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Ligne Roset: Thee Annual Sale of Annual Sales

Ligne Roset: Thee Annual Sale of Annual Sales

You know it’s a good day when an announcement for the Ligne Roset annual sale hits your inbox. The bold French furniture and lifestyle brand, perhaps most widely known for designer Michael Ducaroy’s classic, ultra-comfy, ultra-chic Togo collection, is holding its yearly sale from September 19 to September 22. Beeline to the retailer’s Westlake Avenue…

Day Trip to Issaquah for the Salmon Days Festival

Day Trip to Issaquah for the Salmon Days Festival

Where: Issaquah, Washington, for the Salmon Days Festival (10/5–10/6. Downtown Issaquah; 425.392.0661; salmondays.org). What: For the 44th time, Issaquah throws its annual welcome for returning salmon with a street party featuring hundreds of artisans and musicians, playing everything from bluegrass to rhythm and blues. Graze: The more than 60 food vendors include Greek-American fusion, New…

Famed Interior Designer Barbara Barry Coming to Masins

Famed Interior Designer Barbara Barry Coming to Masins

Our sister publication Northwest Home recently reported some exciting news for home design and decor addicts: Noted interior designer Barbara Barry, whose stunningly elegant work focuses on muted tones and simple, yet refined lines, will be at Masins Fine Furnishings & Interior Design in Bellevue on Wednesday, September 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. Barry…

Victoria, B.C. or Bust: Fit a Quick Trip Into Your Last Few Days of Summer

Victoria, B.C. or Bust: Fit a Quick Trip Into Your Last Few Days of Summer

!–paging_filter–pSummer may be winding down, but there’s still ample time to trek somewhere fun for a night. Consider an overnight sojourn to this close by stomping ground (and one of CNN’s a href=”http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/travel/unfriendly-cities/index.html?c=page=4“friendliest cities in the world/a): Victoria, B.C. Seattle magazine editorial assistant Erika Almanza Brown offers up her picks for when she visits this…

How to Make Mexican Paper Flowers

How to Make Mexican Paper Flowers

Trophy Cupcakes’ Jennifer Shea demonstrates how to make tissue flowers for your Day of the Dead part

Supplies: Tissue paper is from Packaging Specialties (ps-stores.com) Heavy Italian crepe paper rolls are from Carte Fini (cartefini.myshopify.com)   5 sheets of tissue paper (20 x 30) 3 30-inch lengths of heavy (180 gm) crepe paper in different colors Scissors Light gauge wire Ribbon or twine, if hanging   Start by fan-folding the tissue paper…

Out with the Shabby-Chic and In with the Sophisticated Antiques at this West Seattle Home

Out with the Shabby-Chic and In with the Sophisticated Antiques at this West Seattle Home

How to use old pieces to give a room a new attitude

!–paging_filter–pspanAs with most people, there comes a time when a room is just spoiling for a makeover.nbsp;/span/ppspanSuch was the case for the living room inside the lovely 1913 Craftsman-style West Seattle home of two young professionals, their 10-year-old son and their Rhodesian ridgeback. It was a perfectly functional gathering spot, but, after 12 years, it…

Mixed-Material Furniture from Greg Klassen

Mixed-Material Furniture from Greg Klassen

Furniture Designer Greg Klassen’s wood-and-glass wonders

!–paging_filter–pspanstrongGreg Klassen/strong (360.305.5070;nbsp;/spana href=”http://gregklassen.com/“gregklassen.com/aspan) somehow breathes “life” into his furniture designs. /span/ppspanThe one-time theology student, who studied his craft at California’s College of the Redwoods and Sweden’s Capellågarden School of Craft Design, only opened his Lynden, Washington, studio in 2008. Already, though, he’s become a staple at Seattle’s strongNorthwest Woodworking Gallery/strong (/spanspanspana href=”http://www.nwwoodgallery.com“nwhwoodgallery.com/a/span/spanspan), and at…

Road Trip to Feast Portland

Road Trip to Feast Portland

The foodie-centric event takes place in Portland September 19-22

WHERE: Downtown Portland, Oregon WHY: For the second annual Feast Portland (9/19–9/22. $10 for speaker presentations [all ages]; $45–$175 for demos and tastings, 21 and older only. Various locations, including the Grand Tasting event at Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW Sixth Ave.; feastportland.com), a celebration of all things edible and quaffable made in Oregon. There…

New Store: Maison Luxe

New Store: Maison Luxe

It’s been almost four years since Kelie Grosso decamped her interiors store, Maison Luxe, from its First Avenue digs to an appointment-only spot on an upper floor of a historic Pioneer Square office space. But as of April, Maison Luxe is back in the retail business, having taken over the airy Madison Valley storefront recently…

All the Details on the Forthcoming Willows Inn Cookbook

All the Details on the Forthcoming Willows Inn Cookbook

!–paging_filter–pWhen Joe Ray called, saying he felt like spilling some beans, I had an inkling that it might something big. a href=”http://joe-ray.com/” target=”_blank”Ray’s/a writing and photographs have been featured in The Boston Globe, the New York Times and dozens of other publications. He wrote a story on Riley Starks’a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/tackling-chicken-butchering-workshop” target=”_blank” chicken butchery workshop for…

Understanding the Affordable Care Act

Understanding the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act likely affects you and just about everyone you know

Kathryn is in her early 50s and lives on the shore of Lake Washington with her husband, Bill, in an elegant contemporary home filled with sunlight and exquisite art. Bill, a successful entrepreneur, retired in his mid-50s. Bill and Kathryn* are too young for Medicare, but felt well protected since they had purchased one of…

Autism

Charles A. Cowan*, M.D., Seattle Children’s, Developmental Pediatrics, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 206.987.2204; Seattle Children’s Hospital; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 1968; autism, Asperger’s syndrome Bryan H. King, M.D., Seattle Children’s, Autism Center, 4909 25th Ave. NE, Seattle, 206.987.8080; Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Medical Center; Medical College of Wisconsin,…

The Coolest Couches for Your Home

The Coolest Couches for Your Home

Couches for every space and taste

GET A LEG UPThis fall, West Elm (South Lake Union, 2201 Westlake; 206.467.5798; westelm.com), always a reliable source for stylish, affordable design, brings us the James Harrison collection from the award-winning U.K.-based designer known for producing high-end, design-forward furniture and interior pieces. The simply tailored settee ($1,099), part of a three-piece collection that includes a…

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