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French Manor
Mission Hills, Kansas
This new Country French Manor style house is located on a one-acre site in Mission Hills, Kansas.
Our design is a traditional 2-story center hall plan with the primary living areas on the first floor, placing the formal living and dining rooms to the front of the house and the informal breakfast and family rooms to the rear with direct access to the brick paved courtyard terrace and pool.
The exterior building materials include oversized hand-made brick with cut limestone window sills and door surrounds and a sawn cedar shingle roofing. The Country French style of the interior of the house is detailed using traditional materials such as handmade terra cotta tile flooring, oak flooring in a herringbone pattern, reclaimed antique hand-hewn wood beams, style and rail wall paneling, Venetian plaster, and handmade iron stair railings.
Interior Design: By Owner
General Contractor: Robert Montgomery Homes, Inc., Leawood, Kansas
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The front room is used primarily as a sitting room/reading room by our clients. Four upholstered chairs in a teal blue velvet surround a wood and iron table. A window seat is covered in a navy blue faux linen, with pillows of varying hues of blue. This is a perfect spot for morning coffee and reading the paper!


Family Room Addition and Remodel featuring patio door, bifold door, tiled fireplace and floating hearth, and floating shelves | Photo: Finger Photography


Architect: Sala Architects | Builder: Merdan Custom Builders Inc. | Photography: Spacecrafting


Master Suite’s full-wall customized bed/nightstand feature unites knotted charcoal wool-upholstered panels with satin brass inlays, walnut cut-out bookcase with LED strip light inlays and articulating sconces.
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