Home on the Ranch

Fort Worth loves this architectural style for homes the most

Spring Branch Central home for sale 4211 Birchton Street

Toss a cowboy hat in any direction, and you'll hit a ranch-style home in Fort Worth. Photo courtesy of Redfin

In Texas, which boasts the most ranches of any state in the country, it’s fitting that ranch-style homes are the most popular architectural style for residences. Fort Worth especially loves ranchers.

A survey by Trulia, an online marketplace for residential real estate, found that ranch-style homes push aside other types of homes — including Colonial, Cape Cod, Victorian, midcentury modern, Tudor and Georgian — for likability among Texas adults.

As a refresher, ranch-style homes are single-story structures with features like a low roofline, open floor plan, rectangular or L shape, and a stucco, brick, or wood exterior.

In Texas, you can find the most ranch-style homes on the market in the Fort Worth-Arlington area, Trulia reports. Here are the top areas in the state for ranch-style homes listed on Trulia, ranked from the highest percentage to the lowest:

1. Fort Worth-Arlington
2. San Antonio
3. El Paso
4. Dallas-Plano-Irving
5. Austin
6. Houston

Overall, the Trulia survey shows Americans favor craftsman-style homes (43 percent), followed by ranch (41 percent) and Colonial (36 percent). However, most U.S. adults 55 and over (52 percent) vote for ranch-style homes.

“Each architectural style across the country adds character and charm to a neighborhood, making each one unique,” Lynnette Bruno, Trulia’s vice president of communications and research, says in a release.

sorry, crafters

Joann Fabrics to close all stores including 6 across Fort Worth

More Dallas-Fort Worth stores could be added to the closure list, according to court filings. Getty Images

It's a sad day for crafters everywhere – Joann Fabrics is shuttering all of its 800 stores nationwide, including six in the Fort Worth area and 15 across Dallas-Fort Worth.

The closure follows after the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in January 2025. Joann Inc. initially filed for bankruptcy in March 2024.

"This was a very difficult decision to make, given the major impact we know it will have on our Team Members, our customers and all of the communities we serve," the company said in a statement. "A careful analysis of store performance and future strategic fit for the Company determined which stores should remain operating as usual at this time. Right-sizing our store footprint is a critical part of our efforts to ensure the best path forward for JOANN.”

UPDATE 2-24-2025: Joann will close all of its 800 fabric stores. The chain previously planned to close approximately 500 of its 800 locations. However, it was unable to find a buyer willing to keep any locations open. The company will sell all its assets to a buyer group that includes its lenders and a company called GA Group, which plans to begin going-out-of-business sales at all its stores. The sale will be approved at a bankruptcy court hearing on February 26.
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The company was founded in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been a beloved destination for quilters, sewists, knitters, crocheters, and other hobbyists. It currently operates about 800 locations and four distribution centers across 49 states.

Eight Joann stores throughout Dallas-Fort Worth were included in an initial closing list, according to court documents filed on Wednesday, February 12.

It is unknown when the stores will officially close, and when clearance sales will take place.

The Dallas-Fort Worth stores are: