SH&L March 2008
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles celebrates the season with contributors, clients, and friends
We pick our favorites from the hundreds of stylish chair designs we saw on the floors of local showrooms and retail stores. Our picks vary from industrial to eco-friendly, sassy to summery, but they all have one thing in common: they make us want to put our feet up and linger. Sit tight, because this month’s content is full of gorgeous chairs such as these.
Henry David Thoreau had three chairs in his house: “one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.” After asking local design connoisseurs about the latest trends in chair designs and styles, we decided that unlike Thoreau, we could never live with just three
A recently married couple proves that everything old can be new again
Designer Holly Van Biene took this Bellevue home’s interior from all-white bland to warm and colorful—just right for a lively family
Drop City Gallery doesn’t have velvet ropes around the art in their latest exhibits. You can sit on the art. It’s all chairs made of recycled, salvaged, or reclaimed materials. Go ahead, see what you can do with toothbrushes or already-read magazines
The many uses of coconut—flaked or shredded, sweetened or not—have given this food writer and recipe tester many reasons to fall in love with it
If you thought the best thing ever done with a coconut involved an island of castaways and a Professor-made gadget, think again
Inspired by their enjoyment of home-improvement television shows—especially about real estate flippers—a Seattle couple enters the remodeling game
In this issue of Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, we take a seat in the finest chairs we can find. We also indulge in a trio of great home transformations. Settle into your favorite chair and join us
An avid collector, glass-blowing master Dale Chihuly gives Seattle Homes & Lifestyles an exclusive, never-before-seen glimpse of his personal stash of designer chairs
A new furniture collection from Roger Thomas—internationally known for his luxury hospitality designs—draws on elegant forms with an eye toward opulence
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles’ Stacy Kendall talks with textile designer Lori Weitzner about her inspirations and her thoughts on the Northwest. Weitzner visits Seattle this month for Nordex 2008 at Seattle Design Center, March 12–13