Northwest Home: The Past Perfected
An architect’s update of a mid-century mod home and more from the latest Northwest Home magazine.
By Seattle Mag February 25, 2013
This article originally appeared in the March 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
In this issue of Northwest Home, we turn our focus to storage-smart furnishings—including a hiding-something coffee table—that will help put houses of any size into stylish order. Plus, our Home of the Month (tour it, 3/17), an elegant update of a mid-century mod waterfront home in West Seattle, boasts some inspiration-worthy custom casework. Finally, columnist John Stevens shows us how to grow a classic conservatory-style garden room at home.
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