Furnishing Interior Design

I'm sitting by a cozy fire on a giant worn slipcovered sofa while my dad and my husband flip back and forth between hockey and football. I'm obviously bored out of my mind and tempted to turn on Vanderpump Rules and watch the room clear out. But I like my dad and my husband, so I decide to let them stay while I read design blogs on my phone and try to figure out the best way to get someone to give me a blanket.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Then, <a href="http://sarahsnodgrass.com/blog/posh-2-story-plaza-highrise-penthouse-condo-auctioned/">I'm hit with this post</a> and my heart starts racing.<br /><div><br /></div><div>"OMG. Oh Em Gee. Are you kidding me???? What? Where? Omg!" </div><div><br /></div><div>My dad and my husband do not even acknowledge what is clearly the most amazing thing I've ever seen on my phone EVER! </div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily, my 20 year old sister is sitting in the corner and decides that what I am looking at must be good enough to pull her away from her intensive iPad search for the perfect Spring Break/21st birthday local. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>But no one is <i>really</i> taking me seriously.  </div><div><br /></div><div>"This is my dream home," I exclaim. "And it's in Kansas City.  And it's not even a house.  <span style="font-size: large;">It's a high rise.</span>" <br /><br />I knew this would get the husband's attention.  We just moved into our dream home in the perfect neighborhood with the best neighbors, schools and grocery stores galore.  What could possibly make me want to move into a condo?  He's intrigued.  My Dad is telling me about his friends who live in a high-rise and like it. <br /><br />"It's 9,000 square feet." I'd left out the mansion part.<br /><br />Kip sits back, relieved that I'm just in my <i>other reality</i>.  My Dad thinks that's too much space.<br /><br />Y'all can decide.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU_CKX4jrdURjonyFi5AoerRE6vA0tRCLUWC4su2_go88k2H8R3LMX_qsybNmcGr-zhkeqJmti3rlPmE64uCkU2zksefauYk0zgBUd6NbrJXUvrorUTQZuTKYfv5x3cg0EpqkE_6LiuA/s1600/5D3M7267_68_69_70_71_72_73_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU_CKX4jrdURjonyFi5AoerRE6vA0tRCLUWC4su2_go88k2H8R3LMX_qsybNmcGr-zhkeqJmti3rlPmE64uCkU2zksefauYk0zgBUd6NbrJXUvrorUTQZuTKYfv5x3cg0EpqkE_6LiuA/s1600/5D3M7267_68_69_70_71_72_73_large.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.sherlewagner.com/legacy/">Sherle Wagner Hardware</a> through out.  Old school fancy. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pvh1XQPPGIHlxbQD_uY4HYEud5ZVDG_MAH1pJtWBTlyDNhbL-gkmKf84kODzcyWNiAttiCD0lwRau3BYOcYy6lqyb9IZHmbZCSTYCNGO9xUjkoPt2srxc25bHU6_Q201AC5edUfCE4s/s1600/5D3M7211_2_3_4_5_6_7_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pvh1XQPPGIHlxbQD_uY4HYEud5ZVDG_MAH1pJtWBTlyDNhbL-gkmKf84kODzcyWNiAttiCD0lwRau3BYOcYy6lqyb9IZHmbZCSTYCNGO9xUjkoPt2srxc25bHU6_Q201AC5edUfCE4s/s1600/5D3M7211_2_3_4_5_6_7_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />Gah!