House Tour

Today we’re doing something special! We’ve done a few visits to lovely homes before but never a proper house tour ... -Century Ranch house or a Craftsman bungalow with attic master-suite. Thanks, Ana for giving ... . So say welcome to our first house tour guest, Ana from Rearranged Design! Check out all the great [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 16:03:01

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HousePlans

Looking for the home of your dreams can be a very daunting task ... Plans plans ready for you to purchase and build as is, or to use as a starting point Ranch house ... house Plans. Find a blueprint that fits your style and your budget. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 15:22:00

Gnome sweet Gnome...

It was so funny last night, Robert & I went out to dinner at this place called Saddle Ranch Chop House. The atmosphere reminded me of being on a dude ranch, totally fun. They even had a mechanical bull ... so. If not, you really missed out...just sayin'....LOL So any big plans this weekend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:21:59

North of Wine Country: California’s Secret Clearlake Wedding and Event Venues

While I’ve lived in the Bay Area for 30 years, I took my very first trip to Lake County only recently when I rented a house on Clearlake for a ... of old Europe amongst California’s vineyards has already been achieved in their lovely ranch house, but I learned there are even bigger plans for this property. Situated on a picturesque stretch [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 19:34:02

Give-Away Day, 2008!

It’s Sew, Mama, Sew’s Give-Away Day, 2008! I have 3 pair of snowmen earrings that I’ll be giving away to 3 people drawn by random.org ... Patchy Work of Mini Grey Funny Magic vmjess Linaloo True Up Going Kiwi Little Ranch House Ournie ... Containers & Compartments Scarlet Fig Curlin Reed Sullivan Belles Lettres Designs House of Hodgepodge [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 10:46:14

So long, Jacques Littlefield. Say hello to General Patton.

Jacques Littlefield, a college friend of mine, died this week in California ... roar around in the meadow behind his ranch house, subduing rebellious birds and insurgent squirrels ... had his own plans to utopianize America. He once explained to me his idea for ending crime, first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:59:02

Reasons Why My Brain And Body Are Fried No, I am not blaming a thing on the in-laws ... more than for us to move into a $500,000 ranch house in their area that is smaller than the $75,000 ... those plans. We rearranged things so that I could head back home instead. The catch - I had to leave [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 20:44:36

Managing Mormonism on the Mormon Trail

Among the most sacred Mormon sites anywhere is Martin's Cove, a broad niche in the Sweetwater Rocks near Devil's Gate in central Wyoming, ... the historic Sun Ranch at Devil's Gate, remodel the old ranch house into a museum and visitors [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:09:53

Irvine Co. announces first layoffs in 16 years

Irvine Co. headquarters in Newport Beach (Updated to add links, photos, more details and background.) The Irvine Co ... property taxpayer in the county. The original 93,000-acre Irvine Ranch, formed from several Spanish ... has been transforming the ranch into master-planned housing developments, apartment and office buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 23:12:46

Another Orange County Housewife House Goes on the Block

SELLER: Simon and Tamra BarneyLOCATION: Pointe Circle, Ladera Ranch, CAPRICE: $1,599,000SIZE: 4,300 (approx.), 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: Tuscan Beauty! This very desirable plan 3 sits on a pie shaped lot ... have put their Ladera Ranch tract house on the market with an asking price of $1,599,000. Do y'all [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 17:38:00

By Deon Roberts, Online EditorNot too long ago, I was watching the Suzie Orman show on CNBC ... for homeowners to go green are documented on Eco-Ranch in the Midwest, a blog about “One ordinary family’s quest to ‘green’ their 1950s ranch house in a part of the country where green technology [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:32:37

NEW TO RENT ON DVD/VIDEO

NEW TO RENT ON DVD/VIDEO The Strangers (Cert 15, 84 mins, Universal Pictures UK, Thriller/Horror/Romance, also available to buy DVD £19 ... (Howerton) to come to the brick ranch house to pick him up. The couple sits awkwardly, raking over ... the young woman on the dimly lit porch. Sending the girl away to a neighbouring house, Kristen runs a bath [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 09:40:15

