Furnishings? That's pretty open, like most ranch layouts - although, of course, respect for the original should guide updates for function, style and comfort.Ĭhapters are "Inspiring Originals,” "Is My House a Ranch?” "Stunning Transformations,” "Modest Makeovers,” "Pure Fun,” "Outside the Ranch,” "Adding Personality,” "Preserving Midcentury Neighborhoods” and "Ranch Resources.” Loads of books hit my desk and bounce off because they're just uninteresting. While homes from dryer climes have long had flat roofs, in Northern Europe the standard was steep roofs since time. What to do with a ranch? That's the point of the book.īottom line: Don't try to make it something it's not like, say, a bungalow. a flat-roof house that to me looks like a 1960s-era dentist's office, in Houston. The book is loaded with photos of homes I'd never think of as a ranch: a butterfly roof split-level in San Francisco an A-frame in Denver a stucco box with a hip roof in Westchester, Calif. Turns out there are more to ranches, or ramblers, whose heyday was just after World War II through the 1970s: "fanciful roof lines,” atriums, post-and-beam construction, clerestory windows "and more.” Then I picked up "Atomic Ranch: Design Ideas for Stylish Ranch Homes” by Michelle Gringeri-Brown with photos by Jim Brown (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, $39.95). A survey of a handful of Oklahomans confirmed my conception: A ranch is a single-story rectangle with a plain front, consistent roof line, garage attached at the side, maybe sliding-glass doors to a back patio, more open than not inside.
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