Excerpt:  It’s Bill Peters’ place. It belongs to him and others, that is. The 67-year-old lifelong Detroiter lives here with his 18-year-old granddaughter Amanda, her infant son and nearly two dozen mutts, with such names as Tub Tub, Floppy Ears and Black Nose. What’s more, Peters has six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, some of whom occasionally stay here. Despite the home’s intimidating look, Peters himself isn’t frightening; he’s actually an amiable, wiry fellow, and his granddaughter is friendly with a shy smile.

The century-old house is Peters’ folk art canvas. “I just figured I’m gonna do something, make it look nice around here,” he says. “Just something you get in your head and you do it. Just like an artist does — he gets something in his head and he does it. And this is what I did.”

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