Sandy Deneau Dunham | The Seattle Times

Architect Allison Hogue and intern architect Sam Arellano of Floisand Studio worked with Plum Projects LLC to remodel Lily and James’ split-level home in Exposition Heights, adding a second story and doubling the home’s size (from 1,800 square feet to about 3,680, counting the new one-car garage and the basement ADU, which also was renovated). “We ended up getting into the basement quite significantly,” Hogue says. “There were some special gymnastics to move the entry, and deal with the overhang above.” Credit: Kevin Scott / Courtesy Floisand Studio

May 6, 2022 at 7:00 am

Spring Home Design: Everything’s looking up in this lightened, opened and expanded Exposition Heights home VIEW

A remodel and second-story addition by architect Allison Hogue add light and space to a family's split-level home in Exposition Heights.

In Brandon and Jill’s new kitchen, with Miele appliances, the pendant lights are from Regina Andrew, with a custom island, Rejuvenation hardware (and the light above the Kohler sink, with a Newport Brass faucet), Four Hands barstools, MSI backsplash is from MSI, says interior designer Krissy Peterson. Credit: Design: K. Peterson Design / Photography: Kara Mercer

May 6, 2022 at 7:00 am

Spring Home Design: A historic West Seattle kitchen goes from clunky to sunny

After a renovation by interior designer Krissy Peterson, a once-kitschy kitchen moves into the modern era while maintaining its charm (and original brickwork).

May 6, 2022 at 7:00 am

Spring Home Design: When ‘before’ transforms into an ‘after’ with all the comfort of home VIEW

These renovated Seattle-area homes have not only enhanced and transformed four structures, but also the lives of the people inside during uncertain times.

Loom House is the worldâ€™s first renovated home to achieve Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification. â€œLiving Buildings show a pathway in the industry about whatâ€™s possible,â€ says Chris Hellstern, LBC services director of The Miller Hull Partnership, who worked with his wife, interior designer Charlie Hellstern; Clark Construction Inc.; and others to update Karen Hust and Todd Vogelâ€™s home on Bainbridge Island. â€œItâ€™s no longer a question about whether, â€˜This is some design standard that just canâ€™t be met, or a level of sustainability we should be pursuing.â€™ Itâ€™s certainly possible, and it impacts not only the home and building occupants, but the craftspeople who make the products, and it helps to address a variety of climate issues on a global scale, and locally, too. We know these buildings are possible.â€ Credit: Kelvin Hughes Productions

May 6, 2022 at 7:00 am

Spring Home Design: Loom House on Bainbridge Island weaves design and sustainability into a one-of-a-kind tapestry of connections VIEW

This super-sustainable home on Bainbridge Island is the first renovated home in the world to achieve full Living Building Challenge certification.

Following a dramatic and super-sensitive historic restoration, Adelaide Blair and Darin McAdams’ home brings bold exuberance back to its Queen Anne neighborhood. Stefan Hampden of CAST Architecture worked with dBoone Construction and local metal workers, craftspeople and artists (with invaluable input from Reichert’s sketches, period photographs and local historian Jeffrey Murdock) to pay homage to architect Robert Reichert’s distinctive home/studio, which he designed for himself and his mother in 1954. Credit: Andrew Giammarco Photography

May 6, 2022 at 7:00 am

Spring Home Design: Deep research and deep respect drive the remodel of a modern landmark on Queen Anne VIEW

A historic Queen Anne home originally designed by Robert Reichert has been sensitively restored as an homage to the multilayered architect.

This time-lapse photo of Kurt Hughes’ livable lunar lander on the banks of the Columbia River was taken during a power outage. “All the light in the picture comes from the solar-powered footlights on the stairs, and the porch,” says Hughes.

December 19, 2021 at 7:00 am

Postscripts 2021: The completion of Kurt Hughes’ livable lunar lander is 1 giant leap for DIY-kind

Since we first met naval architect Kurt Hughes and his livable lunar lander in Central Washington in 2017, Hughes has become somewhat of a star...

Monday, November 1, 2021. Pacific Magazine NWLiving update: Riley and Bill Haggard have finished their houseboat, Real Quiet which is now resting and for sale at a local marina. 218636

December 19, 2021 at 7:00 am

Postscripts 2021: The craftsmen of Haggard Houseboats ran into rough waters on their way to completing Real Quiet VIEW

After the pandemic delayed the completion of their newest project, the craftsmen behind Seattle's Haggard Houseboats ran into even rougher waters: They both contracted COVID-19.

Omari Salisbury CQ is photographed in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood near Converge Media. “I’m a regular kid from Garfield, from the Central District, that has been around the world countless times and I’m just trying to pay it forward,” he says. 216956

December 19, 2021 at 7:00 am

Postscripts 2021: Revisiting some of the bright lights we’ve met in the magazine

In this year's annual Postscripts issue, a special edition, we catch up with some of the people and stories we wrote about in 2021. There's...

Pacific NW Magazine

Expansive glass walls in the family room, left, and one of the kids’ rooms frame a majestic tree in a Beaux Arts Village home by architect Jim Cutler. All construction materials, including custom masonry, were locally sourced to reduce the impact on the environment.
(Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times, 2015)

October 24, 2021 at 7:00 am

Fall Home Design: 20 memorable NW Living moments (plus 5 bonus bathtubs!)

Some stories, and places, and people, are especially unforgettable, which is one key reason (another — ahem — rhymes with veronacyrus) for this year's special...

Pacific NW Magazine

October 24, 2021 at 7:00 am

Fall Home Design: Welcome to our not-quite-a-coffee-table-book collection of NW Living highlights

Back when NW Living was a weekly feature, our concerns over pulling together Home Design issues were much more “aspirational” than “respirational." These days, though,...

Pacific NW Magazine