Old House Journal

OUR DYNAMIC MID-CENTURY RANCH

… later we were married here. I think you could say that we are deeply tied to our home. It’s a big, classic Ranch with a view, built in 1952 on Alameda Ridge in Portland, Oregon. We’d been looking for a house in MCM style as it’s a passionofours. Were-imagined a Palm Springs motel and created the

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