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The Beautiful PNW-Inspired Ceramic Ware Your Kitchen Needs This Fall

The Beautiful PNW-Inspired Ceramic Ware Your Kitchen Needs This Fall

Designer Brian Paquette worked with local ceramicist Natasha Alphonse on this new line for the kitchen

This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. There’s a lot to love in Seattle-based interior designer Brian Paquette’s contemporary new Capitol Hill shop, Brian Paquette Interiors, from neutral fabrics to decorative pieces, textiles to tabletops. Much of what the talented designer stocks comes from local artists and fellow designers, but we’re…

A New Eco-Chic Home Decor Boutique Plants Its Roots on the Eastside

A New Eco-Chic Home Decor Boutique Plants Its Roots on the Eastside

Furniture and decor shop Tree opened in Bellevue in April

On Display: Tree’s eco-chic look epitomized: Scandinavian-inspired clean lines, one-of-a-kind pieces and warm ambiance

Check Out These Bright New Textiles for Gray Seattle

Check Out These Bright New Textiles for Gray Seattle

Pulp Design Studios in Queen Anne is partnering with renowned fabric company S. Harris on their first textile collection

This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Pulp Design Studios’ principal interior designers, Beth Dotolo and Carolina V. Gentry, love color. They also understand the stereotypical Pacific Northwest aversion to it. Textiles, they say, are perhaps the easiest—and least committal—way to incorporate new colors and patterns into Northwest home decor.  To…

The Ultimate Backyard Accessory? A Sauna

The Ultimate Backyard Accessory? A Sauna

What makes a house a home? For one Seattle couple, the answer seems to be a personal touch, and a little heat

This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. A dedicated space at home for artistic endeavors is common enough in a creative city like Seattle, but a matching sauna? It was an obvious pairing for painter Natasha (who asked that we not use her last name) who was in need of a…

This Modern Outdoor Table Also Stores Your Drinks

This Modern Outdoor Table Also Stores Your Drinks

A modern outdoor table gets its signature finish from an ancient element

This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Susan Mills, owner of Susan Mills Showroom (Seattle Design Center, SoDo, 5701 Sixth Ave. S, Suite 200; 206.682.6388 ), believes outdoor furniture to be as important as what you find indoors, and options beyond the standard teak and powder-coated stainless steel to be as…

The Seattle Company Making the Prefab Homes of the Future

The Seattle Company Making the Prefab Homes of the Future

Node's homes go beyond carbon neutral

Rendering by Node

Clean and Serene, This Point Roberts Home Is One Light House

Clean and Serene, This Point Roberts Home Is One Light House

A Point Roberts family home emphasizes fresh air and natural light

Facing south towards the Strait of Georgia and the San Juan Islands, the Point Roberts home of Sonya and David Liu is laid out around a long, L-shaped plan to best angle major spaces, like the large trellised terrace, towards the southern sun

Create a Cozy Outdoor Space with a Backyard Fire Pit

Create a Cozy Outdoor Space with a Backyard Fire Pit

Toasty warm gathering spots can be as simple—and affordable—as a run to Target.

As an author who writes books about science and nature, West Seattleite Lyanda Haupt relies on sharp binoculars, a clean hand lens and a pair of sturdy walking shoes. A less likely tool? Her backyard fire pit. “I love it!” she says. “It brings me outside when I wouldn’t otherwise be there.” In the evening,…

The Ultimate Water Saver

The Ultimate Water Saver

Giant rain barrels and Washington's first legal grey water system set this Jackson Place home at a h

The 1,750-square-foot house architect Robert Humble designed for himself and his wife is entirely nontraditional for Seattle. It’s modern, flat-roofed and boxy, and was prefabricated off-site and delivered by truck in sections to the skinny, empty lot owned by Humble and his wife, Nicole. But that doesn’t mean the owner hasn’t tried to integrate it…

A New Low of Toxicity Levels

A New Low of Toxicity Levels

A Ballard resident uses simple strategies to rid her bungalow of harmful, hidden chemicals.

You wouldn’t think a Ballard bungalow with pink asbestos siding and lead paint would appeal to a couple with an interest in the environment, but Rachel and Izaak Koller planned to remodel the Ballard home themselves—wearing suitable hazmat gear. Thanks to the previous tenants, the couple had to remove or remake nearly everything in the…

Inside Seattle's Super-Eco Homes

Inside Seattle’s Super-Eco Homes

You don't have to go totally gaga for green to reap the rewards of a few simple home-improvement mov

Those who grew up in the 1970s may recall the appearance of a brick in the bathroom toilet tank—a popular do-it-yourself water-saving measure. Fortunately, living green has become a little more sophisticated in recent decades. In Seattle—a city famous for its green-built, LEED-certified offices, restaurants and condos—many residents have taken the green-living ethos into their…

Super Efficient Energy

Super Efficient Energy

A Rainier Vallery homeowner employs the common sense - and human powered - Passive House standard.

The first time Dan Whitmore welcomed a group of friends to the nearly completed Rainier Valley home he was building for his family, it was a bit like a treasure hunt. “It was our first blower door test,” says the goateed contractor. (A blower door test is performed to check airtightness of a house and…

Kippen House Chicken Coops Make Backyard Baryards Modern

Kippen House Chicken Coops Make Backyard Baryards Modern

A Seattle architect has invented a chic coop perfect for urban backyards.

The shabby chicken coops of Old McDonald’s farm might look out of place in the city, but thanks to architect Traci Fontyn, owner and founder of Bothell’s Kippen House chicken coops (kippenhouse.com), urban dwellers can still enjoy fresh, organic eggs from their own small lots. These cool coops combine chicken housing with human gardening for…

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