Posted May 02, 2018in At Home With
Five generations of the Dean family once under one roof Darcy Dean Richter’s family moved into their five-bedroom, 2.5-bath West Des Moines home 21 years ago and aren’t planning on leaving anytime soon. Richter’s parents bought the house in 1996 and moved to the suburb from Rochester, Minnesota. Her dad
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Posted February 28, 2018in At Home With
Pieces of history in a Sherman Hill duplex Go to therapy or do something with it. Two decades ago, Anthony Horvath took his own advice and started putting his collection of architectural salvage to use and now has a home to show for it. His Sherman Hill home has a
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Posted January 31, 2018in At Home With
Dickersons add tropical touches to house and yard While some of us may have a “home away from home,” Sherry and Scot Dickerson are striving for a “resort away from resort.” When not at Sandpearl Resort at Clearwater Beach, Florida — one of the Dickersons’ preferred vacation spots — the couple’s Clive home keeps
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Posted January 03, 2018in At Home With
In the Zacharias family’s student-built house, memories are what count In the spring of 2015, the Winterset High School building trades class was in jeopardy. They needed a demand for projects to keep the program afloat. The class, taught by a contractor, provided students with the opportunity to build a
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Posted December 06, 2017in At Home With
Drawn to bungalow’s character Danny and Katy Heggen loved the character of the bungalow they found in the summer of 2016 in the Roosevelt neighborhood. Katy likes to joke they immediately recognized the house’s “potential.” It was well loved and needed updates, but it wasn’t anything too overwhelming for the
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Posted November 01, 2017in At Home With
Beaverdale brick Many milestones and firsts have occurred for Lauren Konrad and her family in their Beaverdale brick home. As first-time owners, the house itself is a first for Konrad and her husband, Brock. “We originally weren’t set on a particular area, but we noticed all of the homes we
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Posted October 04, 2017in At Home With
Paranormal expert Brian McGilvra shares his experiences “It’s more than running around graveyards at night,” Brian McGilvra laughs. McGilvra is a professional paranormal researcher living in Des Moines. Growing up, he was the kid who would check out books about ghosts and other unexplained phenomenon from the library. He always
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Posted September 06, 2017in At Home With
Living in luxury The Confluence on Third apartment complex — 103 S.W. Third St. — more closely resembles a luxury hotel than apartments. There is a large pool, hot tub, fire pit, bocce ball court, rooftop, dedicated dog area and much more. If the amenities weren’t exciting enough, the 211-unit
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Posted August 02, 2017in At Home With
Yellow Door Gallery “The door was yellow when we bought it, just for the record,” says Emily Susanin Kessinger. Kessinger and her husband Mason’s south-side house serves as more than a home; it is also the Yellow Door Gallery, taking the name from the bright yellow front door. The couple
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Posted July 05, 2017in At Home With
Home sweet home isn’t déjà vu The question catches Mark Godwin off guard. He stops to consider, reflect and contemplate: “What were the best 60 seconds of your life?” Many 60-second spans are in the debate raging in his head, and he understands the caveat: He isn’t allowed to take
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