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Cabin Plans  Want to get away from it all and relax your time away on the front porch of your own backroad cabin? Here's an inexpensive way to get started. Download any of more than two dozen complete sets of free blueprints. Handcraft your own cabin from step-by-step building guides. Or, create your own unique cabin design with inspiration, measured drawings and details from traditional country cabins. 

Cottage Plans  Enjoy simple cottage living. Retire to the country. Build a waterside retreat as your vacation home. These little cottages are economical to build, easy to maintain and easy on energy costs. Get started on your dream home today by downloading free construction blueprints or by incorporating free cottage building details into a custom design. 

Little Houses  This short but growing list of blueprint and pre-manufactured home retailers may just be where you find your new cottage, cabin or small home.

Solar House Plans  Help yourself to downloadable blueprints that will get you started on an efficient home that saves on heat and electricity and takes advantage of free energy from the sun. 

Energy Saving Projects  These free hands-on project plans and how-to articles can help you build your own solar panels, wind turbines, solar hot water heaters, solar cookers, space heaters and more.  

Green, Solar and Energy Saving Home Resources   Buy books, magazines, plans, solar panels, wind generators and green products that can help you make your home green and efficient.  

Garages, Barns, Sheds, Workshops and Outbuildings

Garage and Carport Plans  Use these free, downloadable blueprints to help build a one, two, three or four car detached garage, or a simple carport to shelter your cars, trucks boats or other vehicles. 

Workshops and Wood Shops  These free blueprints can help build your ideal auto restoration garage, home woodworking shop, art studio, hobby shop or craft barn.

Garage Plans, Kits, Doors and More  These plans, prefab structures and products can help you build the right garage, hobby shop or home workshop for your needs.  

Car, Truck and Tractor Barns  Use any of more than a dozen plans to help build a barn, carriage house, tractor shed or open shelter for your cars, trucks or farm machines. 

Small Barns  Use any of these plans to help build a practical little storage barn for your yard or property. These buildings will shelter your small tractor, vehicles, garden equipment and tools. There's also a selection of small multi-purpose farm animal barns for family farms and homesteads. 

Horse Barn Plans  Select from more than sixty free building plan sets for horse barns, run-ins, loafing sheds and hay barns. You'll find construction designs for barns and stables with from one to seventeen stalls. 

Farm and Ranch Barn Plans  These big work building plans, primarily from US and Canadian government sources, are available as free, downloadable plans. For most building projects of the size of of these designs, you'll need an architect or construction engineer in your area to prepare plans that meet your code requirements and stand up to your weather conditions. However, these drawings are packed with good construction details and great ideas that you should be able to put to use on any barn building project.  

Barn Building Help  These products, building kits, blueprints, contractors and prefab structures can help you plan, create and maintain a barn or country outbuilding.

Storage Sheds  Build your own practical storage shed with the help of these free blueprints. Most of the designs come with complete material shopping lists and building instructions to make your project as simple as it can be. 

Specialty Sheds  Are you looking for an unusual design for your shed? How about a big eight-sided shed, a shed that looks like a pretty cottage or another that could pass for an old west saloon? You can use these free plans to build a shed or the shell structure of a home office, pool house, guest room or craft studio. 

Mini-Barns  Use these plans to help build a practical country-style storage barn in your backyard. These outbuildings will shelter your small tractor, garden equipment and tools. Some of the designs come with complete material shopping lists and building instructions to make your project as easy as it can be. 

Tool Sheds  Store your garden and backyard tools in a small and easy-to-build shed. These detailed plans, step-by-step instructions and complete material lists will help. 

Woodsheds  Need a place to store your fire wood? Here are a few designs for sturdy and durable woodsheds. They all include easy to follow building instructions and material lists. You can download them to your computer or read them online to get started on your project today.  

Shed Shops  Find how-to books, shed plans, easy precut building kits, prefab sheds and products that will help you with your shed project.       Rona, Inc. The Progressive Farmer Popular Mechanics Magazine

Backyard, Garden and Landscape Projects

Deck Building Plans  Download these free plans for building all types of decks. This selection of blueprints is provided by top how-to magazines and building supply retailers in the US and Canada. Most of the plans include complete material lists and step-by-step construction instructions. 

Deck Design Software  Fitting a deck into the shapes and levels of your home and landscape requires a custom design. Our sponsors offer some of the best do-it-yourself deck design software at very reasonable prices. But, you can also try some free online programs offered by deck material suppliers and other retailers. Here's a selection of the best free Internet software. 

