What began as a boarded-up 1927 Anheuser-Busch building became a living workshop for design, craftsmanship, and renewal. The goal was never simply to renovate, but to reveal. Beneath layers of carpet, spray foam, and dropped ceilings, barrel trusses and clerestory windows waited to be rediscovered. With no original drawings, each phase unfolded as an act of exploration—uneven subfloors, fractured masonry, and improvised mechanical systems demanding real-time problem-solving.

When the ceilings were cleared, the space soared nearly twenty-five feet overhead. Residential proportions no longer applied; every element—from cabinetry to lighting—was recalibrated to honor the scale. Restoration began with subtraction, glassblasting the building to its bones. Once exposed, light and structure guided the design forward.

The vast interior was shaped with custom interventions. A walnut screen defines an entertaining area for client meetings and gatherings without closing it off. Brass panels salvaged from a mid-century Prairie Village building form a second partition, their patina warming the brick. In the kitchen, custom walnut cabinetry and a floating porcelain-topped island balance utility and sculpture.

Historic layers remain visible: a century-old saloon mirror, hand-printed woodcut wallpaper, and woven rugs soften the industrial palette. Rotating artwork keeps the space evolving—part studio, part gallery, part home.

Outside, a vacant lot became a native memorial garden, now filled with little bluestem, milkweed, and coneflower. After seven years of steady, self-funded work, the building stands as a lived expression of the company’s ethos: preservation through practice, history through use, design through making.