California ranch kitchen

Near Santa Ynez, California, Rita Chan—a sustainability-minded interior design firm based in Santa Barbara—created a warm, minimal "ranchette" home that represents the best of wine -country living.

It’s an ode to past and present Northern California style

The kitchen is often called the heart of the home, and for good reason. It’s usually where family and friends gather to cook, eat, and spend quality time together. That’s why it’s important for your…

The wide-open spaces of the Santa Ynez Valley and the whitewashed walls of a transformed ranch house in the hills are a bucolic backdrop for seasonal gatherings.

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Dave and Jen Dawson are founders of a lighting company known for collections that blend form with function, modern with classic. The same can be said of their 1950s waterside ranch house in South Carolina, which has been sensitively renovated for a much brighter, more comfortable and yet entirely authentic Charleston feel