Blevins Ranch

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 of having bedrooms and children near at hand, the convenience of one-level living, and the everyday luxury of smooth indoor-outdoor flow. So it's no surprise that the ranch is in style again--and this book showcases the best of it. Whether that style is the mid-century modern of Corbusier and the Eameses, or the cross-cultural awareness of the sixties, or the Pop Art and plastic of the seventies, Ranch House Style offers inspiration and instruction on re-creating these looks in your own home. But this book isn't just for style mavens with professional decorators. Because if there's any one completely American, democratic architectural style, it's the ranch house. Ranches, in all their glory (and sometimes utter lack of it), are everywhere, usually affordable, just waiting for the right shag carpet to restore their hipness, the right flea-market find to liven up that patio. And Ranch House Style shows how--with examples of the ranch's flexibility for any decorating style, from Victorian and French Country to thoroughly contemporary, from primary homes in the suburbs to vacation getaways on the shore, from vintage gems to newly built originals. It also shows how to solve the special challenges that come with one-story living in a decades-old house, including how to expand into today's more spacious footprints, how to renovate for modern amenities, and how best to use the ranch's typically largeplot of land. Remarkably, there hasn't been a book on ranches available in decades. Despite the millions that exist across the entire country, the ranch has been ignored by the high-design community.

Ranching and Texas remain synonymous for people around the world, although our knowledge of ranch life more often comes from the movies than from herding cattle on the Panhandle Plains. Yet there still are Texans for whom ranching is a daily way of life, and this book tells their stories. Through Lawrence Clayton's words and Wyman Meinzer's evocative black-and-white photographs, you will visit sixteen working ranches across Texas: Alta Vista, Canales, Catarina, O'Connor, and Ray in South Texas; R. A. Brown, Chimney Creek, Goodnight, J A, Moorhouse, Nail, and Renderbrook Spade in the Panhandle and Northwest Texas; and Henderson Cove, Hudspeth River, Long X, and Hoskins 101 in the Trans-Pecos. Many of these ranches trace their beginnings to the open range, and all of them are known today for running a quality "outfit." Clayton recounts the history and current operation of each ranch, often drawing on stories handed down over generations. Quotes from ranch owners and employees give a feel for the challenges and rewards of modern-day ranching and also underscore how much ranching varies across the different regions of Texas. Meinzer's photographs capture the endless prairies and the weather-worn faces of the men and women who work the cattle, as well as the tools of their trade. For everyone fascinated by Texas ranching, this book offers enjoyable reading and viewing of this proud and increasingly rare way of life.

The 101 Ranch (book) - The 101 Ranch written by Ellsworth Collings in collaboration with Alma Miller England, narrates the history of the famed 101 Ranch, the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, and the Miller family who founded and operated both the ranch and the show. The history spans from 1841, G.

Philmont Scout Ranch - Philmont Scout Ranch is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips and now that of the Boy Scouts of America, is currently in use as a national high adventure base in which crews of Scouts take part in backpacking expeditions and other outdoor activities.

Ranch-style house - Ranch-style houses are also called American ranch or California rambler. First built in the 1930s, the ranch style house was extremely popular in America during the 1950s and 1960s, as new suburbs were built for baby boomer families.

Cherry Patch Ranch - The Cherry Patch Ranch is one of two brothels in Crystal, Nye County, Nevada and is located on Ranch Road. The ranch is owned by Joe Richards.

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