At left: Just outside the kitchen and living room is the side entry to the house, a converted porch featuring a breakfast nook, gorgeous wood ceilings and painted brick. Below: The dining room is the perfect mix of masculine and feminine with its crystal chandelier, expansive wood table, metal chairs and glittering winter centerpiece.
to antique staircases. Original floors lie throughout the house, with just a few updated sections here and there. In the 1920s, the original family turned the house into four separate apartment homes. The doors, locks and hinges, covered in layers of paint now, from these apartments are still being used in the house. The original single-pane windows were salvaged and reused, which is why it tends to get fairly cold in the house in the winter, Brooke said. Her kids love to draw pictures and write their names in the frost when the temperature is just cold enough.
24 vintagekc winter 2015
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