from a home he lived in during his high school days in the 1970s. When he first saw the house, he said it was livable, but needed at little TLC. He spent 18 months and worked with numerous talented people from across the KC area to help create a home that fit his unique collections and personality. “It was kind of a runaway train for almost two years,” Ben said. “I asked myself, ‘have I lost my mind?’”
“Everything in this house has a story,” Ben said. “I could spend hours talking about this house and what it holds.” Meade bought and started working on the 1905 brick house more than four years ago when he decided life in suburbia wasn’t for him anymore. He sold his beige, cookie-cutter Lenexa house to live in the River Market. However, deciding that he was just a bit too old for that area, he made another move to a place that was just four houses down
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