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A great flex space, the room between the kitchen and living room functions as a dining room, a game room, a sitting room and a gen- erally great place to hang out. Below A quaint sitting area serves as a landing between the front entry and the grand hall.
“I call my two daughters the ‘LaLa’s’,” Becki explained. “So their rooms up there are in LaLa Land. It’s our place to go and to dream and for them to be kids.” Though LaLa Land and the rest of the house might look picture perfect now, it’s quite a change from where it began two years ago when the Andersons took a leap of faith and purchased it. Having built two homes from the ground up previously, the consideration of a house well past the century mark in age was quite a departure for Becki and her husband, Steve. As they walked through the house for the first time, Becki fell in love. Steve thought perhaps she had just fallen into denial. “He just couldn’t see it like I could,”
Becki said. “I walked in and didn’t see the house that was here; I saw the house that we have now. My husband didn’t quite share my vision, and maybe thought I was a little crazy.”
For the remodel, Becki chose to approach her changes carefully, trusting her vision to contractor Ray Chirpich of Chirpich Brothers Construction. Maintaining the integrity of the original home was essential, especially the limestone exterior, and Becki was deter- mined to work with the walls she had been given. Every coat of paint, picture on the wall and architectural choice was thoughtful and purposeful.
The Andersons ultimately passed on the 3,900-square-foot beauty and decided to keep their options open. Nearly a year later, after searching with no luck, “716” still stood out. Tucked into the hills of Liberty, with a sprawling two acres of yard to stretch out and play, the house truly spoke to Becki. And thankfully, she answered. Becki and Steve signed on the dotted line and began working on making the house into their home.
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