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOEFKQiJh5j3ahvHu53IVAPmgqbCsAnmGee3BiWS6uzpH0Kk5ZyEzvboHf4E77shVSKjec8IXdAAdEQKNhrnYyEJdQEZ5dqk9NM8ywHnGCOzeZALvcCXtjdpLxuAgB9OScwpcXucOgtA/s1600/5D3M7225_26_27_28_29_30_31_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOEFKQiJh5j3ahvHu53IVAPmgqbCsAnmGee3BiWS6uzpH0Kk5ZyEzvboHf4E77shVSKjec8IXdAAdEQKNhrnYyEJdQEZ5dqk9NM8ywHnGCOzeZALvcCXtjdpLxuAgB9OScwpcXucOgtA/s1600/5D3M7225_26_27_28_29_30_31_large.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gah again! I love the gorgeous curved staircase, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">corbeled dome with cove lighting and "reed & ribbon" moldings.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq3UXuKkhBL0oM5990x39fzUu55wUBylTVssBT5jwfxtx3zNa0psoLwf6ldDW38yZOMAsL4oqRuSkvX9PG-GKaEXbQk_q72sUyewWFfnStwGX3-9XTK8Hvl8Dx29esDj8duH7QwnkqXY/s1600/5D3M7232_3_4_5_6_7_8_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq3UXuKkhBL0oM5990x39fzUu55wUBylTVssBT5jwfxtx3zNa0psoLwf6ldDW38yZOMAsL4oqRuSkvX9PG-GKaEXbQk_q72sUyewWFfnStwGX3-9XTK8Hvl8Dx29esDj8duH7QwnkqXY/s1600/5D3M7232_3_4_5_6_7_8_large.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6xPis21Gpvcbq2KeZvMbS4NzhmnKlLYBvNTkYdH70cK6YM4kXRTRL1o3vjsunsmXLV342-MsMcKYmSVSCwl8_YILlJy2GZGLzbIr4v57t8yIcrtIMMRBESu3JGIzNivs2CaDJLA0mf0/s1600/5D3M6980_1_2_3_4_5_6_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6xPis21Gpvcbq2KeZvMbS4NzhmnKlLYBvNTkYdH70cK6YM4kXRTRL1o3vjsunsmXLV342-MsMcKYmSVSCwl8_YILlJy2GZGLzbIr4v57t8yIcrtIMMRBESu3JGIzNivs2CaDJLA0mf0/s1600/5D3M6980_1_2_3_4_5_6_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />Living Room with paneled walls, custom moldings, silk window dressings, oak parquet floor.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh5eL_06-tO4V5nIp0yhoJcn_A4T2A541o0W_C_pODnFeU4Xp0ttGH6B800bYR0nAP6BcxxVeRx4sb7rUrt-Z_8kLND_eI5f7-xwELWiwEPrFZYjXzXHn6f1wJtOLCXorbpfazhoCZrU/s1600/5D3M6987_88_89_90_91_92_93_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh5eL_06-tO4V5nIp0yhoJcn_A4T2A541o0W_C_pODnFeU4Xp0ttGH6B800bYR0nAP6BcxxVeRx4sb7rUrt-Z_8kLND_eI5f7-xwELWiwEPrFZYjXzXHn6f1wJtOLCXorbpfazhoCZrU/s1600/5D3M6987_88_89_90_91_92_93_large.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWfxcwPU63kPSpwL9A9NmmMUSP4a3bB32z82JrBpsROgMLuYkdMCgpVT4C8myrQb6LW_kunuzduXaXDOVRg7FPovNlF8_AtE1T8xHRc0FplxoLlYtPAhjPrSIuxieWY8L2j_yArHrGvM/s1600/5D3M7029_30_31_32_33_34_35_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWfxcwPU63kPSpwL9A9NmmMUSP4a3bB32z82JrBpsROgMLuYkdMCgpVT4C8myrQb6LW_kunuzduXaXDOVRg7FPovNlF8_AtE1T8xHRc0FplxoLlYtPAhjPrSIuxieWY8L2j_yArHrGvM/s1600/5D3M7029_30_31_32_33_34_35_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />Oh, that's not the real kitchen, silly.  That's the service kitchen.