Home & Garden Articles
Seattle Center House Recycled
In time for the 50th anniversary of the World's Fair, Graham Baba Architects turns the old armory into a house of light.
By David Laskin
10 More Great Houses
Seattle Met invited a panel of experts to nominate the 10 greatest houses of Seattle. While there was much agreement, there were plenty of diverging opinions as well. Here are 10 more fine homes that almost made the cut.
Four Common Seattle Home Styles
For the last century and more, most single-family homes have been built by developers, on spec. Here are four distinct design families we can see in Seattle and the suburbs.
Seattle’s 10 Greatest Homes
Six design experts choose the most outstanding houses in the city’s history.
Midcentury Modern Revival
A Queen Anne home by famed Northwest architect Paul Hayden Kirk gets a modern update, but its original integrity remains intact.
A Bainbridge Island Bachelor Pad
Bainbridge architect Matthew Coates designed a house with a hard exterior but a sense of warmth inside. The owner fit right in.
Update for a Beacon Hill Craftsman Kitchen
An outdated Craftsman kitchen comes into the now without a dramatic overhaul.
The Yes Man
The first thing you need to understand about Brad Harlow’s man cave is that it isn’t a man cave.
Party at Your Place
Designers set the mood this season with a silver soiree and a come-one-come-all plaid-mad supper.
Kitchen Confidential
When remodeling the most important room in the house, it’s all about asking the right questions.
The Bifurcated House
A Seattle art school’s founding family puts a modern face on a Ballard bungalow.
Dream Small
A garden shed can house whatever your heart desires, but a good building plan keeps things real.
Lighten Up
If winter gray gives you the blues, try these bright ideas from local lighting luminaries.
The Natural
A Seattle architect’s naturalistic influences resonate in the Northwest and the country.
By Fred Moody
High-Style Tiles
Amely Wurmbrand uses mosaic and tiles to lend artful touches to her modern Shoreline home.
Let It Float
For two Seattle architects, updating a Paul Kirk split-level meant honoring an artist in transition—and keeping the owner happy, too.
Diggable Plants
Whether you're all thumbs or green thumbs, these five shops will grow on you.
By Katie Zipper
Woodway Hideaway
An award-winning remodel transforms a "dark, hunkering block" into a high-style sylvan sanctuary.
One to Grow On
Architect Emory Baldwin’s Greenlake home puts his simple—yet revolutionary—design philosophy to the test.
Home Theater
Pb Elemental built a house for two Queen Anne actors to play in. But will there be drama with the neighbors?
Second to None
No matter what you’re shopping for in a second home—peace and quiet, sandy beaches, snowshoeing trails, the best artist hangout—the perfect place to buy is only hours away.
By Courtney Nash and Crai Bower
Little Giants
South Seattle Community College’s dwarf conifers come alive in winter.
By Roger Brooks
The Artful Designer
Chris Haddad brings to life the modern designs of some of the Northwest’s most desirable homes—when he’s not making sculptures.
Light House
A Madison Park family tosses aside its traditional roots to create a modern home that glows.
Earth Movers
Thanks to our area’s climate (and microclimates), we can be the gardeners we’ve always wanted to be.
The House Next Door
When a Capitol Hill family needed room to grow, they didn’t look far.
By Roger Brooks
Humdingers
A constant food and water source and a secluded place to rest are all a hummingbird needs to call your yard home.
By Mary Robson
Glass Houses
The perfect summer host is ready to serve mint juleps, mojitos, and merlot. Are you?
By Anna Roth
Island Fantasy
With a little know-how (and many checklists), Denny and Holly Onslow found paradise.
By Roger Brooks
Home, Sweet Haunt
The bloodcurdling past and spirited present of a grand old Georgetown Victorian.
By Nena Peltin
Second Life
Kyla Fairchild finds a home for No Depression online, and another for herself on Camano Island.
