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Sears House Reimagined
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Redesign based on a 1926 Sears Catalog Home: The Woodland.
This is a plan I took from a book called Sears, Roebuck Catalog of Houses 1926 (I do not own any rights to this book or any plans within). The plan is called The Woodland and while I really like it, it did need some updating for today's living. Overall, I enlarged the plan just a bit to around 1850sf. But on the first floor, I only added a new half bath behind the stairs. Otherwise, it's more or less how it was originally drawn. Upstairs, though, I changed quite a bit. Instead of having five bedrooms, I reduced it down to three and created a master suite. I also added a laundry area and moved the bathroom to accommodate. On the exterior, I altered the roofline from hip to gable, added a garage and a nice outdoor living area with a built-in fireplace and lanai. I'm really happy with how it all came out and, really, this is my dream home. I honestly would love to build and live in it some day.