Garlinghouse Country Ranch House Plan 24714 with 1,771 Sq Ft, 2 Bedrooms, Sunken Great Room and 2-Car Garage
House Plan 24714 from the historic Garlinghouse Collection blends Country, Ranch, and Traditional styling into a spacious one-story home designed for comfortable everyday living and effortless entertaining. Offering 1,771 square feet of thoughtfully planned living space, this inviting design features 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and an attached 2-car garage. A dramatic sunken great room, open kitchen with snack bar pass-through, and flexible foundation options make this timeless Garlinghouse home an outstanding choice for homeowners seeking classic architecture with practical modern functionality.
The exterior presents the welcoming character of a traditional Ranch home with balanced rooflines, clean architectural details, and timeless curb appeal. Its broad single-story profile creates a warm and inviting appearance that complements country homesites, suburban neighborhoods, and quiet rural settings alike. The attached 2-car garage blends naturally into the design while providing convenient parking and additional storage.
Inside, the thoughtfully arranged floor plan creates an inviting atmosphere centered around the home's signature feature—a dramatic sunken great room. This distinctive living space adds architectural interest while creating a natural gathering place for family and friends. Whether entertaining guests, celebrating holidays, or enjoying a quiet evening at home, the sunken great room provides comfort, openness, and visual appeal.
The kitchen is designed to keep everyone connected during meal preparation. A convenient snack bar pass-through opens directly into the great room, allowing conversations to continue while serving meals or entertaining guests. Efficient workspace, generous cabinetry, and practical organization make the kitchen equally suited for everyday cooking and special occasions.
Adjacent dining and living areas provide comfortable settings for casual family meals or more formal gatherings. The open relationship between these spaces allows natural traffic flow throughout the home while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere that supports today's relaxed lifestyle.
The private owner's suite offers a peaceful retreat designed for everyday comfort. A spacious bedroom, generous closet space, and a well-appointed ensuite bathroom provide the convenience and privacy homeowners appreciate. Located away from the home's primary gathering spaces, the suite creates a quiet escape at the end of each day.
The secondary bedroom offers outstanding flexibility for overnight guests, extended family, or a comfortable home office. A nearby full bathroom provides convenience while allowing the room to adapt easily as household needs evolve over time.
The attached 2-car garage provides secure parking along with valuable storage for tools, lawn equipment, seasonal decorations, and recreational gear. Multiple foundation options, including slab, crawlspace, and combination basement and crawlspace configurations, give homeowners added flexibility to match a variety of homesites and regional building requirements.
As part of the celebrated Garlinghouse Collection, House Plan 24714 reflects more than a century of thoughtful American residential design established by L. F. Garlinghouse in Topeka, Kansas. Garlinghouse homes have earned a lasting reputation for combining attractive architecture, practical floor plans, and builder-friendly designs that continue to serve generations of homeowners.
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Exterior Elevations Scaled drawings of the front, rear, sides of the home. Information pertaining to the exterior finish materials, roof pitches and exterior height dimensions.
Typical Wall Section This section will address insulation, roof components, and interior and exterior wall finishes. Your plans will be designed with either 2x4 or 2x6 exterior walls, but most professional contractors can easily adapt the plans to the wall thickness you require.
Fireplace Details If the home you have chosen includes a fireplace, the fireplace detail will show typical methods to construct the firebox, hearth and flue chase for masonry units, or a wood frame chase for a zero-clearance unit. Available for most plans.
Foundation Plan These plans will accurately dimension the footprint of your home including load bearing points and beam placement if applicable. The foundation style will vary from plan to plan.
Roof Plan The information necessary to construct the roof will be included with your home plans. Some plans will reference roof trusses, while many others contain schematic framing plans. These framing plans will indicate the lumber sizes necessary for the rafters and ridgeboards based on the designated roof loads.
Typical Cross Section A cut-away cross-section through the entire home shows your building contractor the exact correlation of construction components at all levels of the house. It will help to clarify the load bearing points from the roof all the way down to the basement. Available for most plans.
Detailed Floor Plans The floor plans of your home accurately dimension the positioning of all walls, doors, windows, stairs and permanent fixtures. They will show you the relationship and dimensions of rooms, closets and traffic patterns. The schematic of the electrical layout may be included in the plan.
Stair Details If stairs are an element of the design you have chosen, the plans will show the necessary information to build these, either through a stair cross section, or on the floor plans.
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