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    Cliff May ranch houses and their important architectural legacy

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    8 Cliff May inspired ranch house plans from Houseplans.com

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    Springfield Housing Project – Royal Barry Wills, Jan 28, 1942

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    Build an Eichler ranch house — 8 original design house plans ava...

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    Granny ranch — defined

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    The 10 Most Endangered Features of Midcentury Homes: 2012 report

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    The first colors for bathroom fixtures — Kohler introduces sink,...

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    At Home, by Bill Bryson — Excellent holiday reading

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    Video: The Wilson House — shrine to mid century laminate

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    Dovecotes in storybook ranch houses

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    60s Ceratile samples

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    Royal Barry’s Wills home, 1920, Melrose, Mass.

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    Victorian meets mid-century modern time capsule for sale in Adams, Mas...

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    Julia Baum captures the “vibrant display of personality” i...

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    The Royal Barry Wills Cape Home

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    Introducing: “Mid-Century Modest”

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    Preservation Briefs free from the National Park Service

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    Your home is not complete without a Sanitary Unit

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    A simpler but equally celebrated 1938 kitchen

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    Early American design – why was it popular in the mid-20th-centu...

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    “America’s Kitchens” – I bought the book, too

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    46 years of Aladdin Home catalogs

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    The history of the milkman: Who killed him?

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    Meet Alison King of Modern Phoenix

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    “Ranch homes” – their history and distinguishing cha...

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    A 1950 American Dream House

    A classic colonial 50s home

    A 1950 American Dream home

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    A 1950 American Dream Home

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    1950 American dream houses – we start a new series

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    1950s laminate – Wilsonart provides some history

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    “Little Boxes” – California’s historic Westlak...

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    Sears’ Harmony House 1940-1968

    Mom tunes us in to “Leisurama” now on PBS

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    In praise of Royal Barry Wills and his important role in popularizing ...

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    Storybook ranch houses

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    Estate sales: Exhilarating — and horrifying

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    Load up on the Eames stamps available beginning today

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    On butterfly roofs, xeroscaping, diamond-pattern concrete block and mo...

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    An Asian Tiki timeline courtesy Courtney and the L.A. Times