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Nine Principles of Feng Shui That Bring Balance to Your Home

Nine Principles of Feng Shui That Bring Balance to Your Home

Build in harmony with nature and achieve domestic bliss

1. Create a clear and unobstructed point of arrival—a vestibule, foyer or equivalent—to allow the qi energy to enter your living quarters.

Brigitte Long

Melissa Michaels on Simplifying and Organizing

Melissa Michaels on Simplifying and Organizing

The Seattle author explains how to make room for what you love

Melissa Michaels, who designed the interiors pictured here, suggests that being more selective about what we have in our home can help us feel better within it

Seattle Mag

The Call for a Practical Rooftop Living Space

The Call for a Practical Rooftop Living Space

With yards shrinking, the rooftop deck answers the need for outdoor space

With increasing urban density, Seattleites are heading up to their rooftops for open spaces to entertain, outfitting these areas with couches and fire pits to create outdoor extensions of their homes

Sheila Cain

Teatro ZinZanni's Welcome to Wonderland: A Delightful Vision Through the Looking Glass

Teatro ZinZanni’s Welcome to Wonderland: A Delightful Vision Through the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll is transformed by an exceptional cabaret ensemble

Kevin Kent in Welcome to Wonderland.

D. Scully

Three Impressions of 190 Sunset

Three Impressions of 190 Sunset

Our thoughts on the latest addition to Salish Crossing

The Jalapeno Margarita and Bees Knees cocktails at 190 Sunset.

AJ Rathbun

The Must List: Dangerous Liasons, Eric Idle and John Cleese and South Asian Film Festival

The Must List: Dangerous Liasons, Eric Idle and John Cleese and South Asian Film Festival

What to do this weekend in Seattle

Comedy legends Eric Idle and John Cleese come to Seattle.

Seattle Magazine Staff

Chef Adam Hagen to Host Guest Chef Night on November 3
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Chef Adam Hagen to Host Guest Chef Night on November 3

Alderbrook Resort's executive sous chef serves up a spectacular feast for FareStart

The Restaurant at Alderbrook’s chef Adam Hagen

Lauren Mang

Behind-the-Scenes Tours to Take in Seattle

Behind-the-Scenes Tours to Take in Seattle

Whether you're into chocolate, architecture or sports, there's a Seattle tour for you

Watch chocolate being made at one of Seattle’s many candy-making facilities.

Kasee Bailey

You Can Now Eat Frankie & Jo’s Plant-Based Ice Cream

You Can Now Eat Frankie & Jo’s Plant-Based Ice Cream

(In your sweatpants at home.)

Leave your pints on the counter about 10 minutes for maximum deliciousness.

Chelsea Lin

The Style of Green Building

The Style of Green Building

From defining the passive house to breaking down VOC vernacular, we shed the (green) light on eco-friendly home building

Designed by Shed Architecture & Design, the Madrona Passive House combines contemporary design with energy efficient building systems, creating a home that’s eco-friendly to both its environment and its owners.

Sheila Cain

Must-Have Designer Kitchen Looks

Must-Have Designer Kitchen Looks

Create a space any cook would love with Distinctive Kitchens designer Allison Scheff’s must-haves

A textured or antique rug is a great way to cover dated linoleum.

Seattle Mag

Tips and Tricks to Brighten Your Northwest Kitchen

Tips and Tricks to Brighten Your Northwest Kitchen

Crucial elements for sprucing up a gray space

The right ingredients: Custom walnut cabinetry contrasts with the blue Lacanche range, simple backsplash and calacatta marble countertops, which together create a kitchen that’s beautiful and functional.

Lauren Mang

Seven Lamps We Love Right Now

Seven Lamps We Love Right Now

These stylish lamps and pendants add just the right amount of shimmer

Jonathan Adler Globo table lamp with multicolored Lucite spheres

Lauren Mang

The ABCs of LEDs

The ABCs of LEDs

How to get the best from this long-lasting, energy-efficient light source.

There are more than a few reasons to get better acquainted with the mighty light-emitting diode (LED). According to Energy Saver, a consumer resource offered by the U.S. Department of Energy, LEDs use at least 75 percent less energy and last 25 times longer than their incandescent bulb counterparts. And as more lighting manufacturers unveil…

Lauren Mang

FlintCreek Opens (Finally!) on Monday

FlintCreek Opens (Finally!) on Monday

It's been a long time coming, but "lean proteins" are in your future.

Take a look at those windows.

Chelsea Lin

The Right Shade of White for Every Room

Four rooms, four paint hues

A living room featuring Farrow & Ball “Old White,” No. 4.

Brigitte Long

Illuminating Ideas for Interior Design

A Georgetown interior designer suggests how Seattle home design can lighten up

The living room’s black and white striped rug and printed throw pillows create a sense of energy to complement the natural and decorative light sources

Jennifer McCullum

Home Design Secrets: Top Tips from Seattle’s Experts

Seattle’s top designers on how to get the home you love

Dynamic Decor Dramatic contrasts in color and pattern infuse this Bellevue living room by Brio Design with a bright energy that supplements the natural light in the space

By Jennifer McCullum with Sheila Cain, Brigitte Long and Lauren Mang

Looking at Gentrification in Seattle

How historic preservation is boosting diversity at a time of gentrification

Seattle’s Central District is a prime example of an area that’s experiencing extreme change

Knute Berger

A New Off-Leash Master Plan Has Dog Owners Snarling

Seattle may have a rep as a city with more dogs than kids, but a new master plan for dog parks is in the works—and it’s not making dog owners happy

Winchester, one of Cole Eckerman’s dogs, enjoys a brief rest at the off-leash area in Genesee Park

Elaine Porterfield; additional research by Sarah Murphy

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