Each week, we’re featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy of their ingenious owners or designers–that you can steal for your own abode. I’m usually a modern architecture…

On October 15, the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) hosted the Pacific Rim Real Estate Summit with a sold out crowd of 200 attendees. The event took place at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty’s Kirkland office and featured celebrity keynote speaker Maurico Umansky, CEO The Agency, along with other real estate experts on the topic…

As we prepare to decorate our front porches and windows for Halloween we may find ourselves falling in love with all things black and orange. Think you can’t celebrate this classic color combination all year long? These rooms prove that we can keep the spirit of Halloween alive through balancing these strong colors with soft…

On Thursday, October 16, Seattle magazine celebrated Room & Board‘s new accessories department and collection. To mark the occasion, four local design experts styled vignettes with artwork, lighting and other finishing touches that each reflected their personal styles. More than 200 of Seattle’s social set attended to ooh and ahh R&B’s fab new line, all…

White in a kid’s room sounds like a recipe for mystery stains and crayon-covered walls, but it was a color that homeowners Erica Sanders and Charles Dannaker picked for their nursery with zero reservations. “They like cool, crisp colors and streamlined Nordic themes,” says Jennie Gruss, interior designer and owner of her eponymous design firm…

Each week, we’re featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy of their ingenious owners or designers–that you can steal for your own abode. I first fell for the…

It’s hard to imagine a truer window into an architect’s mind than wandering the rooms of his own home. That’s exactly the scenario Crystal Bernstein lucked into while visiting a friend who was house-sitting for Rick Sundberg, FAIA, of Seattle’s SKL Architects. “I remember really liking it,” Bernstein says, “and thinking everything was very elegant,…

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 abodes sold? Last month we featured this beauty (which still hasn’t been…

Ah, Monday. I’m so glad you’re here. (That’s sarcasm, obvi.) Rather than think about the full calendar I’ve got this week, my various meetings and the likely two airport trips I’ll be making to pick up out-of-town guests, I’m going to stare at pretty bathrooms. That’s more fun, right? The Eastlake-based Porch.com crew collected an…

Never in my pre-homeownership days did I think I’d be excited to go to the hardware store for gallons of paint or to browse pre-hung solid core interior doors (in black, please). But I am. And I do. And it’s glorious. Now that we’re basically one chunky cable-knit sweater away from winter, Porch.com has again…