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Stacy and Carmen would use the granaries, pre- viously used on a dairy farm, on their property. Then, it came to them: what if the family could live in them? “It was defi nitely a ‘God thing’ because who thinks of building something like this?” Carmen Reimer said. “When we decided to do this, we didn’t tell a soul because we thought people would think we were fools!”


Stacy and Carmen wrote out their new house plan on graph paper and decided to build the home on their own without an architect. Stacy had some background in construction work and felt comfortable doing the project, with the help of their extended family. They felt at peace doing this incredibly weird thing, Carmen said. Even Stacy and Carmen’s daughter, Abigayle, admitted she thought the idea was strange. “I came home to them one day drawing on graph paper and I said, ‘what in the world are you guys doing?’” Abigayle said. The Reimers began this new dream home by tearing down an old farm house on the property and more importantly, opening up the silo tow- ers to clear any possible silage left from 20-plus years ago. Most of the towers were empty but shoveling out the remaining silage took the fam- ily about two weeks. “It was defi nitely a family affair to clean out the silo and it smelled a lot like tobacco,” Carmen said. “The remaining silage was actually useful to us; we had it tested and it still had 12 to 15 percent of protein in it so we were able to feed it to our farming cows.” The family started building the house in


November 2012. The house, which consists of two silo towers, is a work in progress. The Reimers continue to work on it as time and mon- ey allow. A year later, the Reimers were thankful to move into the new, six-level home on November 28, 2013. While the tallest of the two silo towers is not complete, the Reimers’ home is still breathtak- ing. The three completed levels are tied together and contain a mud room, bathroom, guest bed- room and laundry room on the fi rst level, the


kids’ bedrooms and entryway on the second level and the third level features the living, kitch- en and dining areas. The three unfi nished levels include the master bedroom on the fourth level, a master bathroom on the fi fth level and a coffee/sitting area on the sixth level, which overlooks their 160-acre farm. While their initial dream home wasn’t their


fi rst choice and the family hasn’t completed all of the levels in one of the towers, they are proud of their home and the testimony it provides them to share with others. Carmen said they have given hundreds of house tours to the community, sharing their sto- ry with their friends and are mostly surprised by how open the house truly is. The Reimers’ close family friend and Kiwash Electric Cooperative Board President


Jack


Sawatzky is impressed by the home and thinks it’s one of the most unique structures the coop- erative


provides electricity for in the


community. “We are glad to be of service to them and it’s a unique accomplishment for them and their family,” Sawatzky said. “Stacy was my student when I used to teach so it was great to see him using some of the skills I taught him back in the day.”


In addition to fi nishing the last three levels, Carmen said they plan to build an elevator out- side their home, which will meet up to the third level so guests don’t have to use the narrow stairs, she said. “When people ask us what we are going to do


when we get old and can’t climb the stairs, we tell them maybe then we will build our original dream home and turn this house into a bed and breakfast; wouldn’t that be fun!’” Carmen said. Carmen said their family loves being back in western Oklahoma and having the kids raised on a farm in a community that respects values. “We have a story to tell and what we’d like people to know is that God cares for your life,” Carmen said. “He might ask you to do some outrageous things and if you go with it, it can be really great.”


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