Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame
Back in the late ’60s, the American Plywood Association put out a series of books with plans for small houses.
by American Plywood Association 1969
Great Ideas for Second Homes: A Portfolio of 20 Distinguished New Designs in Plywood Paperback
by American Plywood Association 1969
The book has been out of print for a long time, but you can still get it used on Amazon or eBay.
This A-Frame is a favorite plan from this book.
We spent a week in a very similar A-Frame. It was on Ski Mountain in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The cabin is gone now. It was one of the houses that burned down in the 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires. More than 2000 buildings burned.
Classic Design for a Low-Budget A-Frame
This skillfully detailed version of the once radically different A-frame has been worked out to give you maximum living space and convenience on a minimum building budget.
The plans call for a slightly elevated structure with a dramatic glass outlook to bring the whole view inside the house.
The living area is centered around a fireplace (plans call for a prefab unit) and the kitchen area is close by.
The plan is laid out for one bedroom down and a spacious sleeping loft up.
Textured On-Eleven plywood (panels with deep parallel grooves) is applied with the textured face down to provide a handsome ceiling effect.
Going through some old family photos, I found this.
I don’t know who these people are. Evidently family or friends of family.
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