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Shouse floor plans

A shouse is a shop house: one building that is mostly workshop, with a home built into one end. In our two plans the home has 800 to 1,400 sq ft, and in both the shop is bigger than the home. See the shouse floor plans below, drawn to scale and measured room by room.

Plans
2
drawn to scale
Sizes
800 to 1,400 sq ft
finished area, ANSI Z765
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· How we calculate · Example plans, not real addresses

60′40′LIVING ROOM278.7 sq ftSHOP1,540.5 sq ftMUDROOM ANDLAUNDRY81.6 sq ftKITCHEN108.9 sq ftBEDROOM183.9 sq ftBATHWALK-INCLOSETFRONT PORCH156 sq ft
1 bed shouse, 800 sq ft home and a 40 × 40 ft shop

The plans

Shouse floor plans, 2 examples

Each plan is drawn to scale and measured room by room. Open one in the editor and change it to fit your lot.

1 bed shouse, 800 sq ft home and a 40 × 40 ft shop

A 20 ft wide home at one end of a 60 x 40 ft building: living room in front, kitchen and mudroom in the middle, bedroom and bath at the back. Two 12 ft doors open the shop to the street.

Finished area
800 sq ft
74 m² · ANSI Z765
Not counted
1,756 sq ft
listed apart, see below
Layout
1 bed, 1 bath
one floor
  • 1,600 sq ft garage, shop or storage
  • 156 sq ft porch or deck
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1 bed shouse, 800 sq ft home and a 40 × 40 ft shop floor plan: 800 sq ft (74 m²) finished, 1 bed, 1 bath · one floor, drawn to scale with every room labeled.
60′ × 40′ outsideExample floor plan, not a construction drawing

Rooms · 1 bed shouse, 800 sq ft home and a 40 × 40 ft shop

Room areas, 1 bed shouse, 800 sq ft home and a 40 × 40 ft shop
RoomFloorSq ftCounts as
Living roomFloor 1279Finished, counts
KitchenFloor 1109Finished, counts
Mudroom and laundryFloor 182Finished, counts
BedroomFloor 1184Finished, counts
BathFloor 141Finished, counts
Walk-in closetFloor 126Finished, counts
ShopFloor 11,541Not finished, not counted
Front porchOutside156Outside, not counted
Finished area, ANSI Z765800outside the walls

2 bed shouse, 1,400 sq ft home and a 50 × 40 ft shop

The shop sits 10 ft back from the front of the house, so the porch and front door read as a home. A pantry and a mudroom between kitchen and shop keep the dirt out of the living rooms.

Finished area
1,400 sq ft
130 m² · ANSI Z765
Not counted
2,271 sq ft
listed apart, see below
Layout
2 bed, 2 bath
one floor
  • 1,995 sq ft garage, shop or storage
  • 276 sq ft porch or deck
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2 bed shouse, 1,400 sq ft home and a 50 × 40 ft shop floor plan: 1,400 sq ft (130 m²) finished, 2 bed, 2 bath · one floor, drawn to scale with every room labeled.
85′ × 50′ outsideExample floor plan, not a construction drawing

Rooms · 2 bed shouse, 1,400 sq ft home and a 50 × 40 ft shop

Room areas, 2 bed shouse, 1,400 sq ft home and a 50 × 40 ft shop
RoomFloorSq ftCounts as
Great roomFloor 1337Finished, counts
KitchenFloor 1200Finished, counts
PantryFloor 140Finished, counts
MudroomFloor 140Finished, counts
HallFloor 187Finished, counts
Bedroom 2Floor 1162Finished, counts
ClosetFloor 163Finished, counts
Bath 2Floor 173Finished, counts
Primary bathFloor 162Finished, counts
Walk-in closetFloor 153Finished, counts
Primary bedroomFloor 1154Finished, counts
ShopFloor 11,921Not finished, not counted
Front porchOutside276Outside, not counted
Finished area, ANSI Z7651,400outside the walls

What counts

What counts in the square footage

Only the home part counts as living area. The shop is reported apart: 1,600 sq ft in the one bedroom plan and 1,995 sq ft in the two bedroom plan. Finish part of a shop as a room with heat and drywall and that part starts to count.

Each room is measured inside its walls. The finished area of a house is measured to the outside of the exterior walls (ANSI Z765), so it is larger than the rooms added up.

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Questions

Shouse floor plans: questions

About these shouse plans. Can’t find your answer? Send us a message.

Is a shouse the same as a barndominium?

They overlap. Every shouse has a shop as its main room; a barndominium is a barn-style home that may or may not have one.

What is the best layout for a shouse?

Put a mudroom with a laundry and a sink between the shop and the kitchen, so you wash up before you walk in. Keep the bedrooms on the far side from the shop doors for quiet.

Can I change these plans?

Yes. Click Open in the editor under a plan and it opens as your own plan in the Squaremetry editor, with the same numbers as on this page. Move a wall and every area and the total update.

Is this a construction drawing?

No. This is an example floor plan, not a construction drawing. The Squaremetry team drew it for this page; it has no address. For a permit you need drawings from a qualified designer.

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