It was Mother Nature who called Louis and Phyllis Copt to the plot of land that would later hold their home. Phyllis remembers the day well. She described it with the grace one would expect of any 27-year English teacher. It was “one of those winter days with a beautiful snowfall,” and ...

Though Carl Edwards had always admired the home he and his husband now own, he didn’t like the way its then-green paint concealed the building among the trees in the front yard. “The house just sunk back into the darkness,” he said. But now, the brick home with its blue paint, red ...

Tena Santaularia didn’t need to see the house at 1303 Ranchero Drive before purchasing it around four years ago. She had already fallen in love with it. Four years prior, the house had been on the market “and I probably drove the Realtor crazy because I think I looked at it three times,” ...

Chris Appodaca received her first Christmas decoration at the age of 3. Now, 64 years later, she has too many to count. There’s the line of vintage cookie tins above the kitchen cabinets and the cookie jars above the kitchen windows. There’s the case of Santa milk jugs and mugs in the ...

An early 1900s farmhouse on a 10-acre property is the perfect combination for a Eudora couple with an eye for decorating and a love of nature. Jamie and Adam Jones had been looking to move to a more rural part of Douglas County, and in October 2019 they settled into their home at 2158 North ...

Ashley and Aaron Weigel were living in Olathe when they heard about a gutted property for sale on a two-acre lot in Lawrence. At first, they imagined the home would be an investment they could turn into a rental property. But once they saw it in person, they knew they wanted to live there — ...