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How to Create a Chic Halloween Candy Display
A step-by-step guide to whipping up a sweet-meets-scary display for the spookiest time of the year
Regardless if you’re throwing a party or just want to inject your space with a little Halloween cheer, there are a few simple and very polished ways to get a spirited look without going overboard on the orange-and-black kitsch. To show you how, we sought the expert advice of Daria Penta, entertaining professional, party decor…
10 Super Cozy Living Spaces Made for Taking it Easy
Inviting nooks with fireplaces aglow, just in time for fall
If there is ever a time when we feel like holing up and snuggling in front of a fire it’s the moment when fall hits Seattle. A little wet weather here. Some crisp air there. A wash of crunchy leaves on the front stoop. It’s all so bewitching. These 10 local living spaces, all corralled…
What’s Wrong With This House?
This 1969 stunner has been on the market for 184 days. Why?
Buying a home is a ridiculously competitive process. Zillow notes in this report that inventory has fallen to historically low levels, with a “national seasonally adjusted low of 1.28 million homes for sale down from 1.97 million homes in April 2011.” And it’s particularly difficult for buyers searching in the more affordable range. So it…
Home of the Week: An Angular Abode on the Medina Waterfront
Architect Wendell Lovett designed this home to have virtually no right angles
Each week, we’ll be featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them, like the angular beauty spotlighted today, are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy of their ingenious owners–that you can steal for your own abode….
A Creative Trio Takes Interior Design to an Arty Level
Electrifying interior spaces with hand-drawn wallpaper, intricate art installations and more
If you’ve been to the seafood joint Westward, at the foot of Wallingford on the north shore of Lake Union, you’ve likely noticed an oversize ship anchored to the wall behind its bar. But look more closely: Side-view cutaways in the vessel’s wooden hull reveal painstakingly crafted and layered dioramas (and a few are stocked…
Old World Home on the Bluff Even More Beautified
A 1924 Edmonds-area estate gets a landscape update worthy of its timeless prospect
Just because you’ve had the good fortune to realize that real estate mantra “location, location, location,” it still doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. Such was the case for a 1924 Tudor-style manse in Woodway (an exclusive enclave south of Edmonds harboring a coterie of grand old estates). Situated on a beautiful bluff overlooking…
Drygoods Design Kicks Off Fall with a New Store Location, a Grand-Opening Party and a Bunch of New Classes
To kick off its official move from Ballard to Pioneer Square Drygoods Design (301 Occidental Ave. S) is throwing a grand-opening party, complete with door prizes and bubbly, this Friday (9/5), starting at 6 p.m. (The shindig was pushed by a day so as not to compete with—we’re going to say it—those victorious Seahawks’ revelers on Thursday.)…
Shopping Trip: A Peek inside Roche Bobois’ New Downtown Showroom
After a few construction delays, and decades of doing business along Seattle’s Western Avenue, Roche Bobois (1922 Fourth Ave.; 206.322.9744) has opened the doors to its new showroom inside the Escala building on Fourth Avenue. With its surround of high-end retailers and restaurants, the luxury high-rise condominium complex, recently best known for a fictional resident (50 Shades of Grey bad…
In the Garden: Swansons Debuts its Flora Fashions for Fall
Swansons Nursery curates its fall flora line with Autumn Project Month
While fashionistas are gripped by the famous running of the vapor-thin models in New York every fall, for local gardenistas there’s Autumn Project Month, kicking off August 29th, at Swansons Nursery (Crown Hill, 9701 15th Ave. NW; 206.782.2543). For months, Swansons’ buyers have been working with international and local growers to curate their fall flora line. “I am constantly looking for…
Time to Make Sure the Heater’s Working and Other September Home Tips
Download your Porch.com home maintenance calendar for September
September is here! Autumn just got back from vacation and is about to settle in with a nice warm cup of cinnamon tea. Not sure where to start when it comes to cool weather-related home projects and tips? Porch.com‘s monthly home maintenance calendar can help with everything from when to schedule your heating service check-up…
Dreamy Bedrooms with Even Dreamier Views
Getting out of bed is hard enough. Imagine if you had one of these majestic views
Long ago, in a far away land called Ohio, I had a friend (OK, fine, boyfriend) whose parents had a house along the Ohio River. The home rested on a portion of the river that was so serene, so escape-like that I just couldn’t wait to pack an overnight bag, drive the 20 or so…
Make Your Walls Work for You with These Hip New Hooks and Hangers
Three by Three Seattle, the local online retailer that has made mod art out of the dry-eraser board, has a bunch of new hooks and hangers to help us get stylishly organized. As well as new colors and shapes for some old favorites, such as newly square Spot-on! Mini Magnet Hooks, hip new tidying tools for fall…
Industrial and Green Design Collide in this Capitol Hill Loft
An old auto garage on Capitol Hill gets a new mix of uses, including one as a stylishly green loft
Adapting old buildings for bustling new uses on Capitol Hill is beginning to be a habit for Jim Graham, AIA, of Seattle’s Graham Baba Architects. First, he turned a row of old auto shops on Melrose Avenue into the trendy retail/restaurant mix that is Melrose Market for preservationist and developer Liz Dunn. And now Graham…
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