October 2016

Fall Might be Washington's Best Wine-Drinking Season

Fall Might be Washington’s Best Wine-Drinking Season

In the final part of a series on Washington varietals to drink each season, Paul Zitarelli recommends the best wines for autumn.

Autumn brings “leafy” reds such as Tempranillo and honeyed-apple Chenin Blanc

Refugees Sow New Community in a Tukwila Garden

Refugees Sow New Community in a Tukwila Garden

Community blooms in a Tukwila garden where refugees are planting new roots

Ram Chandra Adhikari tends to one of the communal garden plots while Chandra Maya Rai looks on

Two Local Design Sites With Great Redecorating Ideas

Two Local Design Sites With Great Redecorating Ideas

Two online retailers are making it easier than ever to redecorate your home without ever leaving it

The living room created by local interior designer Brian Paquett for ATGStores.com’s virtually designed Seattle Showhouse earlier this year.

Rebecca West's Essentials for Containing Clutter

Rebecca West’s Essentials for Containing Clutter

Accessories and furnishings to simplify and organize

Small storage ottoman cubes can add storage or a larger coffee table size like this Crate & Barrel “Davis” ottoman, $899, can serve double duty as a center piece for your living room and storage for toys or blankets. This one does triple

Rebecca West on How Happy Starts at Home

Rebecca West on How Happy Starts at Home

A chat with the Fremont-based interior designer about her new book

Interior designer Rebecca West says a well-organized home is a happy home

Nine Principles of Feng Shui That Bring Balance to Your Home

Nine Principles of Feng Shui That Bring Balance to Your Home

Build in harmony with nature and achieve domestic bliss

1. Create a clear and unobstructed point of arrival—a vestibule, foyer or equivalent—to allow the qi energy to enter your living quarters.

Melissa Michaels on Simplifying and Organizing

Melissa Michaels on Simplifying and Organizing

The Seattle author explains how to make room for what you love

Melissa Michaels, who designed the interiors pictured here, suggests that being more selective about what we have in our home can help us feel better within it

The Call for a Practical Rooftop Living Space

The Call for a Practical Rooftop Living Space

With yards shrinking, the rooftop deck answers the need for outdoor space

With increasing urban density, Seattleites are heading up to their rooftops for open spaces to entertain, outfitting these areas with couches and fire pits to create outdoor extensions of their homes

The Style of Green Building

The Style of Green Building

From defining the passive house to breaking down VOC vernacular, we shed the (green) light on eco-friendly home building

Designed by Shed Architecture & Design, the Madrona Passive House combines contemporary design with energy efficient building systems, creating a home that’s eco-friendly to both its environment and its owners.

Must-Have Designer Kitchen Looks

Must-Have Designer Kitchen Looks

Create a space any cook would love with Distinctive Kitchens designer Allison Scheff’s must-haves

A textured or antique rug is a great way to cover dated linoleum.

Tips and Tricks to Brighten Your Northwest Kitchen

Tips and Tricks to Brighten Your Northwest Kitchen

Crucial elements for sprucing up a gray space

The right ingredients: Custom walnut cabinetry contrasts with the blue Lacanche range, simple backsplash and calacatta marble countertops, which together create a kitchen that’s beautiful and functional.

Seven Lamps We Love Right Now

Seven Lamps We Love Right Now

These stylish lamps and pendants add just the right amount of shimmer

Jonathan Adler Globo table lamp with multicolored Lucite spheres