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If you grew up in postwar America, chances are you lived in or next to a ranch-style house. And the things we loved about ranches when we liked Ike are still attractive—perhaps more so—today: the liberation that comes with open-plan living, the casual feel of easy kitchen access, the comfort... read more

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From the image of a cowboy hitching his horse to a frontier ranch to a fifties family piling into a station wagon in a suburban driveway, the ranch house evokes the evolution of a friendly, casual, and gracious house.

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  1. Katherine Ann Samon (Author)
 

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