Singer-songwriter Carole King loves the rustic kitchen at her central Idaho ranch. Home is very important to me and consistently shows up in my lyrics, said Carole, who spent nearly 20 years transforming her ranch into an environmentally friendly home as well as a recording studio. Home means comfort. But this house, more than any Ive had, gives me the sense of being wrapped in the warm blanket of nature, she added. The kitchen features wood finishes, cabinets from walls to ceiling and barstools. This environmentally friendly room is heated geo-thermally by water from a nearby hot spring piped under the adobe floor tiles.