April 2008

April 2008

Bringing out the Best
Home: Bringing out the Best
The Woodinville home of Jan and Mike Pollard goes from drab to fab to make room for entertaining. Outdated cabinetry and appliances were replaced with subtly curved pendant lights, a...
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Living With History
Home: Living With History
Living historic in Seattle can mean a few different kinds of homes, from one that is simply charming in its age and peculiarities to one that has city landmark status. Learn the distinctions and...
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Some Enchanted Garden
Home: Some Enchanted Garden
A timeless Madison Park landscape captivates two sets of owners. Architect Stuart Silk and his wife, Mary, designed the garden with Diane Szukovathy of read article >
Exhibiting Beauty
Home: Exhibiting Beauty
Grace Boyd moved into her West Seattle craftsman home, with a Puget Sound view, in 1976. The view remains important to her, but keeping up her fixer-upper became a chore. So Grace enlisted...
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Modern Turns Organic
Home: Modern Turns Organic
Brian and Kathy Wolfe transform their 1980s modern country house to make room for their art. Gone are the black tile and low lighting; the Wolfes’ home now has new interior surfaces against which...
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A Portrait of Many Artists
Home: A Portrait of Many Artists
Michael Monroe, director and chief curator of Bellevue Arts Museum, and his artist wife, Bernadette, treasure their relationships with...
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Artists We Love
Style: Artists We Love
Our favorite artists—and these few examples of their art—represent only a handful of the talent that can be seen in this art-rich town
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Luxury is the New Black
Style: Luxury is the New Black
MAISON ET OBJET, January 25–29, 2008. We visit with three Seattleites—interior designer Amely Wurmbrand; Jeff Vandiver of read article >
Felt Fancy
Style: Felt Fancy
Felt gives us the warm fuzzies. Designers are finding unexpected ways to use the cozy material, often with sustainability in mind. Some of the designs—such as those by read article >
A Few of Her Favorite Things
Style: A Few of Her Favorite Things
Shopping Seattle Design Center with interior designer Graciela...
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<em>Seattle Homes & Lifestyles</em> <br>Anniversary Party
Life: Seattle Homes & Lifestyles
Anniversary Party
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles celebrates 12 years of publication, as well as the new additions to the Seattle Design 100+, all in one fabulous night at read article >
Try This At Home
Life: Try This At Home
Tips for making beautiful food, from local chefs Tyler Hefford-Anderson, of Opal Restaurant, Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez of read article >
Gadgets for an Artful Presentation
Life: Gadgets for an Artful Presentation
Food presentation is an art, and we’ve found tools to help at-home chefs attend to the smallest details. Slice avocados and other veggies like a pro, then whip up some fresh toppings
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