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An old fashioned porch welcomes family and friends to this contemporary version of the traditional country-style ranch house. Inside, three vaulted, interconnected gathering spaces flow together at the heart of the home, expanding the entire space front to back. Closets line one entire wall in the owners’ suite, and its bathroom has a double vanity.


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In reflective or visionary moments, maybe you’ve considered the possibility of designing and building a home perfectly suited to your lives.
That’s exactly what the staff at Associated Designs invited readers to do several months ago when we published the 2008 Home from the Heart survey. Readers like you, from all over the United States and Canada, accepted our invitation. Now we’d like to share the tallied results of that survey along with some comparisons to ten years ago.
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This two-story country-style cottage house plan is well-suited to the needs of a growing family. It has a luxurious owners’ suite on the ground floor, and three more bedrooms plus a bonus room/fifth bedroom upstairs. It’s also exceptionally bright, especially in the two-story entry, great room, sunny nook and large kitchen.