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KITCHEN + BATH SURFACES From hand-glazed backsplash tiles to earthy-chic locally crafted dining pieces, we’ve gathered an enviable lineup of appliances, tabletop decor and linens that will give your kitchen an instant refresh.

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This young family loved their classic Tudor home, but they didn’t love its small rooms or tiny windows. A down-to-the-studs remodel transforms a cramped space into an open, airy, light-filled home for a growing family.

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Dark Northwest winters call for bright, light, glowing interiors inspired by the architecture of beach resorts. This new home’s kitchen combines timeless traditional elements with a glamorous contemporary edge for a space that feels straight out of sunny, sun-drenched southern California.

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Art, family and enjoying the outdoors guided the design of a family’s new home on Bainbridge Island by BC&J Architects. Abundant light, plenty of room for a growing tribe, and places of honor for a lifetime of international collecting make this home one of a kind.

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ISLAND RETREAT Designer Doug Rasar and builder Tom Nolan partnered to create a naturalistic cabin on San Juan Island incorporating the best of contemporary design with heritage materials that evoke the essence of the Northwest.

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SEATTLE’S NEW ERA OF CONDOS Real Estate Forecast: Luxury amenities and technology are only part of developers’ offerings attracting empty nesters and Millenials as presales heat up on high rises not yet built.

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LOFT LIFE Local architect James Dixon and New York based interior designer Georgia Tapert Howe create a dynamic new loft for a daring client in the NoHo District of Manhattan.

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OUTWARD FOCUS A classic Northwest style home by architect Regan McClellan gets a contemporary breath of fresh air in this Mercer Island home. Warm tones, tons of light, and an abundance of natural materials bring the outdoors in on even the darkest days.

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Recipe Index

Seattle builder Sarah Kranwinkle partnered with Linda Hoedemaker, principal at Linda Hoedemaker Residential Design to create a versatile, welcoming cottage-style home with broad appeal to call home.

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NORTHWEST HARVEST: PEARS, CHEESE & WINE With idyllic growing conditions, it’s no wonder Pacific Northwest pear growers produce over 80 percent of the nation’s fresh pears—and they’re available almost year-round. A rich history and a richer earth make these USA Pears some of the world’s finest.

117 Galette of Pear, Blue Cheese & Piment d’Espalette

Pear, Cheese & Wine Pairings and Tasting Notes 112-116 Cheese pairings by Kristen Kidney, Cheesemonger of Zupan’s Markets with wine recommendations by noted Northwest wine expert Eric Degerman.

on the cover Art, family and enjoying the outdoors, guided the design of a family’s new home on Bainbridge Island by BC&J Architects.. Story page 34 photography ©Benjamin Benschneider

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PUBLISHER Claudia M. Brown EDITOR/SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Kiki Meletis CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

MY FIRST TASTE OF A COMICE PEAR had to be in my twenties. One of my clients received a holiday gift box with each pear carefully wrapped and nested so it would be perfect upon arrival. All my client said was “Wow, you’ve never had one? Take a bite! These are truly the Rolls Royce of pears.” Well, they were correct, and that was my first fruit-tasting lesson.

The Northwest produces some of the finest pears in the world – Oregon and Washington proudly produce 84% of our nation’s fresh pears. From the current harvest, we asked Kristen Kidney, Cheesemonger for Zupan’s Markets, and noted Northwest wine expert Eric Degerman to recommend pear, cheese and wine pairings based on each pear’s flavor profile. Portland’s Ned Ludd chef and owner Jason French also shares favorite recipes for Galette of Pear, Blue Cheese and Piment d’Espalette; and Crostini of Arugula, Thick Cut Bacon, Red Anjou Pear, Mostards and Goat Cheese.

One look at the cozy cabin on San Juan Island and you’ll want to pack up and move right in. Tom Nolan built this “jewel” from locally harvested Douglas fir, cedars, fieldstone and boulders.

Designer Doug Rasar was given carte blanche on the interior and carefully blended an eclectic mix Native American art, Japanese-inspired lighting, textiles, Northwest art, basketry, and exposed woods with cool dark wall colors.

Accommodating a growing tribe of adults and their children, BC& J Architects designs a dream home for clients on Bainbridge Island, creating plenty of space to display a lifelong collection of art and sculptures acquired while traveling the world. The home captures light and the outdoors with stunning views of Mt. Baker.

Blending Northwest style with modern contemporary, architect Regan McClellan designs a Mercer Island home offering his clients both

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privacy and rooms with almost seamless connection to the outdoors. The structure incorporates steel, concrete and wood to maximize light and warmth, all nicely situated into the surrounding environs, as if it has always been there.

It was down-to-the-studs for Northwest architect/ interior designer Jill Rerucha and contractor Josh Caspers to transform their clients’ 1924 cramped Tudor-style home into an open, airy, light-filled kitchen. Paying homage to the clients’ preference for weathered materials and earth tones, Rerucha selected stained chestnut wood cabinets, poured concrete countertops and burnished bronze and black on the faucets and lighting.

Eye On Design takes a look at the latest lineup of furnishings, appliances, plumbing fixtures, tabletop and linens, tiles, lighting, rugs, (and where to find them locally) to freshen or redo any décor, complete with the latest colors, as these also keep evolving.

Our website www.PortraitMagazine.com has an in-depth collection of homes recently published in Portrait Magazine, as well as portfolios for leading design professionals in Oregon and Washington. If you are interested in wine, local harvests and fabulous chef recipes, we save these online as well, including tasting notes for wines as they are released.

Here’s to a super 2018 and thanks for your support.

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TIME HONORED MODERN written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by TIM BIES

THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT OLDER HOMES, but layout isn’t usually on the top of anybody’s list. Notorious for cramped rooms, tons of interior walls, and windows that are either too small or too few, homes from the early 20th century are practically begging to be lightened up. For this Seattle Tudor, it was architect and interior designer Jill Rerucha of Rerucha Studios and contractor Josh Caspers of Caspers Built who pulled up the curtains and let the light back in.

Homeowner Carolyn contacted Jill looking for help making her 1924 Tudor-style home feel more spacious. Tight doorways and a warren-like layout made it seem as if they were always bumping into one another, and many of the spaces felt underutilized. Simply rearranging the furniture wasn’t going to produce the magnitude of change Carolyn was looking for, so Jill decided to create a brand-new floor plan tailored to the family’s lifestyle.

“There was a lot of darkness,” says Jill, so one of the most important things she did was plan a new bank of windows in the kitchen at the back of the house. She also planned for most of the interior walls to be removed, creating an open floor plan that felt much more spacious, even without expanding any of the exterior walls of the home. As an added bonus, the new layout made it possible to see all the way through the home, showcasing the fresh view of the back garden. “We see this wall of green through the calendar year, and it’s so lovely,” says Carolyn.

Jill partnered with regular collaborator Caspers Built to execute the new design. During the remodel, workers encountered a few surprises—but then again, “There are always surprises with older homes,” laughs Josh. “Here, we had to reframe the floor in the kitchen because some of the framing members weren’t actually landing on anything.”

With more room to breathe, Jill designed a new kitchen to serve as a central gathering place for the family. “Carolyn likes weathered materials, darker tones, and earth tones,” explains Jill, so she chose richly colored materials with lots of texture for the kitchen. The cabinets are made from chestnut wood, treated with a stain to bring out the natural grain. Countertops are custom poured concrete, and the backsplash behind the range is handmade glass tile. Fixtures, including the faucet and lighting, are burnished bronze or black rather than polished chrome.

The result is a quintessentially modern kitchen that still fits within the historic environment of the home. “I love the whole thing, and I feel really lucky to be able to have what I have based on what Jill provided and what Josh was able to carry out,” says Carolyn. “They’re a great team.”

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LEFT A blackboard finish on the pantry doors provides the perfect place for this busy family to organize their schedule. The open layout and long bank of windows floods the kitchen with light and gives it a warm, inviting feel. THIS PAGE Burnished bronze lighting with exposed cords echoes the warm industrial feel of the concrete countertops.

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR Caspers Built, www.caspersbuilt.com ARCHITECT & INTERIOR DESIGN Rerucha Studio, www.reruchastudio.com Countertop Fabricator: Dog Paw Design; Appliances: Liebherr, Miele, BlueStar; Plumbing Fixtures: Kohler; Windows: Lundgren Enterprises: Marvin Windows

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Custom cabinetry from Northwest Custom Cabinets stretches all the way to the ceiling, eliminating awkward unused spaces at the top. Jewelry-like chandeliers add feminine sparkle to the room, while warm-toned dark hardwood floors create an anchoring base for all those bright surfaces. The Thermador range and oven includes a main oven and a steam oven, making it ideal for entertaining family or clients.

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SUNNY SIDE UP written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by HARIS KENJAR

DARK NORTHWEST WINTERS CALL FOR BRIGHT, LIGHT, GLOWING INTERIORS INSPIRED BY THE ARCHITECTURE OF BEACH RESORTS. THIS NEW HOME’S KITCHEN COMBINES TIMELESS TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS WITH A GLAMOROUS CONTEMPORARY EDGE FOR A SPACE THAT FEELS STRAIGHT OUT OF SUNNY, SUN-DRENCHED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

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AS AN AGENT WITH KELLER WILLIAMS, VALERIE VERBURG has been inside a lot of homes. So when it came time to build her dream home, she knew exactly what she wanted: clean lines, bright surfaces, tons of natural light, and a feminine look with just a hint of sparkle. She also knew what she didn’t want: To make the hundreds of decisions that go into a kitchen all on her own.

“I’m very into interior design, I’m in real estate, I’ve seen hundreds of thousands of homes, but when I was responsible for every little decision, it got overwhelming,” laughs Valerie. “You can have a vision, but you need other people to carry out that vision.”

So, on a recommendation from another design firm, she reached out to designer Kat Lawton, principal of Kat Lawton Interiors, to help her refine and edit her kitchen plan. With construction already well underway, Kat and Valerie got down to business: selecting surfaces, fixtures, lighting, and hardware.

One of the biggest initial decisions Kat and Valerie made was to use natural marble for the countertops and tiled walls. While quartz is more durable, Valerie was consistently drawn to the warm, buttery glow and soft texture of honed marble. It can be tricky to care for, but in many ways, that’s part of the charm. “Sure, it etches, but I look at it as more of a patina than a flaw,” says Kat. “It’s perfectly imperfect. Let it age, let it do its thing.”

