Lake of Luxury
Lake of Luxury
A Kirkland couple looked to the water—and Italy—to design their dream home. Old and New World influences meet and coalesce beautifully as cozy beach house chic meets dazzling villa elegance
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Exhibiting Beauty
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
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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Small Room, Big View
Small Room, Big View
An obstructed view of Mount Rainier just wouldn’t do. The powder room to this Bellevue home goes from dull, cramped and restricting to striking and stylish with a view that takes the breath away
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Same Stuff, New Look
Same Stuff, New Look
A minimal makeover might be just what your room needs
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Perfectly Private
Perfectly Private
A Magnolia remodel included creating a usable—and stylish—courtyard space
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Bringing out the Best
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 Outdated cabinetry and appliances were replaced with subtly curved pendant lights, a...
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Midcentury Makeover
Midcentury Makeover
A modern-design-loving homeowner adds hipness to her bathroom.
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Now and Zen
Now and Zen
A Fremont bathroom goes from the '80s to the 21st century in record time.
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Life in Abundance
Life in Abundance
Like a lakeside Garden of Eden, the landscape of this Bellevue home serves up fruit and vegetables—and even shade for salmon—but also beauty for its human inhabitants. The garden was designed...
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Elegant and Effortless
Elegant and Effortless
A serene design palette and sophisticated plantings create the perfect backyard destination in this garden, chosen for the third annual Seattle Homes & Lifestyles’ “First in Home and Design”...
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Some Enchanted Garden
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 >
Time Capsule
Time Capsule
This 2007 Home of the Year winner pushes the envelope with future-forward looks and functionality
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Bathroom Bliss
Bathroom Bliss
A sophisticated bath captures the best of two worlds for homeowners who hail from the Northwest and Australia
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Design Connection
Design Connection
The rapport between two homeowners and a design-build team leads to an inspired master bath
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Enter to Win!

Complete contest information—including entry guidelines and rules—is now available for Seattle Homes & Lifestyles’ 2008 Home of the Year, Bath of the Year and Kitchen of the Year contests. Prepare your entries now: Kitchen of the Year submissions are due March 14!