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Seattle Magazine Essentials: Sustainable Clothing and Custom Furniture
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This article is featured in the March issue of Seattle magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. Future Thread Akala creates inclusive, sustainable clothing Its no secret that the women’s plus-size clothing market is booming. Last year alone, its value in the United States reached a staggering $9.85 billion, according to data analytics firm Statista. At…
The Eastside Edge
Here's why the Eastside market is booming
With housing prices at record highs throughout the Puget Sound region, prospective buyers are understandably nervous about making the plunge. Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and other Eastside suburbs may offer the best opportunities for homebuyers concerned about protecting equity, investors seeking to maximize return, or young professionals positioning for future employment. The “Zoom boom” notwithstanding, large tech…
Editor’s Note: Seeking Space
Housing patterns reflect the no-commute lockdown
After almost a year of pandemic-induced lockdown, we recently moved from a smallish condo to a house with double the space. It became steadily apparent as the months slowly ticked off last year that the condo we had lived in for more than three years simply wasn’t designed for 24/7 living. We remained in Seattle. Many have…
AIA Seattle Home of Distinction: Gear Shift
Winthrop home serves as both storage space and cozy residence
Meet the California Closets of outdoor enthusiasm. Never has a more disagreeable tangle of incompatible geometric shapes and lumpy accessories been perpetrated on humankind than the hardware of the modern adventurer. Trying to organize skis, kayaks, snowboards, fishing rods, paddles, boots, bikes, climbing gear, bedrolls, duffel bags and cooking kits in an SUV can be a nightmare. For…
Senior Living Communities in a New World
How two senior housing communities navigated the past year
Senior housing communities have been in the news for all the wrong reasons during the past year. A deeper look reveals that many have taken extraordinary steps to keep staff and residents safe while navigating a business that has been rapidly evolving long before the coronavirus pandemic. According to industry trade publication Senior Housing News, senior living…
Best Places: Suburban Shift
The most popular ‘burbs to buy a home
Claire and Derek Klein loved living in the downtown Seattle condo they purchased in 2016 across the street from the Washington State Convention Center. They took full advantage of the nightlife and pedestrian amenities in their neighborhood. Then Covid-19 hit and changed everything. Derek, a technology consulting principal director for Accenture, began working from home….
AIA Seattle Home of Distinction: Cozy and Comfy
Vacation home borrows from Scandinavian, European mountain designs
It is sometimes the role of the artist to jar clients from their comfort zone. It is not common for residential architects to be asked do the same. But that was the challenge presented to Syndicate Smith LLC, a residential and commercial architectural studio in Leavenworth. Seattle residents Paul Carpenter and Steve Bartz wanted a…
Editor’s Note: Gym in a Jam
Like many small businesses, Fremont Health Club is struggling. But it will survive.
This story is featured in the January issue of Seattle magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. Like everyone else, Lillian Cawdrey has evolved during the pandemic and has done everything she could to survive. Cawdrey, co-owner of the popular Fremont Health Club along with her husband, learned the hard way that bleach rusted…
A Kabin in the City
Cities are literally creating a cottage industry because of the pandemic, and MyKabin is taking full advantage
Seattle’s lowest-profile contractor is also one of the city’s highest-volume homebuilders. In just its second year of operation, Bellevue-based MyKabin has already constructed 42 backyard cottages and offices, mostly in Seattle proper. Clint Jones and Tom Todaro launched the business in anticipation of Seattle’s new briskly waving green flag for detached additional dwelling units (DADU)….
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