Valerie also knew she wanted the island cabinetry to be a different color than the main cabinetry, so she and Kat settled on white oak stained to match the floors—and used the same stain elsewhere in the home, like a floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcase in the nearby great room. “It was a really great idea,” explains Kat. “It really breaks up the perimeter walls and makes it feel more furniture-like.”

Selecting the kitchen stools highlighted just how in sync Kat and Valerie were in terms of aesthetic. Kat chose an upholstered stool with a pull ring on the back as one of six stool options she presented to Valerie— and it turned out Valerie already owned and loved two of them. “They’re right in line with the kitchen,” says Kat. “Very 1940s glamour.”

On the far side of the kitchen, a bar provided the ideal site for a bit of experimentation. Valerie and Kat chose a chevron-patterned marble for the backsplash, injecting a playful, modern accent. Above, cross pieces in the glass-fronted cabinets were inspired by homes Valerie has seen in Florida while visiting family, giving the bar even more visual drama.

After living in her new home for several months, Valerie couldn’t be happier. “I absolutely love it,” she says. “It was a huge learning process, and I am so thankful. Kat was just delightful, and she has a really good eye.”

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PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR + ARCHITECT Key Concepts Construction LLC, www.keycc-llc.com INTERIOR DESIGN Kat Lawton Interiors, www.katlawtoninteriors.com HARDWARE Chown Hardware, www.chown.com WINDOWS Sierra Pacific Windows, www.sierrapacificwindows.com Appliances: Thermador, Miele, Silhouette; Plumbing Fixtures: Kohler, Kallista, Insinkerator

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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND

LAKE HOUSE

written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER

ART. FAMILY. THE OUTDOORS. THE THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE MEANINGFUL FOR THIS FAMILY ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT GUIDED THE DESIGN OF THEIR NEW HOME ON BAINBRIDGE ISLAND. ABUNDANT LIGHT, PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A GROWING TRIBE, AND PLACES OF HONOR FOR A LIFETIME OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING MAKE THIS HOME ONE OF A KIND.

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EVERY HOME HAS A GUIDING PRINCIPAL. Some are driven by aesthetic ideas, while others are informed by the visual language of the natural surrounds. But this new home on Bainbridge Island was designed specifically to fit its owners’ histories and lifestyles like a tailor-made suit.

Peter Brachvogel and his wife, Stella Carosso, started BC&J Architects in 1990. Seattle was just kicking off its first, Microsoft-fueled tech boom, and downtown’s urban core was filling with impressive designer’s offices and showpiece architectural firms. But Peter and Stella had other priorities.

“We stayed on Bainbridge Island,” says Peter. “We wanted to be able to live where we worked. Our kids were growing up here, we wanted an easy commute, and we wanted our practice to be all about the clients’ needs, not our own ego.”

When the owners of this new home on Bainbridge Island first contacted BC&J Architects, they had just purchased a piece of land and were ready to build a custom second home. Their main desires were plenty of room for adult children and their families, a strong connection to the outdoor environment, and enough space that the couple could finally unpack their collection of art and sculpture they’d acquired over a lifetime of traveling.

Those were exactly the kinds of client needs BC&J was excited to fulfill.

First, however, a less enjoyable directive awaited: land use restrictions. The design needed to conform to Bainbridge Island’s strict waterfront land use constraints, including shoreline setbacks, lot coverage, height limits, and natural vegetation buffers. The current home is within a hair’s breadth of the maximum lot coverage restrictions, which were further reduced by an existing boathouse and guesthouse already on the property. “It was a throttle stop,” explains Peter, “but it held the scale and proportion in check.”

ABOVE A 700-pound solid-core door clad in acid-etched steel presides over the entry. It has an angled perimeter to reference the battered shape of the interior columns, and is mounted on a pivot hinge. The handle extends the length of the door, but only the span within easy arm’s reach is thinned and textured for grip. RIGHT The dining room was designed to feel like a courtyard or breezeway, with natural light coming from multiple directions. “It’s really fun to have meals in there, especially in the summer when the doors are open,” says Peter.

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The site faces north, which can present a challenge in terms of capturing light. To open up the home as much as possible to the Northwest’s precious sun, Peter and Stella designed a terrace to follow the line of the shoreline and create longer-range views down the passage towards summer sunsets. They also tweaked the bedroom wing to sit at an angle to the main home to capture a view of Mt. Baker and create unimpeded sightlines to the northwest from the living room.

Then, Peter and Stella designed a set of clerestory windows to brighten the home even more. “By cracking the roof plane open and allowing the roof to sit on a bed of glass, we were able to get a lot of light into the middle of the building,” explains Peter. To meet structural requirements, that meant the home needed to be framed in steel rather than timber, much like a commercial multistory building.

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The great room has 14-foot ceilings, but the clerestory windows keep the ceiling from feeling too remote. The media cabinet is made of walnut, and the floors are white oak. “We wanted to use a system of colors that picked up on the colors in the surrounding environment, like driftwood after a storm” says Peter. “So we have these grey and sand colored finishes on the ceiling and floor, and we used walnut and sapele on the cabinets.”

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“The cantilevered roof and steel frame really are quite liberating,” says Peter. “It allows you to do all sorts of things wood framing doesn’t allow you to do, like have open corners. And if you have a lot this valuable, why wouldn’t you want to open it up?” In a nod to steel’s critical role in the home, Peter says they used it to replace wood even in non-load bearing settings, such as stair risers, baseboards, the fireplace cladding, and the front door.

Inside the home’s envelope, Peter and Stella laid out rooms to maximize shared spaces for spending time together as a group while also creating multiple options for guest and resident privacy. The home is divided into two main wings: a public wing containing the great room, kitchen, a small dining space, and a pantry and powder room; and a private wing, containing the master bedroom suite, guest bedrooms, and an office. Additional guest lodging is located in the boathouse and guesthouse, making it possible to accommodate larger gatherings.

Throughout the home, Peter and Stella intentionally softened transitions and connected spaces using shared functional, thematic, and aesthetic elements.

The dining room is situated between the public and private wings of the home, linking them together. A U-shaped fireplace connects the great room and the dining room, and is also visible from outside of the home. Big doors to the front terrace and a long skylight above the dining room table make the space read like an outdoor courtyard. “It feels like you’re outside between the two buildings,” says Peter, “almost like you’re in an enclosed breezeway.”

Links extend to the outdoors and the other buildings on the property. The terrace itself wraps from the exterior of the public wing of the home over to the master bedroom, where it attenuates from a broad terrace to stepping-stones in order to create a sense of removal. The concrete columns that pass through the main living spaces of the home have sloping sides, referencing the battered walls (walls built with receding slopes) of the boathouse and guesthouse. Peter says placing them by the crisp lines of the windows helps the angles read most clearly.

One of the homeowners’ most important instructions was that the home needed to have plenty of spaces for displaying artwork. A lifetime of travel and art patronage had left the family with an extensive collection of sculpture, paintings, and global furniture, but much of it was boxed up in storage for lack PortraitMagazine.com

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LEFT In the master bedroom, a hide-away television set is embedded in the footboard for discreet late-night television sessions. RIGHT Floor-to-ceiling vein-matched marble tiles cover every surface in the guest bedroom. “The tile guy was in there a long time,” laughs Peter. “Like five months.”

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LEFT Designed to evoke a spa-like setting, the master bath boasts heated floors and tub deck, an extra-deep tub, and a hidden television set behind one of the vanity mirrors. The walls and tub surround are grey Fusano limestone, which has a lovely buttery texture. The cabinets are built from walnut. RIGHT Many of the lighting fixtures were collected by the homeowners on their travels, including this statement chandelier off the kitchen.

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of space. Peter says art shows best in spaces that are relatively neutral, but in a family home, the challenge lays in designing a space that doesn’t read as a gallery-like white box. “You have to provide spaces for art to be, you don’t want to overpower the art,” says Peter. “If you have a gentle backdrop while still letting the building be a nice, strong voice behind, that allows you to create moments to enjoy all these pieces. The building has to respond to the art in a calming way.”

In the kitchen, that meant building nooks above the traditional cabinetry to house a collection of items the homeowners had acquired in Italy and Africa. Peter and Stella installed built-in lighting at the base of each cabinet to show off the objects, which had the unexpected side effect of highlighting the shape of the nooks themselves. “I really like this edge light that occurs on the cabinetry,” says Peter. “It was a nice surprise.”

Any new home is a dance between homeowner, architect, and the inherent qualities and restrictions of the site, and this property was no different. BC&J Architects’ client-focused approach and the homeowners’ openness to new ideas resulted in a sophisticated home flooded with light, art, and opportunities for connection and retreat. “They were such great clients,” says Peter. “When you have an owner who’s willing to listen, to come with their ears on, that’s when you end up with something special.”

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR Carley Construction www.carleyconstruction.com ARCHITECT BC& J Architecture www.bcandj.com LANDSCAPE DESIGNER Bliss Garden Design www.blissgardendesign.com Appliances: Sub-Zero, Wolf; Plumbing Fixtures: Hansgrohe, Sento, Julian

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ISLAND RETREAT written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by AARON LEITZ

This cabin on the shores of San Juan Island invites the outdoors in at every turn. The same variegated blue stone used for the patio also forms the floor of the main entry room, creating a sense of continuity and cohesion. A built-in bench around two sides of the dining table keeps the small space streamlined, while the bank of windows in the corner provides an immediate connection to the shoreline just outside.

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAS ITS OWN KIND OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE: COZY, NATURALISTIC HOMES WITH A FOCUS ON CRAFTSMANSHIP AND STRONG LINKS BETWEEN THE INTERIOR, THE EXTERIOR, AND THE HORIZON. THIS CABIN ON SAN JUAN ISLAND INCORPORATES THE BEST OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH HERITAGE MATERIALS THAT EVOKE THE ESSENCE OF THE NORTHWEST.

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FEW KINDS OF DWELLINGS OCCUPY A MORE POTENT SPACE IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS THAN A CABIN BY THE SHORE. Waves lapping just feet from the front door, fishing poles stacked at the ready, a cabin promises days full of quiet moments, restorative silence, and a connection to the outdoors that larger houses just can’t provide, no matter how sensitively they’re designed.