<br /><br />Made to look like the real kitchen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwXfx5otGfUiHY3QijSCRHg-o9eUnxMeL0vk3xVd6U4QqAATPra2pEU-vQ50Goz36SCOc5eO1N5oH5Hihby8TmutaC_irT-wPZzSOmiUXRyNyYd0VjX8NHgmr83zBe6JpmPCSagb4EOw/s1600/5D3M7043_4_5_6_7_8_9_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Felt-lined walk-in silver service!!!! Yes, I'm shouting!!!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOriAG01qKcIIjgfwVINevFDN_htqtoMnLttEx3lXyMoEKpYtd_08vdo5_LrTl0miVe4qKR3bDUHpSgLlGRgl9qZciOrnAVCH8-Kss-QsGXpCMYofPF85Tj1jqPYudquzS3FBjNeOwlc/s1600/5D3M7113_4_5_6_7_8_9_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOriAG01qKcIIjgfwVINevFDN_htqtoMnLttEx3lXyMoEKpYtd_08vdo5_LrTl0miVe4qKR3bDUHpSgLlGRgl9qZciOrnAVCH8-Kss-QsGXpCMYofPF85Tj1jqPYudquzS3FBjNeOwlc/s1600/5D3M7113_4_5_6_7_8_9_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />Powder room with framed Chinese papers reclaimed from the original entry (oh to see that!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRFY9_6EFHXOzHNMmi-98ZCZ-eHlTpqdQUvAPSt8jRV_1_yXJvlpvlY7xQ9S7b9m6-fbf1aElbJRs4InkA7LLjQhZmCrNYSDaFRA2VF3C5jHIJKmKXHcAEQ_Pj2JFHqV1sjrtsxz_uJE/s1600/5D3M7120_1_2_3_4_5_6_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0b43V3ctrFGZeual7OQ6ae96JF4PmN7FSx8qN_Gql-gZLI0N0DYkdgvG-Hr2T9HILbOwHnKOk2p8flnrELz2u9-fcZUll5GgO-bCKZ3trr1G6dQKZL-jxeFpEWlJIMX_Lli3RK_ka4c/s1600/5D3M7484_85_86_87_88_89_90_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0b43V3ctrFGZeual7OQ6ae96JF4PmN7FSx8qN_Gql-gZLI0N0DYkdgvG-Hr2T9HILbOwHnKOk2p8flnrELz2u9-fcZUll5GgO-bCKZ3trr1G6dQKZL-jxeFpEWlJIMX_Lli3RK_ka4c/s1600/5D3M7484_85_86_87_88_89_90_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />This is just storage, but, to me, it's as beautiful as any of the custom molding.  I'll spare you the rest, but there's more. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqpuBQBngLaHW99M756FqxHnoKxsLB92ogOdtf50JbpkoFQ0YNyHaH5JNN7f4RLjddJtnqYncGP7LbXbRcJfEI-G_oskc8Kt-VnXlPHHkpueX-HebGDF9oqN1gCOBub_KbxA1rL6EpDA/s1600/5D3M7491_2_3_4_5_6_7_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqpuBQBngLaHW99M756FqxHnoKxsLB92ogOdtf50JbpkoFQ0YNyHaH5JNN7f4RLjddJtnqYncGP7LbXbRcJfEI-G_oskc8Kt-VnXlPHHkpueX-HebGDF9oqN1gCOBub_KbxA1rL6EpDA/s1600/5D3M7491_2_3_4_5_6_7_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />The back staircase. <br /><br />There's so much more.  An apartment with it's own kitchen. (That's four kitchens.  I love that.)   More bedrooms.  More views.  Irrigated landscaping.  Mystery (Who's lived here? How come I always thought this was a fancy retirement home when I'd walk by it?)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0UArp4GCOh77QIBFDyhyHp_02xjc07BnjXYqWX8xmXRmaVr-13DRTot7igdTyHMKhjtWuxt3sbyrN1l7ngLOrUJ1U9yoUYbP3ljMnMK3cA4eSkSyVfJFYbyNP2zxJewa8RzefVm7ZM/s1600/5D3M7512_3_4_5_6_7_8_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0UArp4GCOh77QIBFDyhyHp_02xjc07BnjXYqWX8xmXRmaVr-13DRTot7igdTyHMKhjtWuxt3sbyrN1l7ngLOrUJ1U9yoUYbP3ljMnMK3cA4eSkSyVfJFYbyNP2zxJewa8RzefVm7ZM/s1600/5D3M7512_3_4_5_6_7_8_large.