Displaying 1 of 1 2003 Format: Book Author: Connolly, M. Caren. Title: Ranches : design ideas for renovating, remodeling, and building new / M. Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman. Publisher, Date: Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, ©2003. Description: 202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Summary: Provides an overview of ranch home style, showing a number of remodeled and updated examples as well as some newly constructed homes, with numerous "before and after" floor plans to supplement the text. Series: Updating classic America Updating classic America. Subjects: Ranch houses -- United States. Architecture, Domestic -- United States. Other Author: Wasserman, Louis. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 200) and index. Contents: Return of the ranch -- Ranch appeal -- Ranch hallmarks -- Origins of the ranch -- A classic contemporary -- ranch options -- Ranch revival -- Ready for an update -- Expect the unexpected -- California dreaming -- Two into one -- Surprise package -- Santa Monica Pier -- Empty nest -- The complete ranch -- The building boom meets the baby boom -- Before you add on -- Courtyard living -- Ranch with a mission -- Refined and simplified -- Back to the ranch -- Stretching the envelope -- Ranch makeovers -- From grand to bland, and back again -- Capturing the view -- Out to pasture -- All in the family -- TV dinner to fusion cuisine -- Learning to relax -- Total transformation -- Cool and deliberate -- Making the headlines -- New ranches -- Why build new -- A modest house -- Belonging to the land -- The ranch rides again. Web Site: Table of contents Publisher description LCCN: 2003008775 ISBN: 1561584371 9781561584376 Other Number: 52079594 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 136259 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 728.6 Connolly Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
