Designer makes '70s ranch house 'beachy but comfortable'

You've seen this house a million times: a low-slung 1970s Floridaranch, stucco walls, tile roof. You know what the inside is likebefore you open the door: low popcorn ceilings, tile floor, crank-out windows, sliding glass doors to the lanai. Tired kitchen cabinetsand inexpensive white wicker furniture. The house that time forgot.

Ah, but look at it now.

Wood-plank flooring, crisp white beadboard below golden yellow onthe walls, new lighting, new kitchen cabinets and appliances, a freshcolor scheme and comfortable new furniture awaken this sleepingbeauty.

"We kind of like it," said owner Bryant Scott, 47. Scott and hiswife Pam, 41, were heading toward the house …