ALPINE SORREL

Picture a place in the pines or at the edge of the lake, where the whole family fits and nothing feels oversized. Alpine Sorrel is a compact mountain chalet with a vaulted great room open to the view and a primary suite on the main floor. It works as a weekend retreat now, and an easy place to settle into later.

You enter via a generous front porch and step into an open main level where the kitchen, dining room, and great room share one bright, vaulted volume. A grand fireplace anchors the space, and the glass gable end frames the view your lot looks out on, mountain ridgeline or lakefront. The primary suite sits on this floor too, so the home lives comfortably on a single level when you want it to, with its own bath (the plan includes both layouts) and direct reach to the main-floor laundry.

Upstairs, two bedrooms and a full bath give kids, guests, or a remote-work setup their own space and a little distance from the main living. Generous attic storage handles the gear that mountain and lake living tend to accumulate, from skis to holiday decor.

Outside, a 202 sq ft deck and a 194 sq ft front porch stretch the living space into the open air, and an outdoor fireplace makes the deck a three-season room. Because the 2-car garage tucks under the main level, Alpine Sorrel settles naturally onto a sloped or downhill site, whether that drops toward a valley or down to the water, keeping the footprint tight while the main floor and deck rise to meet the view.

Alpine Sorrel at a Glance

• 1,815 sq ft finished: 1,217 main, 436 upper, 162 lower
• 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2-car tuck-under garage
• Primary suite on the main floor, two bedrooms up
• Both primary-bath layouts included
• Vaulted great room and dining room with a grand fireplace
• Walls of windows for mountain or lake views; outdoor fireplace on the deck
• 202 sq ft deck + 194 sq ft front porch
• Conditioned crawl space; main-floor laundry; upstairs attic storage
• 44 ft wide × 40 ft deep, suited to a sloped or downhill lot
• A mountain chalet with Scandinavian-inspired warmth and a clean, modern edge, equally at home as a mountain or lake vacation house or an energy-efficient full-time small home

If you're considering homes that fit a hillside or mountain site, explore our Hillside House Plans Collection to discover similar layouts that suit a sloped site.