Figuring Out Where to Tie the Knot

When you think of your wedding, chances are you can see a pretty good idea of the clothes you want to wear, whom you want to stand at your side, ... property their families own between them are a double-wide and two small ranch houses on cramped lots [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 17:46:17

Coffee Pot Reflections

We spent a few days at the ranch, cleaning barns, and helping where we could. Today, I was watching a cow calve, and since she was doing ok, I decided to come into the ranch house to get a cup of coffee. Sunlight poured through the kitchen window, lit up the coffee [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:53:28

Alas ...

In reply to Christmas Story: 1953: In 1954, just after we moved into our spiffy suburban ranch house, my uncle started a large 8 x 16 Lionel O-gauge layout in the basement. Presumably ... as I have just started construction on a huge (roughly 100 x 150) garden train layout behind the house. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:15:08

Home Design News - January 2009

Home Design News - January 2009 By admin | 13th Jan 2009 | Filed under Newsletters HAPPY NEW YEAR! ... and business practice.  This month’s featured plans are a good example of the variety to be found on our website. The Prichard is old-fashioned simplicity of a ranch style house plan perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:53:39

Menu Plan Monday - Week of 1/5/09

Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had a great holiday with your family and friends. We did! ... of fun, a glimpse into our world. This is all that is left of Christmas decor at our house ... chili), fresh cut veggies & ranch dressing Beef Stirfry with frozen veggie mix, rice Honey [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:24:31

Going Home to the Sixties: Pacifica Family Rediscovers the Good Life

Two years ago, Pacifica residents Dave and Kathy Hall inherited a vintage patio home in Tustin, ... . The house is nearly finished and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Atomic Ranch Magazine ... in a tract of modest houses built in 1968 in the Eichler style, under the brand name of Broadmoor Homes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 00:38:26

Postwar Fairborn: Early 1950s Gallery

As we've seen Fairborn made the transition to a blue collar Dayton suburb ... . A quick gallery of early 50's style. This was a transitonal era into ranch houses from the cape cod/english cottage style of the 1940s. Mouse over the images and click for some detail. These houses [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 01:21:00

Too Much of a Good Thing = Boring

There are Katy neighborhoods where you can drive down the street and, with a little bit of knowledge, ... appealing mix with a wide-style of interior plans. Nobody’s house is just like anybody else’s. Each ... Ranch are so outstanding is that there is a good mix of custom builders in each section. Each custom [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 02:45:04

Around $250,000 in stolen Oakley gear recovered

According to the Orange Country Register a former Oakley employee, Oscar Zuniga, ... Oakley product was discovered in his house. Here’s the story: FOOTHILL RANCH - It looked ... in a bedroom in Oscar Zuniga’s Santa Ana home after serving a search warrant on the former Oakley employee [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 17:26:06

Barratt Properties in Receivership

This is a picture of Barratt's community in Encinitas that never got built ... KTGY, the contemporary-styled neighborhood’s three floor plans encompass 1,198 to 1,903 square feet ... that their five remaining houses and ten lots in Bressi Ranch in Carlsbad, this Encintas community called [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 21:39:47

6 Free House Plans

If you’re a potential builder/owner then this post will interest you ... find anyways. Free House Plan - The Delafield, a Gracious Country-Style Ranch Free for a limited ... . I went searching today for free house plans… our sawhorses, workbenches and router tables were [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 19:29:14

Is it really Friday?

Ah…..this week has draaaaaaaged   I am SO happy that today is Friday!  Even better?  We have lots of fun plans this weekend!Tonight we finally have the last of our Christmas parties!  This one is at Chad’s boss’ house ... , mushroom, shrimpies, and green pepper.  Topped with LF Ranch.  I was definitely a little heavy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:34:36

Did President Bush Use CondoDomain?

