| The secrets to a great looking ranch house are to | | | | extra bedroom could serve as an office, or whatever |
| make it work for you and your family and update the | | | | you may need the space for in your home. Look at |
| home if necessary. Ranch houses are abundant since | | | | what you can do with the space you already have. |
| these were commonly built in the 70s. They are | | | | Redecorate: |
| relatively spacious and work well for most families. | | | | Living in a ranch home probably means that you will |
| The downside to getting an older ranch home is that it | | | | need to do a fair amount of redecorating. A typical |
| may not have the "look" you want. There is good | | | | ranch home that has not been redecorated in many |
| news though. While there are many opinions about | | | | years may have dark paneling on the walls and odd, |
| how one should go about re-doing a ranch house, all | | | | dated colors. Kitchen counters may be the infamous |
| you really need to do is to find ways to make the | | | | avocado green or golden yellow. You may have |
| home work for you. | | | | plumbing and fixtures in the bathroom that really date |
| Look at the Floor Plan | | | | the home. These are all things that can easily be |
| When you live in a ranch house, you will probably find | | | | replaced to give your home a great, up to date |
| that the floor plan is not what you want. However, if | | | | appearance. A fresh coat of paint in your favorite |
| there is enough room in the house, chances are, you | | | | color is in order and replacing the floors will do a lot for |
| can make the floor plan work for you without | | | | your home as well. |
| expensive renovations. A typically ranch house has | | | | Look at the Exterior: |
| three or four bedrooms, a living room and 1 ½ or | | | | Many ranch homes have a typical look. They are |
| two bathrooms. If you take a look at your home, you | | | | often one story, so you may not have the visual height |
| may find that you can make existing rooms into | | | | of a modern two story home. What you can do to |
| something useable. For example, if you have a dining | | | | update the exterior of your home with CNC machines |
| room, but you know that you do not use it very often, | | | | is to look at the landscaping. Plant new shrubs and tall |
| how about making the room a study, a library or even | | | | trees and in no time the outside of your home will look |
| a guest bedroom. This will require very little hard | | | | wonderful. |
| renovation and you will use your space better. An | | | | |