“Everybody thinks they want a second home, but I think there’s something innate in us that really wants a fort,” says interior designer Doug Rasar. “You see it in your grandkids. Whether it’s a piece of rope and a blanket, or a card table with something draped over us, there’s just something in us that wants to nest like that.”

This property on San Juan Island was already home to a larger lodge-style home, but its owners craved something on a smaller scale. They’d already commissioned one garden guesthouse, designed by the late Seattle architect Glenn “Dutch” Duarte, which they used to host visitors. This time, they wanted something that included storage space for outdoor gear as well as a cozy, enticing living space for quiet coastal getaways.

With changes in shore setback rules approaching fast, the owners reached out to builder Tom Nolan, principal at Island Shelter, to get the project off the ground. Tom started his career building wooden boats, but transitioned to building houses after he built his own house on San Juan Island in the 1980s. His company specializes in sourcing unique materials for high-end homes throughout the San Juan Islands.

Time was of the essence, so Tom began with the same plans for a snug one-bedroom cabin that were originally drawn up by Dutch Duarte for the garden guesthouse. Then, he added a storage area for kayaks and crab gear on one side, and balanced that with an outdoor patio, fireplace, and sitting area on the other flank. He also added a bank of corner windows that wasn’t present in the original design, opening the home up to the incredible harbor views just outside the door.

Next, Tom began sourcing materials. For the interiors, he found an enormous windfall Douglas fir in the North Cascades. Over six feet in diameter, it supplied the lumber for almost all of the trim inside the home. On the exterior, the peeled log columns were harvested from Tom’s own property nearby, as were the glacial erratic boulders at the columns’ base. The logs are carefully scribed at the base to fit so tightly to the surface of the boulders they appear as if they are growing from the stone. The chimney is also built from local fieldstone dug from Tom’s property, which is on a part of the island so rich with stones that the road is named after the material.

The exterior of the home is sided in cedar shingles, a classic coastal Northwest material that’s becoming harder and harder to source. Tom says he found these shingles out on the Washington coast, where foresters are now scouring hard-to-harvest steep slopes and ravines for downed or buried wide-diameter cedars, some hidden under feet of moss and forest debris. “The outside might have started to rot, but the inside is as good as it was when it was growing,” says Tom. PortraitMagazine.com

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LEFT Doug designed a custom interior fireplace incorporating local fieldstone and a steel and I-beam mantle. An eclectic mix of furniture is tied together with cool grey tones, simple lines, and an emphasis on natural materials like leather and wood. Throws showcase classic Filson plaid. THIS PAGE Outside the front door, the patio replicates the feel of a traditional living room, including a pendant light above the table. The fixture was reclaimed from a ship, where it was used to spot items in the water.

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PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR Island Shelter Co. www.islandshelter.com INTERIOR DESIGN Doug Rasar Interior Design, LLC www.rasarinteriors.com Appliances: Wolf, Sub-Zero; Plumbing Fixtures: Chicago Faucet, Grohe

Structure complete, the homeowners called Doug to help design the interiors. Doug had previously designed several other properties for the homeowners, including their yacht, and they’d developed a strong working relationship. They gave him carte blanche to create the feel and environment he thought best-suited the property, a kind of refined rustic style incorporating heritage Northwest elements like Native American art, Japanese-inspired lighting, Filson textiles, and the work of local painters, a combination he says encapsulates the Northwest and connects it to the larger Pacific Rim. Echoing the use of local materials in the structure itself, Doug looked to salvage and creative reuse for interior materials as well. Wall art includes a painting by Jay Steensma, a Seattle artist famous for painting with house paint on paper bags and other found surfaces, as well as a pair of oars salvaged from an old flat-bottomed boat from the Sammamish River Slough, near where one of the homeowners had grown up. While none of the interior furnishings match, Doug created a sense of unity with natural materials, simple lines, and cool tones to contrast with the warmth of all the exposed wood.

Doug chose the wall paint color after a visit to Flury & Company, one of Seattle’s leading galleries of Edward Curtis photography and Native American art, where it’s used on the walls. On the chip, it doesn’t look like much, a kind of muddy greenish brown, but it makes the warm tones of basketry, copper plate photogravures, and cedar wood glow “like magic,” says Doug. “Plus, if you’re building a fire on a cold night, you want to be around a dark wall color; you don’t want to sit in an ice cold white box.”

The result is a jewel-like cabin that offers an intimate setting for retreat, contemplation, and enjoying friends and family. What could have been an afterthought has become one of the most welcoming, inviting spaces on the entire site. “It’s the family’s favorite part of the whole property,” says Doug.

“When they come up on the weekends, they stay in this little cabin, not the big lodge area.”

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A light fixture from Ingo Maurer channels a Japanese design sensibility, while that classic Filson plaid makes another appearance on the bed’s headboard and box spring surround. Careful symmetry gives the interior a calm, harmonious feel.

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SEATTLE IS OFFICIALLY THE FASTEST GROWING LARGE CITY IN THE NATION If you’ve been anywhere near downtown Seattle the past few years, you’ve probably noticed the cranes. It’s officially the fastest-growing large city in the nation, and there are more active developments in Seattle than any other city in the United States. And, while the office and hotel markets are definitely hot, most of them aren’t working on commercial projects; instead, they’re residential constructors. The vast majority are high-rise apartments (94-percent of the estimated 27,000 housing units being added to the skyline this decade is for rent and not for sale). So, with demand to own rising quicker than supply, it’s of little surprise that condo prices are climbing.

A sudden population boom, an increasing desire for in-city attractions, and a tidal wave of affluent tech industry

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RIGHT Modern high-rise amenities include top floor common areas to draw residents together high above the city below.

ABOVE Urban attractions like Purple Café (pictured) in downtown Seattle and next generation designs and amenities are drawing a diverse number of city dwellers.

Millennials finally ready to transition from renting to home ownership have spurred a condo comeback drawing upon many international influences.

Vancouver-based Burrard Group, the developer of the 41-story NEXUS Condominium tower may be building a harbinger of what’s to come. “Seattle is following similar urbanization trends we experienced in both San Francisco and Vancouver, albeit it’s taking shape much quicker,” said Christian Chan, Executive Vice President of Burrard Group. “Our success with NEXUS presales suggests our offering is resonating with the market.”

These new-class condos are a far cry from the drab, builder’s-beige properties from the Frasier era; instead, technological advances and contemporary lifestyle needs have given rise

to progressive architecture and an incredible array of enticing amenities, from onsite co-working spaces to pet-friendly floors with dog parks and outdoor play spaces.

ver B.C. were growing vertically in the ‘70s and ‘80s, traditional family homes still dominated the Seattle housing market. It wasn’t until the ‘90s that the first presale condominiums started to hit the Seattle market, mostly in the Belltown neighborhood. Those sold for around $300 to $350 a square foot; today, they’re trading at three to four times that value, despite being older properties, demonstrating just how desirable urban condominiums have become. Offering some perspective— luxury condo values in San Francisco have frequently crossed $3,000 per sq. ft. (about twice that of Seattle) and new developments in New York City can reach $10,000 or even top $12,000 per sq. ft.

Seattle hasn’t always been a condo town. While San Francisco and Vancou-

The skyward trend in Seattle was fueled by new zoning laws passed in 2006

Dean Jones, Principal and Owner at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty confirms Burrard’s vision is spot on because today’s professionals would rather live and work in the same neighborhood. “People are exhausted with commuting,” says Dean. “Urban centers are where you find the most abundant jobs, a dynamic social life, rich culture, diverse entertainment, preferred retail shopping and all the cosmopolitan attributes people value now – it’s all about time management and impromptu opportunities.”

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LUXURY VIEW CO ND OMINIUMS Experience 200-degrees of spectacular vistas of the skyline, Elliott Bay and Olympic Mountains. Discover just eleven condominium estates now under construction offering one and three bedroom homes ranging from 885 to 2,128 square feet with outdoor living spaces. Enjoy floor-to-ceiling windows, Northwest Contemporary design, uncompromising quality, and a matchless bayside location just moments from the West Seattle Water Taxi with convenient access to all that downtown Seattle offers.

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that permitted buildings on smaller, infill development sites that were taller and more slender than previously allowed. After the recession, the market cycle shifted exclusively to apartment buildings as skittish, relocating residents opted to rent instead of buy (and skittish banks saw apartments as less risky than built-to-sell condominiums).

Many Millennials had watched their parents or older siblings grapple with the fallout of the credit crunch and hit pause on home ownership. Today, however, that pendulum has swung fully in the other direction, and the pipeline of condominium development is now rebooting. That’s a good thing, because consumer enthusiasm seems to be at an all-time high. When Burrard Group introduced NEXUS in March 2017, the opportunity to own a

Exclusive to building apps are being integrated with new condominium offerings to help activate the community, schedule residential services and manage home technology.

slice of this burgeoning “East Village” neighborhood drew line ups (even overnight campers). By the end of the weekend 70% of its 389 units were presold—even though residents won’t be able to move in until mid-2019.

BUYER’S DESIRES So, who’s buying these condos? Young, affluent tech workers aren’t the whole story. Many empty nesters also find the “lock and leave” lifestyle immensely appealing, especially after decades of long commutes and weekends of home maintenance. “There’s a liberation that comes with adopting the high-rise lifestyle, where many of these types of responsibilities are addressed for you — either by building design and amenities, the property manager or 24 hour concierge and now technology that we are integrating

into the building,” says Billy Mainguy, Vice President of Strategy for Burrard Group. “Our hope is that residents find a couple of extra hours a day to pursue other passions such as family, wellness or the arts.” Millennials do comprise an important segment of demand for urban condos, especially now, as many settle into their careers and decide they’re finally ready put down roots. It’s been a long road for these consumers, many of whom have been in Seattle for years and opted to rent, rather than buy, while exploring highly dynamic careers in a new city.

“Millennials are notoriously nimble consumers and in some ways, they’ve paid a convenience fee to keep their options open as prices rise around them — signing a 12-month lease costs more than the rent if delaying

ownership with a purchase for another year,” adds Dean. Now, these young tech startups are moving into middle management, enjoying stock options, getting married, and settling down— and they’re looking to preserve the best parts of their urban lifestyle while taking advantage of the tax benefits and equity gains (especially now) that goes along with home ownership.