The Blog Rumors are out that CondoDomain represented President Bush in his new Preston Hollow home purchase in Dallas! ... Cuban. The new pad is a modest 8,500 square foot home with guest house on 1.1 acres in prime north ... to their ranch in Crawford only a few hours by car or shorter in the air being only minutes to Love Field [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:38:52

Ronnie Earle should run for Governor of Texas

As I was reading this AAS article, Retiring DA engaged community in his job, ... sheriff, a state legislator and Texas House parliamentarian, said Earle struck a balance between ... on a ranch near Birdville, now called Haltom City. He came to Austin when he was 19 and earned government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:22:08

Fellow Cottage Transformations Blogs

If you're looking for other cottage transformation journeys (in the beginning stages!) ... have to have an "architecturally correct" period style cottage to make your home your cottage. I live in a 30 year old little ranch style home. We haven't even touched the outside of our house yet (and it will be quite a while [more...]

Date: 2008-06-03 22:56:43

Bush: Gustav, Katrina, tale of two storms

by Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. -- President George W ... his convention address, now plans to monitor events from the White House. The president said he did ... following a vacation at his Texas ranch, made a low-flying arc over the flooded Crescent City [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 03:58:54

The Britt House in Paradise Gardens

Paradise Gardens, an impossibly cool mid-century housing development outside Phoenix, AZ, ... plans, to shame. Attributed largely to the architect Alfred Beadle, who was responsible for the only Case Study House to be built outside California, the development consists of a number of ranch style [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 19:50:07

Thursday’s New Home Community Picks

New Home Communities in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona As we continue our efforts to provide homebuyers with up-to-date new housing information, ... home communities, buyers can choose from a variety of customizable ranch-style and two-story floor ... floor-plans to choose from ranging between 1,148 to 1,273 square-feet. Located northwest of I-25 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 19:31:37

Review: Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren

About the Book: When she put her dreams on hold to help run the family ranch, she never imagined they would slip out of sight ... a sprawling ranch in eastern Montana to make it the new Hollywood hot spot. Unfortunately, a house fire threatens his plans. So does opposition from his new neighbor Stefanie Noble [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 07:43:51

Recent Read

Book 3 of 2009Rachel and the Hired Gun by Elaine Levine Why this one: As was apparent, ... . Sager decides to head out; just the two of them, for his bosses ranch. But Sager has other plans ... Blurb:When Rachel Douglas left her aunt's house in Virginia for the wilds of the Dakota Territory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:26:00

A Bit of the Old West: Pasadena

by Fabian Toulouse Some time ago in Indiana in 1873, the place had been hit by the hardest winter ever recorded in history. Dr ... came up with a decision of purchasing the 4,000 acres of the San Pascual Ranch which was later ... Hotel located across the street from Barney’s place. The school house was located at Fair Oaks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 06:01:13

The Christmas Wedding

Three grown men groaned when the huge, white binder landed on the wooden breakfast table in the kitchen ... in northern Texas. Elizabeth was at home at the ranch where she grew up, living for the first time ... . The only girl in a house full of boys, Elizabeth was well protected and well loved. Her mother [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 18:22:39

One Woman’s Confession: I HATE SUBURBIA (Sep, 1965)

view additional pages One Woman’s Confession: I HATE SUBURBIA Yes ... —split-level, ranch or colonial style—in a suburb close enough to the city to offer entertainment ... colonial style house you see. Then Deena came along (she’s fifteen now) and Robbie (he’s seven [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:21:10

Lance Armstrong's Hill Country Hideaway

SELLER: Lance ArmstrongLOCATION: Deadman's Hole, Dripping Springs, TXPRICE: $12,000,000SIZE: 4,241 square feet, 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms (total0DESCRIPTION: Spectacular resort like ranch with 447.8 acres (hcad). Ownership in Deadman's ... , beautiful grassy pastures & 7 miles of hike/bike trails. Fab 4bd, 4ba main house on hilltop w/ exquisite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:10:00

Republicans Mission Accomplished?. Legacy or Minority Party?

