For Debby and Steve Ganzkow, this property near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, was truly meant to be—sparked after a successful home build in Tulsa with the design team at SR Hughes.

“After building the Tulsa home, I felt like we could build another home,” Debby says. They spoke with their adult children about the investment, choosing a place in the country where they could all spend weekends together.

“Our architect, Joel Collins, created a beautiful, simple design,” Debby tells us. “However, the true experience happened with our builder, Victor Jones from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and our interior designers, SR Hughes.”

SR Hughes is a dynamic, family-run business known for evocative spaces that beautifully reflect both the people who live there and the unique locale. “I love that this area is wide open with cattle, horses, and family dogs,” says designer Beth Hughes Sachse, who worked alongside Cassie Johnson on the project. “No other house is visible. One can imagine the wide-open prairie feel as it existed in the late 1800s within the Osage Nation.”

Debby and Steve’s aesthetic of warm, classic modern with an emphasis on art aligned seamlessly with the SR Hughes approach. “This home’s focus is being a window to the wide-open spaces of the Oklahoma prairie,” Beth explains.

“Outside of the breathtaking landscape that surrounds this home, our inspiration started with a custom-colored Odegard rug we placed in the living room,” Cassie tells us. “We wanted to bring in vibrant colors that are warm and true to nature: saturated oranges, bright blues, yellows, and browns. We carried these colors throughout the rest of the home.”

The SR Hughes team enjoyed bringing the outside in. “We had fun ‘ranching up’ the design details,” Beth says. “The leather-laced dining room chairs, the antler sconces and the horsehair sconce in the hallways, the antler towel hooks in the primary bath, and the Native American–themed paper in the powder room complemented with the buffalo painting.” It all looks effortlessly in place, with expansive windows framing the beauty of the prairie.

Debby says building here is one of the best decisions they’ve ever made. “Steve at 78 years old and me at 71 years old just want to share our time with our adult kids and grandkids,” she reflects. “And this house gives us all these benefits.”