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Despite Pent Up Demand, It's Nearly Impossible to Find a Condo in Seattle

Despite Pent Up Demand, It’s Nearly Impossible to Find a Condo in Seattle

New units are hard to come by and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.

Luma, one of the few high-rise condo projects built in recent years, sold out within months of completion.

Elaine Porterfield

Make a Statement in Your Home With These Stylish, Washington Barnwood Doors

Make a Statement in Your Home With These Stylish, Washington Barnwood Doors

Barn doors come gliding in from Gig Harbor.

Don Rees is your sliding-door man. Founder of Real Carriage Door Company (Gig Harbor, 9803 44th Ave. NW; 253.853.3815), he’s been in the home-building business for more than 30 years and has a knack for constructing impressive entrances. In today’s door world, reclaimed barnwood is the new black; some doors even come with a certificate…

Nia Martin

Seattle Leaders Explore City-level Health Services in the Age of Trump

Seattle Leaders Explore City-level Health Services in the Age of Trump

How Seattle could learn from San Francisco to provide health care to residents as the Trump Administration threatens the Affordable Care Act.

As the Trump Administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants and threatens to overturn the Affordable Care Act, pushing more than 20 million people off their health care plans, some Seattle leaders are looking for ways to ensure that people living in the city can access health care regardless of their income or immigration status. To…

Erica C. Barnett

Now This is How You Do a Backyard in Seattle

Now This is How You Do a Backyard in Seattle

A remodel turns a backyard from lackluster into the life of the party.

Previously enclosed, the outside covered deck now blends seamlessly into the overall backyard design.

Sheila Cain

The Vanishing Dream of Owning a Single-Family Home in Seattle

The Vanishing Dream of Owning a Single-Family Home in Seattle

Looking for a newly built, ‘traditional’ single-family home in the Seattle market? Good luck with that.

Residential development in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is emblematic of the trend toward packing two or more dwellings onto what used to be single-structure parcels.

Jeanne Lang Jones

Seattle Designers Find 'Power' in Different Ways

Seattle Designers Find ‘Power’ in Different Ways

The Seattle Design Festival explores "power" through fashion, architecture and more.

Luly Yang rocks the runway.

Nia Martin

This Modern Backyard 'Cabin' is an Urban Oasis in Green Lake

This Modern Backyard ‘Cabin’ is an Urban Oasis in Green Lake

Good things really do come in small packages.

Concrete floors line the kitchen/living area in this 620-square-foot detatched accessory dwelling unit (DADU) that looks out onto its own private yard.

Niki Stojnic

These New Grown-Up Dormitories Are One Way to Beat the Seattle Freeze

These New Grown-Up Dormitories Are One Way to Beat the Seattle Freeze

The unique dwelling arrangements can help neighbors connect to form a community.

Continuous balconies at Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing allow for plenty of interaction between neighbors

Stephen Strom

These Vibrant East African Cafes, Shops Are the Best Reason to Visit This North Seattle Neighborhood

These Vibrant East African Cafes, Shops Are the Best Reason to Visit This North Seattle Neighborhood

In Pinehurst, Steve Scher finds a slice of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Customers at the Jebena Cafe in Pinehurst get a warm welcome from co-owner Martha Seyoum who came here from Ethiopia 26 years ago.

Steve Scher

People Are Leaving Spin and LimeBikes in Impressively Dumb Places

People Are Leaving Spin and LimeBikes in Impressively Dumb Places

Some Seattleites are ditching the stationless bikes in vexing locations.

To be fair, there wasn’t a “No Parking” sign in the tree.

Max Rose

10 Great Seattle Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse

10 Great Seattle Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse

Can't make it to Oregon? There are plenty of places in Seattle to watch this once-in-decades event.

Play hooky for an hour or two and find a Seattle spot to watch Monday’s eclipse.

Alexa Peters

Goat Yoga is the Weirdest Fitness Trend Sweeping Washington

Goat Yoga is the Weirdest Fitness Trend Sweeping Washington

The latest yoga craze now has an outpost in the Seattle area.

No Kidding! Get bendy in the barnyard with goat yoga.

Caroline Craighead

Desperation and Heartbreak: The Struggle to Get Off the Streets and Into Affordable Housing

Desperation and Heartbreak: The Struggle to Get Off the Streets and Into Affordable Housing

Seattle's rapid rehousing program didn't work for Lisa Sawyer.

Lisa Sawyer says she’s often forced to choose between paying rent and buying groceries.

Erica C. Barnett

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