Ranch House Style

By Katherine Samon

Book Overview

Featuring some three hundred full-color photographs, this intriguing study of the American ranch house explores the unlimited decorating possibilities offered to homeowners at all income levels, discussing the style's flexibility, providing ideas for both complete renovations and decor changes, and offering advice on furnishings, accessories, and m

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 060960628X
• ISBN13: 9780609606285
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Stunning and Informative

Though it would look lovely on anyone's coffee table, Ranch House Style is more than a "pretty face." It contains fascinating information about the Ranch House, meticulously researched and expertly written. Each selected house is a study in taste and originality. The photos are sumptuous and the presentation artful. Well-recommended for anyone with a ranch--and anyone with a coffee table.

This book has a bonus

I really enjoy this book. My family spent years in a ranch house and this book lets you know about the easy part of living on one floor and the fun of living in them. I didn't know there were so many different styles of ranch houses. If you have a narrow idea stuck in your mind of what you think a ranch house is going to be, if you can open up and be open to all the different styles of them this book is really great. I appreciated finding out about the history of ranch houses and remembering the one we lived in. I didn't know they had such a great history so I'm glad that information was there because now I really get it. It was like a bonus that added to the book for me. Why not learn something along the way. The pictures of all the houses are really nice, especially the outdoors ones.

Terrific in every way

This book is way beyond anything I expected. It seems to have more photos than most coffee table books and they're all of beautiful rooms and outdoor scenes that I want to live in. There are a lot of full page pictures and they're a lot prettier than anything else we've seen lately in other books, and we're major consumers of these books now that we have a new house we're getting together. We have a two-story house and already we have a long list of ideas from this book to do that we're excited about for inside and for our yards. This is a really smart and useful book.

A Style Book With Style

Katherine has masterfully captured the charm and grace of the Ranch House style as she pictorially and verbally guides the reader on a wonderful tour of various ranch houses throughout the country. The author shares a variety of information and ideas, depicting the elegance and ease, the tradition and diversity which can be present when you creatively design and decorate ranch houses.What I liked the best was the blending of visual delights and historic and practical information that Katherine shares. She is clearly both knowledgeable and passionate about ranch houses and has created a work which elevates the ranch house architecture to an art form. She articulates and demonstrates the flexibility of the style and champions a design which has previously gone unnoticed. This book is a must for designers and decorators, realtors, and anyone in love with Americana.I highly recommend it.

Best style book I've ever bought

I am still amazed at the amount of ideas and all of the inspiration I continually receive from this book. It is upbeat and sophisticated and warm. It doubles as a reference book for ideas about my home - and my own house isn't even a ranch. Hopefully my future one will be! And will be as wonderful as the ones I see in this book. I love the amount of color photos in the book. You really get your money's worth. I hope that other people can experience the fun, inspiration and originaltiy that this book is chock full of.