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Lighting designer and glass artist Julie Conway supervises her glass-blowing team at Pratt hotshop, Thursday, May 30, 2019 in Seattle. Seen here is one of multiple globes being created for a chandelier. Conway said the entire operation is very delicate and if the piece is designed to have 15 globes, she needs to create 22. 210331

November 3, 2019 at 7:00 am

Artist/glassmaker/lighting designer Julie Conway crafts award-winning works of architectural illumination VIEW

THE CREATORS: Through the elegant, artistic lights she designs, creates and installs, Conway transforms places, perceptions and experiences.

Caption to come from Sandy. From “Downsize: Living Large in a Small House,” by Sheri Koones, published by The Taunton Press, 2019.

October 27, 2019 at 7:00 am

The livable, littler homes in Sheri Koones’ new book, ‘Downsize,’ really work the room (when there isn’t that much room to work with) VIEW

Prioritizing design and purging possessions, these Washington homeowners have found lots of up sides to downsizing.

The Hood Cliff Retreat, a series of family cabins hidden in the forest and overlooking Washington’s Hood Canal, by architect Matt Wittman of Wittman Estes.

August 3, 2019 at 7:00 am

Inspired by the nesting killdeer, Hood Cliff Retreat respects the nature around it — and represents the theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival VIEW

Birds and balance come into play in a retreat that gently nestles into its surroundings.

The main staircase at a contemporary new three-story home on the shores of Lake Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Medina.

July 27, 2019 at 7:00 am

There is space (and at least 1 special space) for everyone in this new waterfront home in Medina — even Blue and B the dogs VIEW

Thanks to ample input and visionary architecture, it’s an awesome outcome for this new home on Fairweather Bay.

From the left: Pictured is a hot water shut-off gate valve with attached hose, washer drain pipe and cold water shut-off with attached hose. Braided steel washer hoses may be “burst proof” or “burst resistant,” but they fail nonetheless. Drain hoses simply placed inside an opening but not well secured can also fall or be blown out of the drain when the washing machine pump activates.

Credit: Darrell Hay

July 22, 2019 at 6:11 am

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The front of the Bunch home shows off the gable at right and curved sidewalk leading to the entry.

Home owner Clifford Bunch and architect Tyler Engle remodeled this shingle style Seattle home into a modern interpretation, with a white picket fence out front.

Photographed on May 17, 2019

June 29, 2019 at 7:00 am

This 1920s Broadmoor home defied definition — until a major remodel ushered in a new era of unmistakable ‘casual elegance’ VIEW

Most of the roof and upper floor were ‘strategically removed’ to create better circulation, functionality, a whole new interior and cohesive consistency.

NWLIVING WEST SEATTLE – SEATTLE – 050719 NWLiving West Seattle Originally built in 1966, architect Steve Hoedemaker and Tommy Swenson’s home was designed by Ralph Anderson. Living Room

June 8, 2019 at 7:00 am

A West Seattle couple updates a notable 1966 Ralph Anderson home with a curated collection of special, meaningful pieces VIEW

Architect Steve Hoedemaker and his husband, Tommy Swenson, modernize a midcentury-modern home with a unique perspective on the world.

The kitchen of the Groves/Sherrow home on Bainbridge looks into the living and dining rooms. The French doors open to the wrap-around porch.
Julie Campbell of CTA Design Builders designed this Bainbridge Island farmhouse for Randy Groves and Melissa Sherrow.
Photographed on April 10, 2019. 209394

June 1, 2019 at 7:00 am

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After a fierce flood, a Fidalgo Island couple raises the bar for resiliency by setting their modern new home on concrete piers

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