The Childhood Dream Home Turned Dream Come True

When Rebecca Long Pyper fell in love with the charming Tudor on a quiet street in Idaho Falls, ID, she wasn’t in the market to buy a home — in fact, she was barely old enough to drive.

As a high school student, she’d pass by the storybook home with gingerbread trim and tell her friends how much she adored it.

“I always thought it was darling,” she says. “This is a love affair that goes back 20 years.”