RESORT-STYLE LIVING Many of Seattle’s next generation condominiums boast a array of amenities, including some that are truly cutting edge. Drawing on trends from the hospitality industry, Burrard Group started with an idea of how comfortable and seamless urban living could be, and then used a generous allocation of common areas and technology to reverse engineer that

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SEATTLE’S CHANGING SKYLINE

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The majority of new development is residential (94-percent of the estimated 27,000 housing units being added to the skyline this decade is for rent and not for sale).

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MORE THAN 50% OF THE JOBS IN ALL OF SEATTLE ARE IN DOWNTOWN

perfect life. For instance, they took one of the most common concerns about condominium living—How will I entertain?—and developed an end-to end suite of conveniences to take the hassle out of hosting house guests.

For larger groups, visitors can convene atop the full floor, penthouse-level Sky Club and enjoy the indoor/outdoor Sky Parlor and BBQ areas, the fireside Sky Lounge, the exhibition kitchen, the games room or reserve the conference room or private dining room with adjacent catering kitchen – all offering expansive views of the city skyline.

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To accommodate friends staying overnight, instead of paying for an extra bedroom rarely used, or settling for one of those uncomfortable sofas, residents can book one of several hotel-like private guest suites owned by the Home Owners’ Association.

Reserving it will be easy thanks to a first-of-its-kind app being developed for NEXUS owners. “We aren’t just improving each day-to-day touchpoint in traditional high-rise living, but are also looking for completely new opportunities to offer our residents,” says Billy, “The NEXUS app will help residents connect with building services, collect packages, give access to guests, book amenities and interact with the rest of the building community. The platform is designed to be seamless and easy to use for all types of people with varying technical skills.”

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Seattle is following similar urbanization trends we experienced in both San Francisco and Vancouver, albeit it’s taking shape much quicker.

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CLOCKWISE The Sky Parlor at NEXUS is an indoor/ outdoor entertainment area for residents and guests atop the 41st floor.

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ABOVE Increasingly the preferred mode of transportation in downtown Seattle is to walk, bike or use various rideshare options.

Developers aren’t only providing environments for health and entertainment, but professional spaces, too. Soon the home office will be just an elevator ride away. At NEXUS the 7th floor Podium Club includes co-working spaces for owners complete with private meeting rooms, interior phone booths and a screening area for presentations. Likewise, the developers of the 203-unit KODA Condominiums will blur the lines between the retail spaces and the lobby to encourage residents to mix and mingle, much like a hotel lobby with adjacent food and beverage service integrated as third-party amenities. It’s no wonder today that residents are spending more time in their vertical neighborhoods.

NO CAR, NO PROBLEM Another popular development trend is to uncouple parking from the unit’s purchase price so this becomes an option as opposed to an assumption.

Just like in the cities of London, New York and Hong Kong, many residents in Seattle don’t own a vehicle. Not only will this save the $50,000-100,000

that it costs to purchase a parking stall but city dwellers also shed the overhead and responsibility of owning a car in one of America’s most walkable cities. Let’s face it, Seattle is home to Amazon, a company that is revolutionizing retail so anything you could ever want or need is brought to your doorstep. And with the convenience of Uber and Lyft, not to mention the innovative LimeBike program, a reduced dependence on automobiles will help Seattle reconcile its global city growth and small town infrastructure.

“Many of our prospective buyers are relocating from markets where they didn’t own a car so this won’t be anything new for them in Seattle,” said Kevin Hsieh, Manager and Vice President of Finance with Taiwan-based Da-Li Development USA, developer of KODA at 5th Avenue and South Main Street. “Our site is just a block away from the regional transportation hub at King Street Station and will provide residents convenient access to expanding light rail, bus and streetcar networks, and all residential services are just a stroll away in the International District.”

Projects like KODA and The Emerald, another new high-rise condominum being developed in the Market District, will soon deliver hundreds of efficiently-scaled homes, most without parking, at attainable prices that are so desperately needed by today’s consumer. Other communities, such as Sonata Condominiums being developed by BDR in Columbia City will benefit from desirable proximity to the LINK light rail line connecting residents to downtown Seattle in minutes without sitting in traffic.

Looking back 10 years, the pace of change in Seattle’s housing market can feel dizzying. Yet in its way, all that evolution is right in line with what makes Seattle, Seattle. “Ever since 1962 and the World’s Fair, Seattle has positioned itself as the city of the future,” says Dean. “We’ve always been very progressive: The Space Needle, the Monorail, Boeing, Microsoft and Amazon. Now, 50 years later, we’re finally realizing some of those ideals in the way we live.”

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TAKE ONE DREAM TEAM: ARCHITECT JAMES DIXON AND INTERIOR DESIGNER GEORGIA TAPERT HOWE, ADD A DARING CLIENT READY TO TRADE YEARS OF LIVING IN A WEST VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE FILLED WITH ANTIQUE FURNISHINGS FOR A BADLY LAID OUT LOFT IN THE NOHO DISTRICT OF MANHATTAN, AND WHAT DO YOU GET? A MIRACLE! Imagine jettisoning your traditional townhouse and the gorgeous collection of antique Americana furnishings in it to downsize to a former 1879 industrial building in NoHo with a remarkable cast-iron exterior, Mansard roof, 17’ ceilings, and one of the most bizarre serpentine entrances through a laundry room, pantry and storage space before arriving at the large living area that at the time of purchase was very dark and foreboding - and then trusting your dream team could make it something truly unique.

Yet, that’s the exact scenario that James Dixon of James Dixon Architect, PC, of Chatham, New York and Portland, Oregon, and Georgia Tapert Howe of Georgia Tapert Howe Design, now of Los Angeles, faced. Having been introduced by a mutual colleague, a decorative painter, Dixon and Howe were working together for the first time, which added an exciting element to the process of going from demolition to extraordinary architectural and interior design makeover.

“The before photos are very dramatic,” says Dixon, of the former tenant’s design. “Everything was very dark, including the floors. There were columns, plumbing risers, and exposed duct work all over the apartment, which we really wanted to conceal as much as possible.

If we couldn’t make it disappear, then we found a way to celebrate it. Georgia discovered these great antique mirror tiles by Ann Sacks for one of the kitchen columns that turn an eyesore into an interesting feature that reflects the light from the living room.”

“The biggest renovation was the kitchen,” says Howe. “We tore it all out, the 1980s mahogany cabinetry, and ugly green granite countertop.” To house the clients vast glass and china collection, Howe added cabinets in every available space, island included. Countertops are durable honed black granite for more carefree cooking and entertaining. Howe’s custom designed barstools combine style with function and comfort.

“The client was very trusting of the process,” says Howe, “as she had worked on several large residences with designers in the past.

Jim and I would bring our ideas to her and for the most part, she agreed to most everything we suggested.”

The client also loved “the hunt!” and found the room’s focal point – an extraordinarily ornate antique wood-carved mirror now centered between a pair of black lacquered bookcases filled with her massive book collection. “This is not the sort of client for which you have to go to the Strand and buy 8 miles of books,” says Howe. “They are all hers.”

The Zebra head – prized vintage taxidermy from Creel & Gow of New York’s upper East Side – echoes the black and white color scheme, although Dixon jokes that it was the one mistake in the whole project. “It should have been a giraffe,” he says, “which would have been more appropriate for the height of the space!”

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PREVIOUS PAGE LEFT Gilded elephant head handles found in India add glitz to a kitchen cabinet. Howe’s custom bench done in marbleized silk by Claremont faces off with a pair of French chairs reupholstered in gray wool and juxtaposed against a spritely hoofed side table. THIS PAGE Ralph Lauren brass pendants echo the antiqued gold fixtures by Waterworks. Howe’s custom Wolfe range hood ties to the rectangular honed black granite island; ticking striped barstool cushions continue the theme found in the Roman shades and Zebra head.

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With the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982, and converted to residences in 1986, any structural changes to the building required getting building permits, as well as permission from the co-op board. Happily, Dixon’s key suggestion to relocate the entrance to the apartment was readily accepted.

“Now the minute you enter the apartment, you see the large living room space. It was a very simple gesture that dramatically changed the whole feel of the apartment.” He also designed a large skylight over the living/dining area that floods the area with light that adds further sparkle to the space.

“It was a very funky layout when she bought it,” agrees Howe, “so Jim and I were tasked to make the apartment more conducive for guests and grandchildren to stay, with two proper bedrooms and that great kitchen for entertaining.”

Howe utilized one inexplicable aspect of the master bedroom – a step up stage area – by turning it into a walk-in master closet by enclosing it.

Transforming this New York City loft listed on the National Register of Historic Places presented considerable logistical challenges to both architect and designer alike. Faced with delivering the hefty Kelly Wearstler black marble dining table with brass detail to the penthouse, the team had to have it hoisted up and through the client’s living room window. To counter the dramatic table and accentuate the volume and height of the dining area that features Lucite chairs designed

by Charles Hollis Jones, the godfather of Lucite furniture, Howe introduced an imposing plaster chandelier from Italy that she sourced via Harbinger, a high-end showroom in Los Angeles.

ABOVE Inspired by a vintage 1940s stone coffee table, Howe designed this multi-faceted oak coffee table with pale gray stain. “I wanted something sturdy and durable,” she says. The black wool sisal blend rug was a practical choice to accommodate the client’s two dogs. FACING PAGE A 1970s Italian brass desk occupies the balcony, where a staircase to the rooftop was originally envisioned to reside. A West Elm rug, and Visual Comfort brass light fixture were temporary.

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To bring light into the formerly dark interiors, the team had the original, much-used and abused oak flooring painted white. By contrast, a denizen of pipes was obscured by the addition of twin black bookcases, while a protruding wooden beam disappears behind the wall where the Zebra head now resides. A structural column flanking the front windows is painted white and the radiator cabinet alongside it given a cushion atop it as a warm, welcoming seat in winter and a lovely perch in spring.

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Dixon, who prefers to work with interior designers from a project’s inception to achieve a more cohesive design that also streamlines the experience for the client, suggested rebuilding the staircase to the balcony that had an awkward turn as a straight run of stairs. A commercial glass railing replaced the traditional wood rail so as not to obscure the view.

The team improved the existing arched openings to the upstairs master that harkened back to the windows found on the historic building’s façade by removing the awkward shutters and fabricating glass windows with custom steel frames. “Without the windows,” says Dixon, “the openings didn’t make a lot of sense. Now they add a sculptural visual element when partially open, and a sound deflection device when closed.”

