A remodel of an existing ranch house of modest provenance as a fine home for entertaining. A college presidents house has a very challenging role to play. It must be gracious enough to reflect the station of the office but it must also work as a home for a family with all the requisite issues that implies - comfort and care of a sick child, visiting relatives, and the basic human need for private, defensible space. Of course it must also reflect good value and the best traditions of the institution served.