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz6nLd2X9VyF0V9nPRLSxCkFxwIoXX9ndv3jhVFU0mPNfws6FHwi5rTz2M8v3oR_j8NA4P4DWnXCNm6coOAHofI77J33cRCXlQ6wvFJknKayGbX6xtQe-ZMhDiTcOpnQR3k-9OFPUl0I/s1600/5D3M7519_20_21_22_23_24_25_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz6nLd2X9VyF0V9nPRLSxCkFxwIoXX9ndv3jhVFU0mPNfws6FHwi5rTz2M8v3oR_j8NA4P4DWnXCNm6coOAHofI77J33cRCXlQ6wvFJknKayGbX6xtQe-ZMhDiTcOpnQR3k-9OFPUl0I/s1600/5D3M7519_20_21_22_23_24_25_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />The 10-acre grounds.  And yes, they really look like this.  I used to walk by The Walnuts all of the time when I lived near here in law school.  I wondered why I didn't live there and then determined it was because it was a retirement home.  This type of thinking kept me sane in law school.  It's actually a super high-end condo development sitting on 10-acres of private park just across from the beautiful (but public) Loose Park.  I would've failed out of law school trying to stalk this place. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0HN7XQKP3Zp7HxEdeToijGlblFnZvlu-rqB4VH1C0SWplpl6v0ID7PlPMCCJRPR59BD6QX44_9HKmUwxWqOe9ZMf8snrd5083uWnkF48-C4Xkl0Bwuqdom67e5_zzPCTwo6DCCq7dNM/s1600/5D3M7526_27_28_29_30_31_32_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0HN7XQKP3Zp7HxEdeToijGlblFnZvlu-rqB4VH1C0SWplpl6v0ID7PlPMCCJRPR59BD6QX44_9HKmUwxWqOe9ZMf8snrd5083uWnkF48-C4Xkl0Bwuqdom67e5_zzPCTwo6DCCq7dNM/s1600/5D3M7526_27_28_29_30_31_32_large.jpg" /></a></div><br />"I think I need to live here," I announce to everyone in the room.   <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71lxJ6ZoeU0ik05qWiti5Oz5wWdYz5Rzib5fAcd7LPIVyI80_g12rxg8LZoPx9p7sagVWcNYfc4QRBCnDKCiLqzcLt-FgKpqkpGpVoTZgaBW3C1TeHTAVpzAWWfkoGDJO_cfj4uUbvZo/s1600/5D3M7533_4_5_6_7_8_9_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71lxJ6ZoeU0ik05qWiti5Oz5wWdYz5Rzib5fAcd7LPIVyI80_g12rxg8LZoPx9p7sagVWcNYfc4QRBCnDKCiLqzcLt-FgKpqkpGpVoTZgaBW3C1TeHTAVpzAWWfkoGDJO_cfj4uUbvZo/s1600/5D3M7533_4_5_6_7_8_9_large.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />"Yeeaahhh but then when you have to take the dog out you have to go <i>all the way down</i> and <i>all the way</i> back up and it's just a pain," says my dad.<br /><br />So there ya go.<br /><br />* All images from <a href="http://www.catesauction.com/auction/245584/extraordinary-real-estate-auction/#detail-tabs-morephotos">Cates Auction Real Estate Company</a><br /><br />UPDATE: According to <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2014/12/the-walnuts-penthouse-auction.html">this article</a>, former owner (not the current seller), Charles Price played host to overnight guests such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles.  He was a former U.S. ambassador to both Belgium and England, and <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2007/07/30/editorial3.html">apparently a pretty great one</a>.  I love learning a little bit of Kansas City history.  </div>

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