Food & Drink
Feel-Good Kids’ Toys at Eurostyle Your Life
By Seattle Mag August 27, 2013
This article originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
When the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle closed The Giving Tree wooden toy workshop four years ago, Leslie Conti and Urs Berger, owners of Eurostyle Your Life, then in Fremont, decided to buy the business, tools and all, and move into its prime South Lake Union location on Westlake Avenue. Among the treasures are ferries and logging trucks hand-hewn on site by longtime woodworker Marty Jensen, dolls crafted by Camano Island’s Hasenpfeffer, and European-made rocking horses, puzzles and more. 2008 Westlake Ave.; 206.633.3876; eurostyleyourlife.com
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