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Garlinghouse Traditional House Plan 20226 with 2,021 Sq Ft, 3 Bedrooms, Fireplace, Formal Dining and 2-Car Garage
From the legendary Garlinghouse Collection, Traditional House Plan 20226 combines timeless American architecture with a comfortable two-story layout designed around family life. Offering 2,021 square feet, this enduring home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, an attached 2-car garage, fireplace, formal dining room, and 259 square feet of welcoming porch space. With nearly equal living areas on its two floors, House Plan 20226 efficiently separates active gathering spaces from private bedrooms while maintaining a manageable 41-foot-4-inch-wide footprint.
The exterior reflects the balanced proportions and inviting character that have made Traditional house plans a lasting favorite. A prominent 10:12 roof pitch gives the home architectural presence, while the porch adds warmth and creates a comfortable transition between outdoors and in. At just over 41 feet wide, the design provides substantial family living without requiring an exceptionally broad lot, making it an attractive option for established neighborhoods, suburban properties, and other moderately sized homesites.
Inside, 1,019 square feet on the main level is devoted to the spaces where family and friends naturally come together. Nine-foot ceilings enhance the sense of openness, giving the interior more volume without adding unnecessary square footage. A fireplace becomes a warm focal point for family evenings, holiday mornings, and conversations with friends, adding the atmosphere and architectural character that can transform a living area into the heart of a home.
A formal dining room gives House Plan 20226 a dedicated destination for entertaining and celebrations. Rather than asking one casual eating area to handle every occasion, homeowners have a proper setting for holiday dinners, birthdays, and gatherings with extended family. This purposeful approach to room planning is one of the qualities that makes classic Garlinghouse floor plans so appealing to homeowners rediscovering defined yet connected living spaces.
The second floor provides another 1,002 square feet and creates a quieter private level away from the activity downstairs. Three bedrooms allow the home to comfortably serve a growing family while offering flexibility for overnight guests or changing household needs. The owner's accommodations become a retreat from the gathering areas below, while two secondary bedrooms can serve children, guests, or evolve into a home office or study when needed. Two full bathrooms upstairs support comfortable daily routines, while a main-level powder room is convenient for family and visitors.
The attached 480-square-foot 2-car garage provides protected parking along with valuable room for bicycles, tools, lawn equipment, and household storage. Its integration into the compact footprint makes unloading groceries and managing everyday routines easier throughout the year.
Foundation flexibility adds another advantage. The basement configuration provides approximately 992 square feet of unfinished area for substantial storage, hobbies, recreation, or potential future uses where local requirements permit. Crawlspace and slab foundations are also available, allowing the design to adapt to different regions and building sites.
House Plan 20226 carries forward more than a century of Garlinghouse American residential design. Founded by L.F. Garlinghouse in Topeka, Kansas, the company pioneered affordable, professionally designed, builder-ready plans for American families. This Traditional home reflects that enduring philosophy through practical room relationships, timeless architecture, efficient square footage, and exceptional livability designed to remain relevant generation after generation.
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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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