March 2008
Cottage Industry
A newlywed couple’s labor of love turned a dilapidated fisherman’s shack into a nifty ne
Category: NW Home Articles One part of Diana and Tim Hammer’s larger cottage remodel involved turning an old 10-by-12-foot shed (120 square feet is the maximum structure size that can be built without a permit in Seattle) in their Ballard backyard into an attractive free-standing guest room/office, using mostly reclaimed and donated materials, including…
Walls: Wonder Walls
A 1916 Wallingford bungalow now sports space-smart surfaces.
Category: NW Home Articles CAST architecture’s Matt Hutchins next to his funky but functional shoe wall (the bench visible behind him hides a handy laundry chute). Many a footwear fancier has fantasized of having a closet dedicated to just shoes. Wallingford residents Noelle Noble and Scott Randall dreamed one better, they have an…
Green Scene: A Table Grows in Ballard
Salvaged urban trees turned hand-crafted furniture.
Category: Green Living Donald Smith believes that urban trees make the best furnishings, as they usually grow larger than most trees reared for lumber. For the past two years, the craftsman behind Ballard’s City Trees Furniture (1152 NW 46th St., Seattle; 206.783.1405; citytreesfurniture.com; open Wed., 9 a.m.–5 p.m., or by appointment) has been salvaging…
Wellness Issue: Spring Retreat
A weekend wellness getaway at Cave B In at Sagecliffe
Category: Articles Eastern Washington’s gorgeous Cave B Inn at Sagecliffe, overlooking the Columbia River, is hosting a yoga and wine weekend with nationally recognized yogi Angela Gargano, April 24–26 (from $975/person). Daily yoga workshops, wine events and cooking classes with Shauna Scriver, executive chef of the resort’s Tendrils Restaurant, will leave every sense sated….
Area: Refresh, A Remodel Short Story
Big Success: A confined Capitol Hill condo kitchen gets a new open look.
Category: NW Home Articles The new sleek, space-savvy kitchen. A law professor with a passion for cooking and entertaining was frustrated by a cramped kitchen measuring just 110 square feet. Not only was the Capitol Hill condo’s outdated ’90s kitchen design dim and cramped, it was visually cut off from the dining room….
The Stylish Home: Cabinet Chic
Kelley L. Moore’s quick fix to keep your small space tidy.
Category: NW Home Articles The Chippendale bar ($95, Antika Antiques, 206.789.6393; antikaantiques.com) before its recreation. Consider adding other space-smart elements around your cabinet. Here, an old chair is made newly hip with fresh paint and mod fabric, a rubber tray layered in frost-white tumbled recycled glass from Bedrock Industries (206.283.7625; bedrockindustries.com) serves as a…