Seaside Home
This house has a history. It sits proud on a point as the first house on this stretch of beach, and there is majesty in the views and the site.
Inside the house was dark and dense with bedrooms and doors, stair wells and baths, low ceilings clipped with corners and dormers. Outside the Salish Sea laps and the Olympic Mountains glow.
The solution was to bring qualities of the outside in. Open the entry; stairs become light wells, and views beckon from landings. Doors disappear in glass and the movement of light. The warren of bedrooms was transformed into a crafted master suite with a balcony open to sea breezes; a glass library open to guest rooms. The attic suite floats like an aerie above the ocean. The home, without adding to its original footprint, has become "the stuff dreams are made of."
Location: Seattle, Washington
Photographer: Laurie Black, Kathryn Barnard, Ben Benschneider
Publications:
Coastal Living "A Seaside Thanksgiving" November 2013
Seattle Times "A Woman's Place Finds New Strength" October 2012