Architecture + Design

Recipe of the Week: Cardamom-Carrot Latkes

Recipe of the Week: Cardamom-Carrot Latkes

These elegant, tasty and light fritters make the best Christmas morning breakfast treat

Recipe of the Week is contributed by Seattle-based award-winning cookbook author, urban farmer and Seattle magazine contributor Amy Pennington. These are my all-time favorite Christmas Morning breakfast treats. They are elegant, tasty and light enough to not spoil appetites, particularly on a day we tend to indulge. Pulling from traditional Jewish latkes, these savory pancakes…

Recipe of the Week: Fennel-Beet Borscht

Recipe of the Week: Fennel-Beet Borscht

We tend to overindulge during the winter holidays. Keep up your energy and spare yourself holiday pounds by opting for healthy home-cooked meals when possible, like this light, but filling soup

Warm up with a sweet, savory bowl of borscht

Holiday Party Prep: Ready Your Supplies

Holiday Party Prep: Ready Your Supplies

This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Why wait until the day before your party to find out you’re short on coffee mugs and the silver is tarnished? Get a jump on things by sorting out your entertaining supplies, shopping for missing pieces and making room in your kitchen … before you come home with five…

Recipe of the Week: Kale Gougères

Recipe of the Week: Kale Gougères

These delicate, one-bite appetizers set the tone for a festive night

12 Home Hot Spots for Holiday Decorating

12 Home Hot Spots for Holiday Decorating

This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Time to dust off those boxes in the garage and clean the spiderwebs from the garland stored in the basement. The holidays are upon us. My two youngest boys have holiday radar. As soon as October 1 hits and the air chills at night, they know it’s time for…

Windermere's W Collection: A High Point Market

Windermere’s W Collection: A High Point Market

This $10 million 1933 home was commissioned by nautical author James A. Gibbs, who later moved to an Oregon Coast lighthouse; meticulously restored, it is a typically lavish luxury property from Windermere’s W Collection

Recipe of the Week: Harissa-Roasted Acorn Squash

Recipe of the Week: Harissa-Roasted Acorn Squash

Harissa-Roasted Acorn Squash: mild spices mingle with hearty squash for the perfect cold weather dish

Spend Less Without Being a Grinch: 8 Holiday Ideas

Spend Less Without Being a Grinch: 8 Holiday Ideas

Give meaningful gifts and use nature's decor to work holiday magic without blowing your budget

This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Between the endless stream of holiday music, window displays and festive events, the holiday season can sometimes feel like a never-ending parade of opportunities to blow the budget. But when you set and stick with a budget you feel comfortable with, you are bound to feel better, and probably…

Methow Valley Meets Vermont in This AIA Home of Distinction

Methow Valley Meets Vermont in This AIA Home of Distinction

Architect David Coleman’s “Hill House” perches on a narrow, rocky ridge line above Winthrop. The 1,100-square-foot house is flanked by gabion stone walls, made from the spoils of the site excavation, creating a bridge between building and landscape

Office Space, Reimagined: An 80 Square Foot Work Space Doubles as Family Room

Office Space, Reimagined: An 80 Square Foot Work Space Doubles as Family Room

Cutler’s wife Beth sits at the built-in drafting desk, ensconced among the trees

Vashon Island's Tiniest House Is Big in Spirit

Vashon Island’s Tiniest House Is Big in Spirit

Brenna and Jean-David Larson read to daughters Aurelie (left) and Eloise in the meditation pavilion designed by Bosworth Hoedemaker behind their Vashon Island home.

Twin Peaks Meets Steam Punk in this Cozy Snoqualmie Cabin

Twin Peaks Meets Steam Punk in this Cozy Snoqualmie Cabin

An artists' retreat near Snoqualmie Pass offers an unexpected take on cabin decor

A 19th century cast iron daybed, porcelain Staffordshire bull terriers and vintage typewriter create a Victorian feel for the drawing room of this cabin near Snoqualmie Pass

8 Creative Accents to Set Your Holiday Table Apart

8 Creative Accents to Set Your Holiday Table Apart

Give fall meals flair with decorations and serving pieces you make—or make better—yourself

This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. It’s that time of year again, when dried leaves crunch under the soles of your boots, the evening air is crisp and it’s time to gather with family and friends for food and drink. I recently asked some experts — including a stylist, a florist and a chef —…

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