I like modest houses and a great example of a modest house with traditional values is this one. After looking at the floor plans I think that this house looks rustic but it also looks very comfortable. I think it would make a great modest house for a modest family who likes traditional values.
Like in many traditional house plans we find a good sized porch at the front. This porch can be a gather place where the family can sit on some comfortable chairs and enjoy a cool evening breeze while they talk and maybe even sing and play instruments and have a good old traditional time.
Going in the front door we find ourselves in the living room. This is a good sized living room and best of all it has a fire place. Fire places are a very traditional way of heating a home and so I think it's very fitting that such a modest and traditional house would have a great traditional fireplace in a common area like the living room. After an evening gathering on the front porch I think the entire family could go into the living room and warm up in front of a roaring fire and they could spend the early night relaxing and talking.
At the back of the house we find the dining room and the kitchen. These are two very practical rooms that are also important in all houses but they are especially important in traditional houses because they are another place where the family gathers and enjoys traditional family values like a large breakfast. The dining room is square shaped which is convenient for a round table. The kitchen opens directly into the dining room and it has a C shape to it. This shape gives it lots of counter space and lots of cupboards too. I think that all of these factors would make this a very practical kitchen for preparing large breakfasts and dinners that could be served in the dining room that's so close by.
In the back corner of the living room we find an entrance to a bedroom along the side of the house. I would consider this to be the master bedroom of the house because it has lots of closet space and past the closets we find a bathroom with a tub and a toilet and a counter with two sinks. The bedroom itself has a rectangular shape and it has a window looking out to the side of the house and a window looking onto the porch too. Going out the bedroom door we find a closet located under the stairs nearby.
The stairs leading to the upper level are along the one side of the living room between it and the bedroom on the first floor. The bottom of the stairs is near the front door and they lead up to near the middle of the upper floor. At the top of the stairs there's a linen closet and also a door leading to a storage area. I think that this storage area could be used for storing a lot of the traditional possessions that a traditional family would have. There is also a shared bathroom on this floor. It has a tub and a toilet and a sink. There's even a skylight above the toilet which is a nice touch.
There are two bedrooms on this upper level. One of them is square and it has a dormer looking out the front of the house. Through the closet there's also a way to access more storage area at the front of the house. The other bedroom is on the other side of the house and it also has a dormer looking out the front of the house. The other bedroom on the upper level also has a closet that's located near the rear of this traditional house.
If you look at the floor plans for this house design I think you will see what I mean when I say it's modest but traditional and it's just full of traditional family values. It has a great blend of living space and private space and practical space. Put together these are all of the elements of a great traditional house that in my opinion would be a comfortable place to live even if the family is larger and maybe even has two or three children. Traditional families like to live a lifestyle that encourages traditional family values and I think this modest house could let them do that very comfortably.