At the time of purchase, the client was told she had access rights to the roof. Knowing the complex design process necessary to get any changes to the exterior of an historic landmark building okayed by the building and co-op board, the design team proceeded with the interiors.

“It’s a good thing we moved forward,” says Dixon, “otherwise we would have waited 1.5 years without any progress at all. We were hoping that as soon as we were finished, we could start work on the roof terrace that required heavy setbacks, since nothing could be visible from the street level. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way, since the promised approval was denied.”

Happily, the work undertaken and so expertly executed served up the right amount of playful exuberance the client was seeking and became an experience that Howe and Dixon both enjoyed.

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PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR A.S.K. Enterprises, Inc. www.askenterprisesinc.com ARCHITECT James Dixon Architect, PC www.jdixonarchitect.com INTERIOR DESIGN Georgia Tapert Howe www.georgiataperthowe.com Appliances: Sub-Zero, Wolf, Bosch; Plumbing Fixtures: Waterworks

The Charles Hollis Jones Lucite chairs gather round the large dining table suitable for entertaining her many guests. Howe found the vintage brass candlesticks that tie to the table’s trim. striped barstool cushions continue the theme found in the Roman shades and Zebra head. FACING PAGE Howe adds brilliant color to the master bedroom, while echoing her client’s love for Indian textiles with a Lisa Fine fabric for headboard and bed skirt.

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OUTWARD FOCUS written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by PATRICK BARTA

CLASSIC NORTHWEST STYLE GETS A CONTEMPORARY BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN THIS MERCER ISLAND HOME. WARM TONES, TONS OF LIGHT, AND AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL MATERIALS (YES, THAT INCLUDES STEEL AND CONCRETE) BRING THE OUTDOORS IN ON EVEN THE DARKEST DAYS.

THIS PAGE Board form concrete walls bring a warm industrial vibe to the dining room, while floor-to-ceiling windows introduce lush outdoor views.

By designing the structure as well as the landscape, McClellan Architects ensures that everything works together. RIGHT A wide footpath edged with Japanese forest grass and wire vine leads visitors to the front door.

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MERCER ISLAND SITS IN THE HEART OF LAKE WASHINGTON, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to its east. That means homes here are more often seen from the perspective of the water rather than the land.

While boating around the island, one of the homeowners had spotted a home from the water that just looked like it belonged—settled into the site, integrated into the landscape, elegant without being ostentatious.

So when they were ready to build their own home on Mercer Island’s waterfront, one of the first things these homeowners did was track down the architect from that property—Regan McClellan, principal at McClellan Architects. After an initial meeting, they asked him if they could see the interior of one of his homes, and he took them inside that same home they’d seen from the water. “We had created a list of things we were looking for, and we walked in there and it was like he’d read our minds. It was incredible,” says the homeowner.

McClellan Architects specializes in residential properties. It’s a fully integrated firm, offering building design as well as interior design and landscape architecture. “You end up with a really beautifully integrated home when one entity is able to design everything, because it’s the same subtle sensibility that pervades everything,” says Regan. “To me, interiors, landscape, architecture, we’ve divided them up, but it’s false. There should be no division; it should just be the design.”

With grown children who frequently come home to visit, these homeowners wanted a house designed for hosting family gatherings and enjoying Seattle’s famous lakefront lifestyle. “Regan’s homes speak to the outside as much as the inside, which was a really good fit for us,” explains the homeowner. “Because the outdoor spaces were very important to us.”

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ABOVE This home used steel beam construction. The strength of steel makes it possible to construct windows that are much larger than wood framing allows. MIDDLE A watercourse and sculpture greets visitors as they enter the home, bringing the water element from the lake right up to the structure. TOP RIGHT An outdoor fireplace is embedded in a custom board form concrete chimney. Built-in lighting and heaters in the overhang make outdoor living comfortable virtually year-round.

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outstanding views of Mt. Rainier as well as excellent water access for a private dock. However, the site also posed some challenges, including soft, silty soil saturated with water.

“The home is really sitting on a spring,” says Regan, “so it’s all built on pilings. We had a great builder that really rose to the challenge.” The primary structure is made from steel, giving the home enough structural strength to support large windows and an open structure. Board form concrete and wood comprise the remainder of the structure, giving the building an organic, naturalistic feel.

“Making something that looks like it belongs has a lot to do with the materials and colors,” explains Regan.

“Cedar, obviously, has a very natural feel in this setting, and the board form concrete is our version of stone.

It’s got a beautiful texture, and we put a little bit of pigment into it to give it a warm color. Steel, to me, is also a natural material. It has a rough quality to it I really like, and it’s not so highly finished when you get up close to it.”

When siting the house, Regan drew on a classic Japanese motif called Flying Geese, which positions the property at an angle to the primary view and allows for diagonal lines of perspective throughout the home. “It’s a classic move to open up the home to the landscape and create that dynamic sense of movement,” he says. “It’s almost like the home is moving out towards the water. You start to lose the sense that it’s just a lot of angles.”

Just like that first property the homeowners fell in love with, this home is designed to blend seamlessly with its surroundings. The home is divided into two wings: a “quiet” wing with bedrooms and a home office, and a social wing housing the kitchen and dining room. The quiet wing is two stories and has slightly lower ceilings and a more intimate scale, while the kitchen and dining wing is a single story, with a higher, angled ceiling and more open layout. An entryway divides the two, creating an isthmus-like fulcrum point for the home and welcoming visitors with a basalt water feature that courses out towards the lake, anchoring the structure to its surroundings. “The black stone at the base of the water course reflects the lake water and brings that sensation right into the home,” says Regan.

Terraces and landscaping keel the home back into the site, creating a gradual, graceful transition from the shoreline to the living areas of the home.

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Natural materials like stone tile floors and horizontal-grain Afrormosia cabinetry give the kitchen texture and interest while maintaining an understated aesthetic. These homeowners love to cook, so the kitchen is equipped with two sinks, an extra-large refrigerator, and a professional-grade oven and range to make entertaining and meal preparation a pleasure.

Cabinetry throughout the home is constructed with horizontal-grain wood. “That orientation gives it a more stable feel, more weight,” says Regan. Black marble surrounds the tub. RIGHT “One interesting thing about this site was that the shoreline isn’t perpendicular to the side of the lot; it’s angled,” says Regan. “So we were able to shuttle the house out as it followed the shoreline to create these corners.”

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concrete walls that lead from the home out towards the lake represent the “warp,” which are left bare for texture and visual weight. The concrete walls running parallel to the lake are the “weft,” and Regan chose to wrap those more deeply into the landscape by carpeting them with a native groundcover called Bearberry, which grows quickly and immediately softens the edges of the walls. “Looking back from the water the home looks like it belongs to that shoreline,” says Regan. “It’s not just acres of lawn and then suddenly a big home; it really weaves that natural landscape back into the structure.”

That same care is paid to the transition between the interior of the home and the exterior living spaces, which are designed to feel and function much like a traditional living room. Overhangs are deliberately enlarged to extend the sense of space from the indoors to the outdoors. A fireplace provides a hearth-like center to the outdoor living space, while integrated radiant heaters in the overhangs help elongate the outdoor season. “We start eating outside in April and go all the way into September,” says the homeowner. “It feels very vacation-like when you can eat outside every night.”

The integrated qualities of this home extend all the way to the interiors and fixtures, all of which were chosen to cohere tightly with the structure, landscape, and exterior. Enormous eight foot by two foot black granite slabs lead to the front door, then extend across the threshold and inside the house, tying the entryway to the exterior walk. The firebox in the living room is made from blackened steel, while the cantilevered hearth is black basalt echoing the water feature. Board form concrete is used prominently throughout the interior, with retained form lines mirroring the horizontal grain in the cabinetry and the wood boards on the ceiling.

After two and a half years of living in the home, the homeowners are still delighted, even though construction took longer than they’d anticipated. “Our house is deceptively simple. It’s very straight lines, but to get all those parts and pieces together with the concrete, it took a lot longer than a normal house construction would have,” says the homeowner. Yet when asked if the wait was worth it she laughs. “Oh yes. We’re enjoying it very much.”

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR G Rodney Johnson Construction ARCHITECT + INTERIOR DESIGN McClellan Architects www.mccarch.com LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT McClellan Architects www.mccarch.com PLUMBING FIXTURES Kohler www.kohler.com Appliances: Sub-Zero, Wolf, GE, Miele; Plumbing Fixtures: Kohler, Hansgrohe

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HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES

written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by ANDREW GIAMMARCO

BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE, BUILDER SARAH KRANWINKLE KNOWS THE VALUE OF A GOOD LOCATION. She also loves Queen Anne, the neighborhood where she and her family have lived for the past 13 years. So when the double lot across the street from her family’s home came on the market unexpectedly, she didn’t hesitate.

“It just seemed like a great opportunity,” says Sarah. “And was probably the only thing around us that was going to go up for sale anytime in the near future.” So she and her business partner took the plunge, teaming up to buy the property together and then subdividing it into two lots, one for each of them.

Then, Sarah turned her thoughts to what she actually wanted to do with her new parcel. A property built to sell would be the easiest option, but instinct told her a second home in the neighborhood might be something she and her family would enjoy. So she partnered with Linda Hoedemaker, principal at Linda Hoedemaker Residential Design and a longtime collaborator, to create a versatile, welcoming cottage-style home with broad appeal to accommodate all phases of life. Linda specializes in residential projects in western Washington, including remodels as well as new homes, with an eye towards making new additions blend seamlessly into their settings.

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LEFT The exterior of the home shows off clean lines, crisp symmetry, and a classic silhouette. BELOW The traditional farmhouse kitchen is built around custom cabinetry from Warmington & North, a Seattle-based cabinetry specialist. Warm neutral tones on the walls, cabinets, area rug, and furniture enhance the glow that comes from wrap-around windows.

From the beginning, Sarah knew she wanted a casual, farmhouse feel. “I shy away from the modern look, and I love the cottage style. It just speaks to me,” says Sarah. “And I think it works on Queen Anne. I wanted it to fit into the neighborhood.” That meant removing the old property and starting from scratch, which gave Sarah and Linda the chance to conceptualize a new home that would combine traditional design elements and a modest size with a contemporary, airy layout and a modern approach to space and flow.

