Sheri and Mark Tyree have renovated a 1921 prairie-style colonial revival property in Topeka’s Elmhurst neighborhood. It will be featured on a new episode of “Home and Away” at 6 tonight on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6, with repeat airings throughout the week.

What to do with the second-floor ballroom?

That was one question facing Sheri and Mark Tyree when they found and fell in love with their 1921 prairie-style colonial revival in Topeka’s Elmhurst neighborhood.

The home’s original owner, who was in the theater business, entertained frequently in the expansive second-story space that features hand-painted murals on the plaster walls, maple floors and a fireplace. The Tyrees restored the maple floors, repaired extensive water damage to the walls and have converted the space into a spacious family room complete with comfortable seating and a billiard table.

Considered a “jewel” of the neighborhood, the home’s brick exterior features stone porch pillars and accents, Palladian windows and a side parapet. For this couple, it was love at first sight.

“Mark called me on the phone and just kept repeating, ‘Sheri, trust me, you have to see this house.'” The Tyrees bought the house the same day they saw it. It had only been on the market for four hours.

Stunning coffered ceilings made of old-growth oak accentuate the living room, library and dining room, and a tiled sunroom leads to the front porch.

Charming original accouterments remain, including one of the first 12 home Frigidaire refrigerators wall-mounted near the kitchen, art deco lighting in the master bedroom and a dumbwaiter.