An allover update transforms a Queen Anne home into a light-filled composition of warm minimalism VIEW
Less is best for an art-loving couple whose home had been dark and dated.
Sandy Deneau Dunham
Sandy Deneau Dunham writes about architecture and design for Pacific NW and is associate editor of the magazine.
Interior designer Michelle Dirkse creates one-of-a-kind textiles from local artists’ work VIEW
THE CREATORS: In a longtime pattern of collaboration, Dirkse develops a new line of wallpapers, fabrics and area rugs.
A historical Denny-Blaine home shifts into a more-contemporary aesthetic — and onto a new foundation 5 feet away VIEW
With a new addition and a thorough remodel, this 1903 home undergoes a moving experience.
‘The Upside-Down House’ in Hillman City ventures underground to brightly overcome lot and height limitations VIEW
This modern home, designed by Castanes Architects, digs in for a challenge on its super-skinny lot.
The tale of the dramatically respectful renovation of a true midcentury-modern masterpiece VIEW
With meticulous attention to detail and history, architect and architectural historian Marvin Anderson updates and restores a Webster Point home originally designed by Lionel H....
Architectural colorist and artist Betty Merken creates custom hues for her remodeled Seward Park home VIEW
YOUR PLACE: The whole family pitches in on a project to modernize, personalize and colorize this 1961 home.
An architect remodels her own West Seattle rambler, putting her skills — and heaps of elbow grease — to excellent use VIEW
Modernizing her midcentury-modern home has become an intensely personal (and personally intense) project.
The owner of Unique Design finds inspiration everywhere — and then turns it into stunning pieces of art, architecture and craftsmanship VIEW
THE CREATORS: Farshad Mahramnia envisions, designs and creates amazing, architectural one-of-a-kind pieces for clients, and for his family home in Bellevue.
How, this year, ‘Postscripts’ became its own main event
THE BACKSTORY: Checking in on a larger scale, with bigger, deeper, better updates on some of the people and places Pacific NW magazine has visited.
A Marrowstone Island couple turns an unexpected gift into a forever home that honors a family’s history, and its future VIEW
YOUR PLACE: A life-changing transition helped establish a home-renovating mission statement: ‘How does one honor the custodianship of a much-loved-yet-dated inherited home?’