The two settled on an H-shaped footprint for the home, which creates an enveloping, cozy feel. The shape also maximizes the exterior surface area, which makes it possible to flood the space with light by incorporating windows on every side. “Light is the number one thing I look for in a house,” says Sarah. “This house has windows all the way around, which gives it a really warm, welcoming, happy feeling. You walk in and you just want to settle down with a cup of tea.”

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from the upper story, which functions as the home’s main entrance floor. “You don’t have to pull curtains,” says Linda. “You’re up high, and there’s a lot of greenery around to obscure sightlines.” Except, of course, for the view, a full vista of Lake Union, the Cascades, and part of downtown Seattle, visible from the living room.

Inside, the home was laid out to be friendly to visiting family as well as aging knees. “We’re in a 1910 home right now,” says Sarah. “It’s tall and skinny, with four stories. I worry that as we age, we’ll need a place without so many stairs.” With that in mind, everything a resident might need—kitchen, living room, and master bedroom—is located on the main entry floor, with the living room in the center flanked by the master bedroom and kitchen on either end. Downstairs, a mother-in-law apartment, media room, and additional bedrooms make it easy for guests to have their own space, and introduce the possibility of having a tenant or caregiver on the premises. Sarah even added a pickleball court at her children’s request. “I love the way that

LEFT A small balcony off the living room makes it easy to enjoy the lake, mountain, and city views. Horizontal boards on the walls and ceiling give the home a clean, almost beach-y feeling. ABOVE The same cabinetry used in the kitchen is reprised in the bathroom, lightened with furniture legs. Deep base trim and heavy molding gives the bathroom and master bedroom a traditional look.

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Built for cooking and entertaining, the kitchen includes a deep farmhouse sink, two ovens, and an inviting island where friends and family can watch the action. Rather than inset can lighting, Sarah chose a collection of pendant lights to maintain the vintage feel. To the right, a kitchen desk makes the perfect perch for a computer, tablet, or cookbook.

houses evolve over time,” says Linda. “They grow and change with us, and I think that’s wonderful.”

Inside, furnishings and fixtures were chosen to align with a soft, cottage-like aesthetic, but careful choices mean the effect reads as contemporary rather than dowdy or old-fashioned. “There’s a lot of traditional detailing for sure,” Linda says, “But there’s also a crispness, inside and out.” Achieving that meant pairing heavier details like deep crown molding and pendant lights with clean-lined Shaker furniture, light fabrics, and assiduous use of color, mainly blues. “There’s a translucent feeling to this house,” says Linda. “Each room holds you so well, but it also feels light and breezy and connected to the outdoors.

To me, that’s the perfect mix.”

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR Lockhart / Suver, LLC www.lockhartsuver.com ARCHITECT Linda Hoedemaker Residential Design www.lindahoedemaker.com Appliances: Bertazzoni, Sub-Zero, Bosch, Zephyr; Plumbing Fixtures: Rohl, Kohler, Herbeau Luberon

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Designing a home without a clearly defined use can be a challenge, as function often dictates form in the architectural world. But in this case, it was several different potential functions that conspired to produce a home that is ripe with potentiality. “Now I call it the house of possibilities,” says Sarah. “I think of it as a place that my in-laws who I adore can come visit. We have four children, and maybe one of them will live there someday. There’s an apartment that’s part of the house; maybe we’ll rent that out to pay the property taxes.”

LEFT The horizontal board motif is carried through the staircase to the ground floor. There, a full ensuite mother-in-law apartment gives guests their own private space, plus adds potential rental income. ABOVE split side door to the kitchen hearkens back to European farmhouses, complete with porch potager.

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GORDY SATO’S FAMILY HAS BEEN GROWING PEARS IN THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. But Gordy never thought he’d become an orchardist—and, for a while, he wasn’t. After business school at OSU, he launched a career as a buyer in the fashion industry, working for companies like Nordstrom and Meier & Frank and covering territory all over the West Coast.

“When you’re young, you want to be where the action is, and it most definitely was not in Hood River on a farm,” laughs Gordy.

But after 26 years of long workdays and tons of travel, that all changed. Gordy was coming back from his monthly sales trip to Hawaii, and on the plane, he realized his life needed a change. “The next morning, I got up, called my boss, and quit,” says Gordy. “And the second call was to my father, saying ‘I’m coming back to the farm.’”

That was 22 years ago. Today, Gordy is one of the leading pear growers in Hood River, with a 160-acre orchard planted in seven different varieties. Has he ever regretted trading fashion for farming? “I think I’m in God’s country,” he says. “I live in my grandma’s house and I look right at Mt. Hood. To be a pear grower is a great thing.”

Near a little red barn nestled among the 100 acres of fruit trees in Hood River, Oregon, live Jon and Debra Laraway. The region’s temperate climate of warm days and cool nights, combined with its rich, volcanic ash soil fed by mountain streams and coastal air, is a perfect recipe for Bartlett, Green Anjou, Red Anjou and Bosc pears.

There’s something special about pears. If apples are an everyday, tossone-in-the-lunchbox kind of fruit, a pear says “party”—sophisticated, delicate, seductive, with a graceful silhouette and musky, perfumed flavor. Except there’s no reason pears need to be saved for special occasions, especially not here in the Northwest, where the vast majority of the nation’s pears are grown.

Oregon and Washington produce 84% of the nation's fresh pear crop.

Oregon produces more pears by weight than any other fruit. This year, we’ll ship about 792 million pounds of pears to buyers around the world, where they’ll appear on shelves from your local grocer all the way to China. This region has also been growing pears for a very long time. Early settlers tucked pear whips (little single-branch seedlings) into the backs of their covered wagons before setting out on the Oregon Trail. Once they arrived in the Northwest, they discovered with pleasure that the mild climate was just right for orchard fruits, and soon orchards in the Willamette Valley and throughout the Columbia Gorge were supplying fruit that filled freight trains destined for hungry markets back home.

Pears are particularly well suited to travel, and unlike many other crops, we don’t have to sacrifice flavor for shippability. That’s because pears are best when they’re harvested when still quite firm and allowed to ripen off the tree. Leave them on the tree too long, and they’re more likely to pick up that odd grittiness, and they can be more prone to rot rather than sweeten.

It’s counterintuitive, especially for those of us who have been trained to believe that tree-ripened anything is the only way to go. Yet pears have been bred for centuries to fill that critical gap between harvest and springtime, when most people had to settle for dried fruit—or no fruit at all. In France, one variety, Passe Crassane, is known as a winter

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pear. It’s traditionally harvested in mid-December and stored for at least one month—if not several—before eating to develop its best flavor. Here in the Northwest, we, too, have a favorite winter pear, the D’Anjou, which is at its finest from January to April, an otherwise grim time for locally grown fruit.

Despite pears’ incredible keeping powers and delicious flavor, they have one major problem: us. Most of us just don’t know how to pick a good pear, and we’ve all suffered through mealy, crunchy, or brown-in-the-middle fruit at least once or twice. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s what you need to know to make sure you never eat an under- or over-ripe pear again.

First, don’t worry about buying pears already ripe at the grocery store. Pears ripen successfully off the tree, so you want to pick fruit that’s firm to the touch. Then, take it home and put it on your counter. If you’re in a hurry, put it in a paper bag with an apple or banana, both reliable producers of the ethylene gas that accelerates fruit ripening. The next day, gently press the neck of the pear near the stem. If it’s still hard, you’ve got longer to wait. But the minute it starts to feel soft, you’re in business.

Pears ripen from the inside out, which means by the time the rounded belly of the pear is soft, the inside will likely be overripe, or even rotten. So don’t delay. If you’re not planning to eat your ripe pears right away, they’ll hold for a couple of days in the refrigerator.

And that, of course, is the fun part—eating. A good pear is one of the purest pleasures in life, equally at home in a savory salad, a sweet crisp, or just alongside a few thin shavings of Parmesan cheese and a handful of roasted walnuts.

Or, of course, out of hand, although be cautious; the only fruit that competes in terms of catastrophic, outfit-ruining juiciness is a peach, and even those can’t hold a candle to a perfectly ripe Comice.

At Zupan’s Markets, cheesemonger Kristen Kidney says pears are one of her favorite additions to a cheese board, especially one featuring cheeses from

OPPOSITE Jon and Debra Laraway. Jon comes from a pear-growing family, four generations of them.

Pears have been grown among the rolling orchards and foggy valleys for generations, tended by the same families with the same hard work and commitment to producing the best fresh produce. ABOVE Gordy Sato's grandfather was among the many Japanese who immigrated to the Western United States in the early 1900s and took up pear farming. His 160-acre Ray Sato Orchards, named after his father, is nestled in the valleys of Parkdale, Oregon. BELOW Like his grandfather, Randy Kiyokawa has charted his own course of opportunity, growing Kiyokawa Orchards to 200 acres of strong fruit trees, most devoted to growing Anjou, Bartlett, Bosc, Comice, Forelle and Seckel pears.

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Oregon and Washington. “I think the Northwest is absolutely making world-class cheese,” says Kristen, “and our customers think so, too.” Rogue River Blue from Central Point, Oregon, is one of her favorite cheeses for accompanying pears. “Not only are blue cheese and pears wonderful together, this cheese is wrapped in grape leaves soaked in pear liqueur, so it’s already part of the flavor profile.”

Eric Degerman is a noted columnist on Northwest wine, as well as president and CEO of Great Northwest Wine. In addition to his wine stories and tasting notes for Portrait Magazine, Eric’s talents also include judging for the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, Washington State Wine Competition, Savor Northwest, Oregon’s Greatest of the Grape and the Idaho Wine Competition.

Or, follow Gordy’s lead, and introduce your pears to the bar. “I make the best pear ginger vodka martini,” laughs Gordy. “It’s my personal signature.”

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Wine Pairings Domaine Drouhin Oregon 2014 Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills, $45 A discreet involvement of new French oak barrels allows for the ripeness of 2014 to show. Fruity aromas of black raspberry and Bing cherry include cocoa powder, black olive and dusty minerality. Black cherries pop on the satiny entry as raspberry skin tannins and pomegranate juicy acidity combine for an elegant finish.

DomaineDrouhin.com Erath Winery 2015 Pinot Gris, Oregon, $14 This legendary property in the heart of Oregon's Dundee Hills remains famous for Pinot Noir thanks to veteran winemaker Gary Horner, but his bargain-priced Pinot Gris should not be overlooked. Undertones of apple blossom, minerality and honey are backed by honeydew melon and slices of white peach and apricot.