A reflective President Bush acknowledged a number of blunders that have marred his White House years, ... collapse worse than the Great Depression.When Bush leaves office in a couple of days, he plans to divide his time between his Crawford, Texas, ranch and a spacious home in the exclusive Preston Hollow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:48:00

Dogged by near misses

Well, I went off on another house hunting trip. *(*actually I saw this house last Friday... )I figured I'd drag you along again. Why not.. ... in the day, but then we pulled up in front of this nice and neat ranch style rambler.Ramblers look a bit understated, but I have learned that out of all the floor plans in SLC, a traditional "ranch [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 07:06:00

He lies like a rug

George Bush has repeatedly praised his decision-making powers concering the choice of a rug when he moved into the White House and used it as an ... you might guess, to first to do the designs, to settle on the designs, to settle on the yarn colors ... : That's right. We'll fly back to Texas, and we'll end up at our ranch with a number of friends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:51:00

How wily Joe Lieberman wends his way between McCain's GOP and Obama's Democrats

Meanwhile, back at the congressional ranch: The Democratic boys are grumbling about their former partner and 2000 vice presidential candidate, ... Joe caucus with them (which means they have lunch and make tons of plans, most of which never ... a fellow Democratic caucus member, Barack Obama, who really wants to live in the White House, even [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 09:22:49

Obama accuses McCain of sordid attacks amid economic peril

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AFP) - Barack Obama hammered Republican White House rival John McCain Sunday for wanting to "turn the page" ... at a time of mounting job losses. McCain, who was preparing for the debate near his ranch ... of a shuttered factory, a panicked financial trading floor and a family struggling to make ends [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:30:43

Hill Happenings

It's time for a quick check-in on the Hill Section.First, a sale, at long last. The odd "flag lot" house at 612 11th is in escrow after 11 months ... , with development plans apparently thwarted, the new owner offered to flip the lot to any willing buyer ... , or split the lot and build two. (See "Just Split 'Em.") Too bad the charming ranch home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 06:47:00

Michael Jackson Rents Mansion For $100,000 A Month

For years now, The King Of Pop has been the subject of rumors concerning his finances ... his Neverland ranch and that he was heavily in debt to several banks that had called in his loans ... home, which is nestled amongst trees and shrubbery, also comes with a guest house, a screening room [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 13:22:20

Obama’s Chicago House is his ‘Kennebunkport’

Now that President-elect Barack Obama and his family will have a new address in Washington, DC, what becomes of Obama’s house in Chicago? ... , referring to his home at 5046 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago. Obama plans on returning to his South Side ... , as President Bush enjoyed doing on his Crawford, TX ranch, but from the looks of the photo, Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:57:38

a new year

When I’m really thinking, really pondering things I’m either talking it out with someone, or I’m completely silent ... ranch a couple years ago and the calf is now grown up and almost ready for eating. I plan to take A3 to the slaughter house and follow it through the process and then create a feast to celebrate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:51:04

Bush Texas-bound, eye on Georgia

by Mark Silva President Bush postponed his summer vacation at his Texas ranch because of the crisis in Georgia. A day. Bush plans to leave for Crawford tomorrow. "Got a lot of folks, smart folks analyzing ... -bound Friday. "I think the president wanted to stick around one more day today,'' White House Press [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 20:58:52

Prior to Getting Started do Some Brainstorming

by Noel Wortinger Many people have a ranch home. There are actually many ranch home renovation ideas ... about home renovation, you will need plans. After all, you’re going to live in this home for a long ... plans for your house, floor plans, and blueprint, to suit your exceptional tastes, and make [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 15:43:14

Sucker Winner(s)!!

I was so excited to read about every one's New Years Eve plans ... junk food until 11:59 pm. We went to a friend's house in Baton Rouge. It is always a great time over ... up or something. Oh, yeah the next winner is..........TJ and Mark over at The Ranch on Salmon Creek [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:01:00

“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics

ranch-house-3 Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday ... . But not all one-story houses are ranch homes. Ranch-style, ranch bungalow, ranchette, rambler, California [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57

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