For years, the lots in the vicinity of Second Avenue and Pike Street have been little more than neglected corners eagerly passed by pedestrians as they make their way between Pike Place Market and Seattle’s downtown retail core. But last summer, Pioneer Square–based real estate firm Urban Visions broke ground on a 39-story, mixed-use apartment…

Those towering evergreens that surround the city sparked the lumber boom of the late 19th century and continue to draw lovers of the great outdoors today. But while the pines, spruces and firs that earned the Emerald City its nickname, the diversity of Seattle’s trees—both native and non-native species—add more than verdancy to the palette…

Strolling past the 1930 Tudor Revival home on North Queen Anne, the property looks much like its neighboring houses built in the same era. According to the home’s owner, Michael Finch, that’s entirely the point. “I wanted to make sure it was a sleeper from the front,” Finch says. “I didn’t want people to see…

Each month, we crawl through real estate listings on various websites searching for homes–in all sorts of price points and locations–that for some reason, just haven’t found the right person or family to call their own. Sad. But why haven’t these seemingly lovely dwellings sold? Back when we first started this column, we featured this…

“We are stuff people,” says Becky Fann of the collection of artwork and objects she and her husband, Mike, have in their Bothell home. But you wouldn’t know it stepping into their carefully curated living room, part of a massive redesign created by Ballard-based interior designer Keri Petersen for the family last year. “Becky knows…

Last night, several of the who’s who in Seattle interior design convened in Queen Anne for a cocktail party and unveiling of the ATGStores.com Seattle Showhouse. The showhouse was designed and styled from top to bottom by some of Seattle’s finest–including Brian Paquette, Pulp Design Studios, LindHesse Design and Massucco Warner Miller, via the online…

A red carpet-ready bash starts with ample planning and a few expert tips and tricks up your fashionable sleeve. I love to entertain and threw my first over-the-top Oscar party last year for around 15 of my friends. It was mostly successful–though I’ll share a few of my pitfalls here so you don’t make the…

Neighborhood SnapshotPopulation: 5,341Median Household Income: $50,278Median Home Value: $400,633—9.2 percent less than the Seattle average and 46.8 percent greater than the Washington average.Median Rent Prices: $1,188Walkscore: 91—Lake Union is in the top 10 of the most walkable neighborhoods in Seattle.C You Real Soon: Passed last November, the Proposition 1 Let’s Move Seattle levy contains plans for…

Each month, we crawl through real estate listings on various websites searching for homes–in all sorts of price points and locations–that for some reason, just haven’t found the right person or family to call their own. Sad. But why haven’t these seemingly lovely dwellings sold? Back when we first started this column, we featured this…

Clients who come to designer Brian Paquette’s E Pike Street office for help in creating their dream home may not realize that the genesis for his boldly patterned, brightly colored interiors actually starts at a different address with a very different look. Paquette’s 1,000-square-foot apartment, a mere 15-minute walk from his now 7-year-old firm, is…