Home & Decor

The Tofino Beach House, by architect Jim Olson. (Courtesy Nic Lehoux via Olson Kundig)

October 25, 2018 at 7:00 am

Jim Olson’s Tofino Beach House is one for the books VIEW

GETAWAYS: This B.C. retreat snuggles into its wild surroundings — and stands out as the cover of a new monograph on the legendary Olson Kundig...

Thursday, June 7, 2018. NWLiving Fall Home design getaway home between Yakima and Ellensburg at the Canyon River Ranch. One of Three homes featured for the Fall Home Design issue Pacific. Exterior at dusk

October 25, 2018 at 7:00 am

A family’s Ellensburg-area ‘cabin’ nestles into its surroundings to create a relaxed and recreational state of mind VIEW

GETAWAYS: The Kane family of Sammamish enjoys ‘the 509 lifestyle’ and all the active opportunities that go with it.

The kitchen is just to the left of the living room sharing the main part of the home.

Mary and Melinda’s “Little House in the City” in the Wallingford neighborhood.

Their home illustrates the concept that outdoor spaces and the neighborhood itself add to the living area of a smaller home. They often sit inside their living room with the windows open and talk to neighbors who come up and sit on the porch.
Photographed on July 14, 2018.

October 12, 2018 at 7:00 am

Celebrating the joys of living smaller VIEW

Seattle author’s new book ‘Little House in the City’ — and a just-the-right-size home for twin sisters in Wallingford — answers questions of space.

One survey found that 25 percent of people who were divorced named “disagreements about housework” as the top reason for getting a divorce.

October 4, 2018 at 5:25 pm

What’s housework worth? $1.6 trillion a year in U.K., officials calculate

Britain’s statistics agency considers unpaid domestic labor a huge hidden slice of the economy, with transport and child care its largest elements.

Nation & World

September 24, 2018 at 10:45 am

Kitchen confidential: How I downsized the most important room in the house VIEW

For someone who loves to cook — and really loves their cookbooks — downsizing a kitchen can be painful. But sometimes it has to happen....

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September 19, 2018 at 12:18 pm