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Article: A Family Affair.(JC's Hidden Treasures, Merriam, Kansas)(Company Profile)
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- Gifts & Decorative Accessories
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- July 1, 2001
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A Kansan trio turn their former home into a gift and antique emporium.
Often in the life of a family home, there comes a point where it outlives its usefulness, and the big question looms: What to do with it? In Merriam, Kansas, an Asian-influenced pink pagoda-style home built in 1918 was facing just such a crossroads. Its owners John and Carol Gocherour, had lived in it from 1979 to 1993, eventually leaving for more rural digs. They rented the building out for six years, but renting took a toll, and the house began to deteriorate. The Gochenours and their grown daughter Tami Vaubel knew that they had to answer the basic question of the building's fate.
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