Upstairs, the kids’ play room is fun and functional, and you can’t beat the view down the staircase! The master bedroom on the first floor is pretty with a grand bed befitting the feel of the house.
“Our kids seemmore like kids here,” Brooke said. “That’s all we’ve ever wanted.” The house also came with some hidden gems of the past. In the back of the house, sits an old smokehouse where the original family would smoke meats. It eventually became a mass storage room for the original family. When the Ricklefs came across the room they found a treasure trove of priceless antique items that they restored and placed around the home. 100-year old cabinets are being used as a bathroom vanity, along with one in the dining room. The house’s original kitchen sink is now a bathroom sink. Two rusty claw-footed bathtubs are now shiny, perfect additions to their children’s bathrooms. Brooke said that during construction, an area of the floor had to be replaced because of some flooding. Underneath the old floor boards, they found antique glass marbles. A little while later, a family friend walked around the property with a metal detector. They found old horse shoes, handmade nails and even a 1908 coin. “It makes you think what else could be hidden in the walls and floors,” Brooke said. “I’m sure we’ll find more surprises.”
25 vintagekc winter 2015
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