hope this collection of house plans gives you inspiration and maybe even your new home !..Enjoy

FAMILY  fam·i·ly    /ˈfam(ə)lē/    In human society, family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship) Family Style House Plans Two Families Enjoying Eating Meal At Home Together Family takes on all kinds of different forms all of which are equally important and which deserve the best in new home design. Family Style House Plans are exactly what you might think. Discover a treasure trove of House plans designed for and suitable for small, medium or large families of all kinds. Many of these Home Designs offer support for extended family as well as Multi-generational family groups. You will find plans with Casita’s perfect for family of all types. You will find House plans with large bonus room spaces equipped with kitchenettes as well as lower floor basement suites perfect for teenage family members and young adult children and their family on short or long term stays.  At Mark Stewart Home Design we have worked with tens of thousands of families over the last 45 years to create a place to call “Home” Discover hundreds of proven existing Family House Plans in our collection or ask us to Custom Design your next Family Home.

French Country House Plans are Timeless French Country Homes include Steeply pitched hipped roofs, facades that are one or two stories and most commonly asymmetrical. Doors and windows are often round or segmentally arched. Eaves are commonly flared at the roof-wall junction. Brick, stone and/or stucco wall siding are most often seen with decorative half-timbering. “Merlot” French Country House Plan M-2685-A   The French Country Home is  both elegant and  easy to live in. This is one of those rare styles that you can dress up for formal occasions , or dress down for a casual weekend. In our French Country Portfolio we have tried to include pure French Country designs as well as many that are French Country adjacent. Most people choosing a house plan will likely appreciate  the elements of this style found in many other home  styles. We are partial to the French Country Style and in fact designed our Office as a hipped roof French Country Mixed Use  Building.

Hampton’s Style House Plans The Hamptons, situated north of New York is where the wealthy escape to the beach for summer. Hampton’s style house plans are defined by casual, relaxed beach living but done in a classic and very sophisticated way. The look is bright and breezy, plenty of natural daylight with discreet window treatments to really let the light pour in. Elegant Hampton’s House Plan M-2503cr Mark Stewart Home Design began working in this style in the mid 2000’s, and predicated the now very popular use of this style in new construction. The early Mark Stewart Hampton’s Style Home Plans featured fully detailed gable roofs with return eaves, shingled siding and neat trim white exterior accents. More recent house plans include hipped roof versions, and in the custom design category some wonderful shabby chic versions. Timber floors throughout are all part of the look, either in a very dark chocolate brown or pale and bleached. Keep this look fresh and interesting by mixing old with new. Go antiquing for a few rustic items like old timber dining chairs and pair them with a new plain oak table. Retro kitchen canisters, old shop signs and bottles add charm and fun while contemporary art, lamps and furniture pieces keep things very young and very now.