Home & Real Estate

THE BRIGHT SIDE

Your Seattle Summer Guide to Outdoor Entertaining Anywhere

From colorful carafes to designer pools to a fancy cooler fit for park cocktails, here’s how to outfit a summer outside.

06/18/2021 By Zoe Sayler Photography by Jane Sherman

Explainer

What Is a Houseboat, Really?

What you need to know about Seattle's quirkiest type of home.

06/17/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Tiny Tudor

Property Watch: A Cozy Vintage Condo in Capitol Hill

This small space is warm in every sense of the word.

06/16/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Drowning in Process

Why Seattle Won't Allow New Houseboats Anymore

City permitting may sink the city's famed on-the-water living.

06/10/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Glassthetic

Property Watch: A Modern Stunner in Medina

This swanky home has architectural prestige, a posh address, and so many windows.

06/09/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Collective Enterprise

Pacific Galleries Antique Mall Will Close This Summer

Seattle says farewell to its oldest antique mall after nearly 50 years.

06/08/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Enclaves

The AIDS Memorial Pathway Is Capitol Hill's Latest Call for Action

A new art installation celebrates the response to the AIDS crisis in what was once Seattle’s undisputed queer hub.

06/07/2021 By Christy Carley

Fern Frenzy

Property Watch: A Tacoma Midcentury House with a Moat of Ferns

A tranquil interior blends with lush landscaping.

06/02/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Thiry's modern life

Property Watch: An Early Paul Thiry in Magnolia

Thiry is known for modern architecture, but for this provincial revival home, he got busy.

05/26/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Coveted Real Estate

Rainier Valley and Rainier Beach Neighborhood Guide

Diverse restaurants. Top basketball prospects. A labyrinthine garden. This stretch of the city covers an outsize amount of cultural terrain.

05/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy, Stefan Milne, Rosin Saez, and Allecia Vermillion

OLD SCHOOL COOL

Cool House Brings Vintage Furniture to Fremont's Pipe and Row Boutique

The Seattle-based Instagram furniture shop is bringing its A game for the weeklong popup.

05/19/2021 By Zoe Sayler

Fancy Floats

Property Watch: Seattle’s Biggest Houseboat Is a Floating Mansion

At almost 5,000 square feet, it may be the only Lake Union house with a home theater.

05/19/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

conservatory chic

Property Watch: Everett's Rucker Mansion

Who's up for a life-size game of Clue?

05/12/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Home Shopping

5 of Seattle's Hottest Neighborhoods

Where homes are flying off the market.

05/05/2021 By Seattle Met Staff

Significant Salvage

Property Watch: Treehouse Style in West Seattle

This West Seattle home has pieces of Seattle history—including the Kingdome—and killer views built right in.

05/05/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Recovery Mode

How an Alliance Helps Pioneer Square Small Businesses Persevere

A nonprofit fosters a spirit of collaboration in Seattle's first neighborhood.

05/03/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Habitat

A Fierce Makeover for a Beacon Hill Powder Room

A statement space emerges from a detail-laden DIY.

04/29/2021 By Karin Vandraiss

Island Time

Property Watch: A Lofty Orcas Island Home

This quintessentially Northwest home is decked out in cedar.

04/28/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

not so subtle

Property Watch: Port Townsend's Fancy Pink Palace

This 11-bedroom mansion is pretty extra, even by Victorian standards.

04/21/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd