Belarus shipping container house plans with off-street parking aspects Floor Plan No. 1. Let’s start with a floor plan for a shipping container home that measures 20 feet long. Inside, there are two main areas: the bedroom and the kitchen-dining area. In the bedroom, there’s a large closet that takes up almost one entire wall. This leaves you with a spacious floor area of 8 by 9 feet. ntroduction:When designing homes from shipping containers, floor plans need to make the most of every available inch of space. Standard plans for a container house typically involve using a single 40’ x 8’ container, providing 320 square feet of living space. But, you can increase the area by merging multiple containers into a single dwelling; you can