A humble floor plan quietly became the heart of American family life.

It's common wisdom that home design trends are cyclical. Some unfortunate features -- like the popular popcorn ceilings of the '80s -- are probably gone for good. But others -- like the pastel ...

With open floor plans and all rooms easy to access on one main level, Ranch-style homes are timeless, all-American classics. Popular for decades, these box-shaped homes feature a long, low roofline ...

The ranch style, wildly popular between the mid-1930s and 1970s, was adapted, styled and tinkered with in a variety of ways across the United States. Raised ranches and split levels were variations ...

A ranch is a single-story house distinguished by a low-profile design, wide-open layout, and an asymmetrical facade while accenting the relationship between indoor and outdoor living. Ranches, also ...

With their open floor plans and connection to nature, these post-war gems are all the rage once again. Mardis Coers / Getty For more than 80 years, ranch-style homes have drawn us in with their ...

The 1950s were a prolific time for building ranch-style homes. San Diego architect Clifford May, considered the father of ranch houses, once said that the ranch house was “…everything a California ...

Not everyone who moves into a midcentury ranch-style house is returning to his or her roots, or yearning to roll back time. People appreciate the ubiquitous dwellings for a whole host of reasons. The ...

Carolina Loaiza and Steve Ramirez weren”t looking for a one-story place when they went house-hunting. But when they walked into a Montvale, N.J., ranch, they knew they were home. “It was beautiful; it ...

There’s a lot to love about the common ranch-style house. Most of the horizontal, ground-hugging ramblers built for middle-class families in the 1950s and 1960s boom years had hardwood floors, brick ...

The bigger the house, the better. Right? Not necessarily, according to a new Google report. Smaller houses are trending, and the search engine site recently revealed that home buyers are increasingly ...