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? A few months ago we featured this one (which shockingly…

Instagram Inspiration is a new column on Seattlemag.com that explores our favorite Instagram themes each week.  This week’s theme is all about spring: a garden full of blooming flowers, spring cleaning, or giving your home a bright update. We hope these spring-y shots inspire you to tackle that next project, whether it is sprucing up…

Adrian Burton Jovanovic knew he needed to replace the decaying roof of his 1940s house, nestled on the hillside between Queen Anne’s Kinnear Park and Elliott Bay. But the music education software company founder, who has a penchant for hosting impromptu musical performances and parties, also wondered if he could maximize the space’s potential, with…

How do you transform an open, undefined 1,800-square-foot basement into a sophisticated space for fine wine, video games, sports, movies and music? Such was the challenge presented to designer Margaret Menter when a video game executive and his wife charged her with creating the ultimate home entertainment center in their Eastside home, located on the…

When I moved into my house, I was determined to choose the absolute perfect paint color for my living room and dining area. I had made mistakes in the past–a too orange kitchen (we’re talkin’ Texas Longhorns orange; what was I thinking?); a baby-boy-blue bedroom; a light-gray shade in a living room that came across…

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? A few months ago we featured this one (which shockingly…

For decades, an adobe filling station sat on the corner of 34th and E Pike streets in Madrona’s tiny commercial thoroughfare. Long after its life as a gas station was over, property owner Tom Flood, a high school teacher and artist, turned the building into a community art space, where students from the Coyote Central…

For the fourth year in a row, Austin, Texas–based Modern Home Tours is bringing its road show to Seattle. A self-paced, self-driven circuit—from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 2—features total access to between five and eight private Seattle-area residences chosen for their unique modern design aesthetics. “The entire Northwest corridor, from Portland…

Gardening can be a favorite hobby for many people. Whether you’re growing fresh produce or flowers, tending to your garden can be very relaxing, enjoyable and almost therapeutic. While it may seem like growing a thriving and successful garden in the cloudy weather of Seattle may be hard to do, it’s actually quite the opposite!…

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? A few months ago we featured this one (which shockingly…

Bring the luck of the Irish to your home by decorating with green accents, décor items and cool color combinations. Green can be a bit of a bright and bold color to incorporate into your home, but these seven ideas prove it can be done with aplomb. In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day and…

For Marcus Rempel and Sandi Everlove, the expression “too many cooks in the kitchen” felt literal in the 250-square-foot kitchen of their nearly 100-year-old Mount Baker home. When the couple entertained, the space was overcrowded, suffered from limited counter space and bottlenecked at a cramped access point to the patio during the inevitable clustering around…