The Big Book of Small House Designs by Don Metz

Author:Don Metz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2012-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

A Taste of the Far East

Sandstone, West Virginia

875 gross square feet

The site is a ridge top in Summers County, West Virginia, with excellent views of the New River and the village of Sandstone to the northeast, and tree-covered Chestnut Mountain to the south.

This area has cool winters; pleasant springs and falls; and warm, hazy summers. Annual rainfall is about 35 to 45 inches. The wettest month is July; the driest, October.

Planned for owner-builders, the house is conceived as a modest but comfortable shelter, retreating into itself in cold weather and opening up to the site in warm weather. The overhanging roof not only provides protection for upper-level sleeping porches, summer kitchen, entry, and north porch, but collects rainwater to be filtered and stored as the primary domestic supply.

Inside the house, storage areas are located on the north, living areas on the south.

The k’ang, or Korean-style heated masonry floor, forms the center of the house. Furniture is kept to a minimum; seating is built in or a function of floor level change.

Folding beds create more usable space upstairs and allow flexibility of sleeping location. Folding chairs and an expandable table provide extra space for dinner guests.

Bruce Osen

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