This floating house offers the ultimate refuge on Seattle’s Portage Bay

Hoshide Wanzer Architects, together with Dyna Builders, drew inspiration from the Costa Rican philosophy of Pura Vida—celebrating simple pleasures and a relaxed pace of life—to create this floating house on Portage Bay, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, that offers a dynamic connection to natur

An Amazing Collected California Home Dressed in Blue: Book Giveaway

There’s something about layered blues, weathered wood, and collected vintage pieces that instantly makes a home feel relaxed and welcoming. Featured in the beautiful book At Home with Blue by Fifi O’Neill, this collected California home blends coastal charm, European cottage style, and soft rustic t

A 1940s ranch home gets a breathtaking shou sugi ban makeover in Washington

Mr. Belvedere is architect Ben Humphries’ own family home, a substantial remodel and addition to an unassuming 1940s single-family ranch in Northeast Seattle, Washington, designed by his firm Linework Architecture. The project focuses on sustainability, durability, indoor-outdoor living, and generat

A stunning prefab lake house built mostly of wood in rural Connecticut

All-Wood, All the Time, is a beautiful wood-wrapped, CLT, and prefab lake house designed by OPAL Architects in rural Northwest Connecticut. The house is built almost entirely using cross-laminated timber (CLT). The cross-laminated timber (CLT) home challenges conventions of residential construction.