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Northwest Home magazine: Home-Grown Furniture Pops Up in Belltown

By Seattle Mag June 27, 2013

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We couldn’t resist sharing this bit of news from our sister publication, Northwest Home.

NW Home editor Shannon O’Leary has the scoop: Pop-up storefront The Design Lab (Belltown, 1919 Third Ave.; ) is hosting its grand-opening reception today (Thursday, 6/27) from 5:30 to 8 p.m. You can hobnob with some talented types and see the handiwork (bird feeders to chairs) by designers from AmpleIacoli McAllisterChadhausUrbancase and Revolution Design House (whose Boxcar planter in ash, $45, by Joe Gibson, is pictured left).

 

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