Feels Like Home Redesign transforms Harper residence. By Olivia DeSmit | Photos by L.G. Patterson
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ost people hire an interior designer when they want to freshen up their home, or when they’re designing a new one. But for Deanna and Milt Harper, it was to allow Milt, who had developed mobility problems after becoming ill in 2014, to stay in the home
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they had built in 1990 in the Grasslands. Milt, founder of Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer, a former prosecuting attorney and associate circuit judge, wanted to stay in the home where they had raised their family. But the master bedroom’s location upstairs
presented a problem with living in the house — without making some adjustments. Enter Nick Detert of Putnam’s Studio 1012, who was asked to design a suite on the main floor that would allow Milt to continue living at home and enable him to receive the care he required.
Detert designed a suite on the main floor that is both practical — with handicap accessible features — and a peaceful and tranquil space. Practically, the bathroom features a vanity that is high enough for a wheelchair, and the shower has an on/ off on the outside, so that