Deck and Patio Furniture Projects  Build your own wooden deck dining furniture, storage units, lounges, planters, benches, entertainment units, barbeque grill garages and more with the help of these free plans, material lists and building instructions. 

DIY Deck Building Products  Find deck building and project plans, materials, fasteners, lighting, railings, tools and much more. These retailers can help you plan, build and maintain the perfect deck for your backyard.  

Garden Sheds  Do you need a spot for your garden tools and supplies? How about a bright room for your potting bench? Here are some free plans for potting sheds and attractive little buildings that will look great in your landscape. 

Backyard Building Retailers  Order gazebo kits, pergolas, arbors, outdoor furniture, hobby greenhouses, garden bridges, porch swings, birdhouses and much more.

Playhouse Plans  Learn how to build a beautiful and fun backyard playhouse for your children or grandkids. Chose from any of a dozen different little cottages and cabins or use the details and ideas that you'll learn from these blueprints to create your own unique design. 

Playgrounds and Swing Sets  Download do-it-yourself building plans for a variety of kids' wooden swing sets, playgrounds and play equipment like slides, see-saws, outdoor gym sets, sand boxes and more. 

Play Forts and Clubhouses  These free building guides and do-it-yourself plans will show you how to build an exciting play fort, tower or club house for your favorite kids.  

Treehouse Building  Learn how to build a sturdy and safe treehouse for your kids. These designs all aim at building a solid platform with railings and a simple shelter or playhouse on top of that. You can follow these plans to the letter, or just build the platform and use your imagination, and your kids' help on the shelter.  

Kid's Project Building Help  These online retailers offer books, plans and products that will help you and your kids build a great playhouse, playground, wooden toy or child's room full of furniture and built-ins.       MinWax Popular Woodworking Extreme How-To Magazine

Woodwork, Furniture and Workshop Projects

Beginner's Woodwork Projects  Get started of the rewarding hobby and craft of woodworking with one of these beautiful projects. These free plans come with material lists and step-by-step instructions. They are for simple woodwork projects that you can create even if you don't have a lot of experience or a fully equipped woodshop.  

Furniture and Advanced Woodwork Projects  These advanced plans are best for experienced woodworkers. Check out our woodworking guides our beginners' project plans first. Then, come back here if you're looking for some more challenging projects. You can build beautiful, classic furniture for your home of office with these free plans. 

Home Improvement Projects  Put your woodworking tools and skills to work around your house. Here are some free home improvement project plans and how-to guides that should help with molding, built-ins, fireplace mantles and more. 

Kid's Projects  Do you want to build something that will thrill your little ones? Check out these free woodwork projects. There's an attractive lemonade stand, a fire engine style play center, an easy-to-build slide platform and more. 

Woodshop Furnishings  These free plans can help you build your own workshop furniture, work benches, jigs and storage units.  

Woodworking 101  Learn how to create beautiful pieces of furniture and unique wooden accessories. Create gifts that your loved ones will cherish. Find out just how to finish, stain, "antique" or paint any wooden surface. Learn how to improve your home with carefully crafted moldings and built-ins that you do yourself. Get two beginners' how-to ebooks for the price of one, with a money-back guarantee and a free copy of the Guide to Wood Finishing.      Black and Decker HUD Extreme How-To Magazine

Do It Yourself Building Lessons and Guidebooks

DIY Building Lessons  Are you thinking of building all or part of your home yourself? Are you planning an extension or a free-standing garage, barn, shed or workshop? Read these online guides and downloadable building manuals first, and then refer to them throughout construction for a top quality, safe and durable project.

Wood Finishing  Learn how to put a professional looking, durable finish on all of your woodwork and home improvement projects. Get expert lessons, hints and tips on working with paints, stains and sealers. 

Solar Building Ideas  These guides, articles and sample designs can help you plan your new home or renovations to your existing house. 

Basic Woodworking Guides  Learn the basics of woodworking. Get started on a great new hobby, craft or small business. These free guides, lessons, tips and tricks from the experts are sure to help. 

Play Structure and Treehouse Building Advice These online guidebooks can teach you how to build a safe and durable playhouse, swing set, treehouse or playground for your children. 

Shed Building Guides  These free guidebooks, how to build articles and construction details can show you how to build any type of shed or small storage building in your backyard.  

Deck Building Lessons  Find out how to choose the best deck designs and materials, how to build your own deck, how to make it last for years and years and how to keep it looking like new that whole time. You can get free building manuals here. 

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