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When designing a pear-cheese pairing, Kristen thinks about matching the weight and intensity of the individual components’ flavors so one doesn’t overpower the other. Asian pears go well with lighter goat cheeses, for instance, while heartier Boscs can stand up to a nutty Parmesan. But don’t stress too much about getting it “right.” “Honestly, it’s kind of fool proof,” laughs Kristen. “Some pairings are better than others, but no matter what, I don’t think you’re going to have a bad time.”

Jason French, the chef and owner of Ned Ludd and Elder Hall in Portland, Oregon loves using pears in both sweet and savory dishes inspired by French and British cooking traditions. “One of the best aspects of the pear is that it’s not too sweet, which makes it very interesting,” says Jason. He often showcases the aromatic qualities of pears by poaching them in simple syrup, or sautéing them with butter and a pinch of sugar before finishing them with a squeeze of lemon juice. Jason also suggests exploring pears’ spicy side by combining them with robust seasonings and aromatics, like Piment d’Espelette, black pepper, or anise.

Seckel Pears are tiny pears, with a chubby, round body, small neck, and short stem. The smallest of all commercially grown pears, Seckels are exceptionally sweet. So sweet in fact, that the bite-size morsels are sometimes called "sugar pears."

Torii Mor 2015 Pinot Blanc, Oregon, $20 Vineyards at both ends of the state come together seamlessly in the glass after much of the blend spent several weeks in neutral barrel, allowing for floral notes to join flavors of Honeycrisp apple, fresh pineapple and pear butter. An injection of Red Ruby grapefruit makes for a rewarding and lasting finish.

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Kristen Kidney, Cheesemonger for Zupan's Markets on SW Burnside is a very familiar face for long-time customers. With carts full of locally sourced meats, produce and wines, customers’ last stops are often to the cheese department for Kristen to pair it all for with the perfect Northwest cheeses for entertaining.

Cheese Pairings Willamette Valley Cheese Company, Brindisi Located in Salem, OR, Willamette Valley Cheese Company's original Brindisi - an aged Fontina-style cheese - bears wonderful earthy, flinty, and sharp flavors followed by a mellow buttery finish from the Jersey cow's milk. The contrast of the honeyed profile of a Seckel pear is a perfect marriage.

Willamette Valley Cheese Company, Creamy Havarti On the other end of the spectrum of offerings from Willamette Valley Cheese Company comes their Creamy Havarti, one of their flagship cheeses. The superior quality of the butterfat-rich Jersey cow's milk really shines through this style of cheese, which is mild, luxuriously creamy, and "barely sliceable soft". The texture just melts into a sweet Seckel pear and highlights the floral and spice notes of the fruit well.

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1) River’s Edge, Siltcoos 2) Cloud 9 Farms, Pandora’s Pink Peppercorn 3) Ancient Heritage, Hannah 4) Cascadia Creamery, Sleeping Beauty 5) Face Rock Creamery, Extra Aged Cheddar 6) Rogue River, Blue 7) Mt. Townsend Creamery, Seastack 8) Portland Creamery, Oregon Chevre + Cajeta

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ANJOU The Anjou pear actually gets better with time, requiring at least 30 days of cold storage to realize its true potential. That means Anjou pears are the last to vanish from grocery store shelves—and late winter and early spring is their time to shine. Dense flesh has a sweet, mild flavor, with a hint of citrus.

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King Estate 2016 Pinot Gris Willamette Valley, $19 Engaging aromas of honeydew melon, Red Delicious apple and peach taffy are followed by orchard fruit flavors of white peach and Anjou pear. Four months on the lees builds mouth feel, then a strong pulse of lemony citrus and dried apricot keeps Oregon's flagship Pinot Gris fruity yet dry.

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Cloud 9 Farms, Pandora's Pink Peppercorn Tiny newcomer Cloud 9 Farms in Ridgefield, WA makes fantastic chevre with a very apt soft cloud-like texture. Their only flavored variety is cheesemaker Pandora's specialty - pink peppercorns. The hint of spice and bright fruity flavors that the pink peppercorns provide, along with the mild and exceptionally clean flavor from their superior goats' milk marries well with a sweet and crisp Anjou pear, especially along with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.

Kriselle Cellars 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Rogue Valley $23 Upper Table Rock Plateau near Medford, Ore., serves as the backdrop for this winsome and complex blend of orchard and tropical fruit with citrusy influences that emerge naturally from Scott and Krisell Steingraber's young Buxton Ranch site. Green apple and lime provide the frame for the midpalate of passionfruit and guava.

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River's Edge, Siltcoos Made in a traditional French fashion with a distinctly Oregon flair, this soft-ripened goat cheese from the Coast Range has a bloomy ash rind beautifully adorned with a fern leaf. The clean and delicate flavors become spicier and stronger as it ages and are complemented by the lemony undertones of the Anjou pear at any stage.

Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards 2015 Revelation & Sorek Bloc Estate Grüner Veltliner Umpqua Valley, $24 In 2005, Stephen Reustle pioneered production in the U.S. with his debut bottling of this white grape native to Austria, and he continues to amass gold medals for it. Brisk aromas and flavors of lime, Granny Smith apple, white pepper, sweet herbs and river rock make it succulent, delicious and balanced.

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COMICE Popularized by fruit shippers Harry & David, the Comice pear is round and squat, with a soft buttery texture and incredible juiciness. Delicate skin means Comice often have some superficial scuffing on the surface, but that doesn’t affect the eating quality.

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Abacela 2016 Estate Albarino Umpqua Valley, $21 Clean and bright aromas offer hints of fresh-cut Gala apple, Rainier cherry, quince paste, orange zest and sweet herbs. Bracing acidity arrives early and stays late, bring succulent flavors of Asian pear, Granny Smith apple, lime zest, river rock and lemon peel. It’s a white Spanish grape that’s a natural fit with Manchego cheese.

Abacela.com Dobbes Family Estate 2012 Mirror Image Dessert Wine Rogue Valley, $39 This fortified and sweet Syrah by acclaimed Joe Dobbes is loaded with hints of Chukar Cherry, dried plums, smoked red pepper and raisins. The structure leans toward a lightly viscous ruby Port as both the elevated sugar and alcohol come nicely integrated, but there's plenty in store for the future.

DobbesFamilyEstate.com DANCIN Vineyards 2016 Chassé Chardonnay, Oregon, $32 Dan and Cindy Marca quickly developed a cult-like following for their young Chardonnay program. Their highly allocated Chassé project exhibits balance as honeysuckle opens up to notes of melon, maple baked apple, pineapple and anise. A sense of vivaciousness on the palate comes across as a finishing kick of lemon zest.

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Cheese Pairings Rogue River Blue Hailing from Central Point, OR, multiple award-winning Rogue River Blue (newly organic!) is wrapped in pear liqueur-soaked grape leaves and aged 8 months. Pears make an obvious and delightful pairing, highlighting the flavors imparted by the liqueur. Comice pears are a favorite with blue cheeses because of their sweet and juicy qualities, and there is no better choice than Oregon's pride and joy of cheeses!

Ancient Heritage, Hannah Made in an urban creamery in the heart of Portland, this Manchego-style raw cow and sheep's milk blend is aged for at least six months, gaining a toothsome crunch, savory and earthy flavors and a bright, citrus-y finish. For a light dessert course, pair thin slices of Hannah with sweet and juicy Comice pears and a glass of Oloroso sherry.

A little known fact about the pear is that it is one of the few fruits that does not ripen on the tree. The pear is harvested when it is mature, but not yet ripe, and, if left at room temperature, it slowly reaches a sweet and succulent maturity as it ripens from the inside out. Find out more at www.usapears.org

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Th e Perfect Pear

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO RIPEN YOUR PEARS ~ Leave firm, unripe pears at room temperature so that they can ripen. ~ Check the neck for ripeness daily by applying gentle pressure to the neck, or stem end, of the pear with your thumb.

If it yields to pressure, then it’s ripe and ready to eat! ~ Once the pear is ripe, it can be refrigerated to slow the ripening process and saved for use up to five days later.

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BOSC This long, slim, russetcolored pear is the variety of choice for poaching, as it has a distinctive shape and firmer flesh that holds up to cooking. Sweet and musky, it can be enjoyed crisp or fully ripe—and its swan-like neck makes it the perfect choice for an elegant centerpiece.

BARTLETT Sometimes called Williams, the Bartlett pear offers “quintessential pear flavor,” says Kathy, with a soft, juicy texture and aromatic flavor. Bartlett pears appear in stores in September, and last for a few months. Ripeness is essential for these pears; right off the tree, and it’s more like a potato than a pear.

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Maryhill Winery 2014 Proprietor’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $40 Cab is king in Washington state, where orchards continue to be replaced by grape vines, and this reserve tier represents the best blocks Richard Batchelor works with. There’s beautiful varietal correctness with cassis lifting from the glass. Bing cherry, blackberry and earthiness entwine on the palate where firm tannins achieve precise balance.

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Face Rock Creamery, Extra Aged Cheddar Face Rock's Extra Aged Cheddar is a monger favorite at Zupan's with its buttery beginning and sharp balanced finish. The creamy mouthfeel with a crystalline crunch holds up nicely on a slice of Bosc pear with its firmer flesh. Put them both in a grilled cheese sandwich for a special treat!

Irvine & Roberts Family Vineyards 2015 Estate Chardonnay, Rogue Valley, $35 Robert Brittan’s magical touch with Burgundy varieties in the Willamette Valley shows up in his work for this young Southern Oregon project, extending to a Chardonnay that’s filled with finesse. A floral nose of citrus fruit, lavender and coriander leads to unctuous flavors of ripe peach, lemon cream and orange oil.

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Portland Creamery, Oregon Chevre + Cajeta Farmstead chevre hailing from Molalla, Oregon, Portland Creamery's classic plain Oregon Chevre is a beautiful exhibition of high quality goat's milk and superior cheesemaking: clean, lemony flavors and an ultra-creamy, light, almost whipped-like texture. The light tanginess of the chevre is a perfect foil to their Cajeta, a goat's milk caramel made dulce de leche-style. The nutty, spicy flavor with undertones of vanilla, spice, and caramel of a slice of ripe Bosc pear provides the optimum vehicle for the chevre and a drizzle of Cajeta - the perfect bite.

Quady North 2013 Mae’s Vineyard Syrah, Southern Oregon, $32 Take a trip to Châteauneuf-du-Pape via Rhône-inspired Herb Quady, a Southern Oregon winemaker with roots in Central California.

Whole-berry fermentation with clusters from his young estate vineyard in the Applegate Valley create savory hints of charcuterie, earthiness and a classic sense of funk, backed by juicy flavors of Marionberry and black cherry.

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Argyle Winery 2014 Vintage Brut, Willamette Valley, $28 Nate Klostermann sets the Northwest standard each year with his classic sparkling program of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Fine and stylish bubbles toss up aromas of sweet lemon, white peach and pineapple with clove and ginger. A graceful mouth feel of Mandarin orange and Gala apple is capped by tangelo acidity.

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Mt. Townsend Creamery, Seastack Named for the famous rock formations along Washington's coastline, Mt. Townsend Seastack from Port Townsend, WA is a creamy soft-ripened cow's milk cheese dusted with ash and sea salt. As it ripens from the outside-in, it softens and gains a luxuriously creamy consistency. The creamy texture, milky and earthy flavor profile, and salty finish pair nicely with a soft and sweet Bartlett pear.

Del Rio Vineyards 2016 Estate Grenache Rosé, Rogue Valley, $17 One of the West Coast’s most decorated rosés wears a lightly pink wardrobe that leads to a gorgeous nose of Ruby Red grapefruit, Rainier cherry and rose petal. Its bone-dry and ripe fruit approach comes across as strawberry-rhubarb compote and loganberry, backed by a nibble of cherry skin and a finish of lime peel.

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Cascadia Creamery, Sleeping Beauty Located at the base of Mt. Adams, Cascadia Creamery turns out beautifully unique organic and raw milk originals. Sleeping Beauty is a shining example - aged for up to 100 days in an on-site lava tube, it is smooth and buttery with a supple sharpness that is absolutely succulent with a ripe and sweet Bartlett pear.

Ponzi Vineyards 2016 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley, $19 Second-generation winemaker Luisa Ponzi works with 40-year-old family plantings for her annually stellar and large-scale Pinot Gris program. Tropical aromas hinting at banana chips and jasmine include honeydew melon and yellow grapefruit. A slurp of white peach leads to deliciously tingly sensations of lime juice, orange zest and nectarine skin.

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recipes by Exceutive Chef /Owner Jason French NED LUDD, AN AMERICAN CRAFT KITCHEN www.nedluddpdx.com photography by David L. Reamer INGREDIENTS 3 Comice Pears, halved, cored and sliced 3 T Butter 1 c. Brown Sugar 1/2 c. fresh Cranberries 1 sheet store bought Puff pastry, or make your own if feeling heroic 1 egg with 2 t water, beaten 2 oz Rogue Smoked Blue Cheese Piment d’Espalette Maldon Sea Salt

PREPARE Heat a saute pan over medium high heat, and melt the butter until it bubbles and browns slightly. Add the sugar and stir into the butter until it begins to melt and bubble. Add the pears, a good pinch of salt and sauté for 5 minutes, tossing or stirring a few times. Remove from the heat and strain any liquid from the pears.

Reserve the pear butter sauce in a small sauce pan. Transfer the pears to a small pan and refrigerate. The idea is to soften the pears without cooking through.

Lightly flour a work surface and lay out the puff pastry and take a few passes with a rolling pin but not rolling too thin. Chill the dough for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Remove the dough and pears from the fridge. Place the dough on a sheet pan and arrange the pears from the center working your way out to within 2-3 inches from the outside edge.

Note: the galette does not have to be round! Arrange the cranberries over the pears and begin to fold the dough over the pears and folding clockwise until the dough has surrounded the pears in a semi attractive pattern. The pears and cranberries should be exposed with an edge of folded dough.

Brush the dough with the egg and bake the galette in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Remove from the oven and cool slightly on a wire rack. Warm the pear butter sauce.

Transfer to a cutting board and grate the blue cheese over the galette until well covered. Slice and serve with a good drizzle of the sauce, a sprinkling of Piment d’Espalette and sea salt.

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PREPARE MOSTARDA

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2c. Pear Mostarda

Heat a sauce pan over medium heat and add the olive oil, onion and ginger and cook for three to four minutes, stirring once or twice. Add the spices and increase the heat. Continue to cook for another three to four minutes, stirring as needed. Add the pear and brown sugar and cook anther three to four minutes.

Deglaze with the apple cider vinegar and wine and reduce the heat to medium low. Simmer the mostarda for an hour or until the liquid evaporates and the texture is like loose jam. This should be made ahead and will keep in your fridge for several weeks if not months.

Make a big batch and use on pork loin, on a cheese board or on a delicious gingerbread cake with cream cheese.

Cook the bacon over medium heat in a cast iron skillet. Place the arugula in a mixing bowl. While the bacon cooks, preheat a broiler to high and brush the bread with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toast both sides of bread under the broiler. Transfer the toast to individual plates or platters. Remove the bacon from the pan, reserving the fat. Cut the bacon into two or three pieces. Squeeze the half lemon over the arugula and spoon some of the bacon fat from the skillet over the arugula as well. Grate some goat cheese over each slice of toast and top with the bacon.

Toss the arugula to dress and season with sea salt. Divide evenly over the bacon. Spoon the pear mostarda over the arugula and grate some more cheese over the top. Serve with a knife and fork and a crisp white wine, like NW Riesling or soft lush red lie Gamay Noir.

4 halved Pieces of Thick Sliced Bread 4 Pieces of Thick Sliced Bacon 1 bunch Arugula leaves, washed and dried and kept cold Medium Aged Goat Cheese Juice of half a lemon Maldon Sea Salt

FOR THE MOSTARDA 1/2 c. Olive oil 1 large Yellow Onion, peeled and diced 1 knob Ginger, roughly the size of a thumb 1T ea Brown/yellow mustard seed 2t Fennel seed 1t Fenugreek 3 ea Red Anjou Pear, cored and cut into medium dice 1c Brown Sugar 1c Apple cider vinegar 2c White Wine Salt and Pepper

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VICTORIA & ALBERT www.vandabaths.com

ELITIS www.elitis.fr/en

PAINT

GREENBAUM HOME FURNISHINGS www.greenbaumfurnishings.com

BENJAMIN MOORE www.benjaminmoore.com

GUS MODERN www.gusmodern.com

COLORHOUSE PAINT www.colorhousepaint.com

James Dixon Architect PC ............................ 7

HEDGE & VINE www.hedgeandvine.com

SHERWIN WILLIAMS www.sherwin-williams.com

KODA Condominium Flats .........................75

HENREDON www.henredon.com

REAL ESTATE

HENREDON & SCHOENER www.henredonschoener.com

ANIE BUCKMELTER www.aniebhomes.com

J GARNER HOME www.jgarnerhome.com

EDDIE CHANG www.eddie-chang.com

Museum Quality Framing ........................... 3

JONATHAN ADLER www.jonathanadler.com

KODA CONDOMINIUM FLATS www.ownkoda.com

Neil Kelly ..................................................IBC

KELLY WEARSTLER www.kellywearstler.com

RICK MAYNARD www.rickmaynard.rsir.com

KRAVET www.kravet.com

NEXUS www.nexusseattle.com

L’OBJET www.l-objet.com

REALOGICS/SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY www.rsir.com

LE JACQUARD FRANCAIS www.le-jacquard-francais.com LEE JOFA www.leejofa.com MICHAEL ARAM www.michaelaram.com MUSEUM QUALITY FRAMING www.pnwframing.com PEACOCK ALLEY www.peacockalley.com ROCHE BOBOIS www.roche-bobois.com ROOM & BOARD www.roomandboard.com

SEAN NIELSEN www.nwluxliving.com SONATA COLUMBIA CITY CONDOMINIUMS www.sonatacondoliving.com

Fairbank Construction ...............................11 Giulietti / Schouten AIA Architects .............60

Greenbaum Home Furnishings .................56 Hedge and Vine .........................................64 Hendrendon & Schoener ...........................24 Inn at Spanish Head ................................121

J Garner Home ..........................................60 Kohler Signature Store by Keller Supply ...18 Rick Maynard .............................................80 McClellan Architects ..................................21 Nathan Good Architects ...........................120 Nexus...................................................72, BC Sean Nielsen..............................................80

Parr Cabinet Design Center ......................... 4

Q Restaurant & Bar ..................................121 Realogics Sotheby’s

International Realty ........................78, 80

Roche Bobois .............................................52

Room & Board ............................................. 6 Sierra Pacific Windows...............................16

JAMES STROUPE www.stroupe.com

Sonata Columbia City Condominiums ......81

THE PINNACLE AT ALKI www.thepinnacleatalki.com

The Pinnacle at Alki....................................68

James Stroupe...........................................80 USA Pears.................................................108 William & Wayne .......................................21

DESIGN / BUILD REMODELING HANDYMAN SERVICES HOME IMPROVEMENT

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Entertainment possibilities seem endless after a Neil Kelly design/build team remodels a kitchen.

In this case, a bold Northwest look granted a client’s wish for more open space with better flow.

White oak hardwood floors and custom Neil Kelly cabinets set up a stunning focal point: an Oregon Black Walnut cook’s island with Lumix stone counters. Whatever your dream space entails, we can find a design solution you’ll love. And so will your guests.

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41st Floor Sky Lounge

I N - C I T Y R E S O RT Discover NEXUS – downtown Seattle’s next generation, high-tech high-rise condominium offering voluminous residences, panoramic vistas and more than 25,000-sf of interior and exterior amenities unlike any other. The future is coming. The opportunity is now.

FINAL SALES EVENT (90% SOLD)

– Choose from two and three-bedroom flats and two-story Sky Lofts (1,142 - 2,136-sf) priced from $1.2 million to more than $3.4 million. Occupancy Fall 2019.

SALES CENTER + MODEL HOME 2609 1st Avenue, Downtown Seattle Open Daily 11am - 5pm (or By Appt.)

NEXUSSeattleCondos.com | 206.801.9220 Offered by 1200 Howell Street LLC. Views and artist renderings approximate.

Seller reserves the right to change the product offering without notice.E&OE.