Inspirations

You don’t have to live in the country to live in a farmhouse-style home. This traditional style creates a feeling of warmth wherever you are. Farmhouse style houses always make you feel right at home when you return to them after a long day at work. Whether you’ve already decided on a farmhouse style home …

A stone fireplace adds special character to your home. It’s a centerpiece that sets the mood of your living room, and even of your entire home. Not all stone fireplaces are created equal, however. Here are a few ideas to help you choose the fireplace design that’s right for your home. Traditional Living Room by …

If you love sipping on a glass of vino at the end of a long day, than your new home simply must feature a wine cellar. When designing a home, you have many wine cellar options. Here is a look at some of the more artful choices: Mediterranean Wine Cellar by Bellevue Architects & Designers …

Three of the main tenants of the design theory and mindset at Gelotte Hommas Architecture are form, beauty, and architecture. A good architect needs the same know-how as a Super Model: You have to know how to work your angles. Geometric patterns are one of the biggest, booming trends in fashion today. From the ever …

We love the holidays, and we love all of our clients. The way we see it this is a perfect time for us to put some extra effort into tell you all just how much. On Monday we blogged about our Christmas cards. If you missed that you can read about them here. They are …

This fully custom designed steel structure is the perfect man cave for any red-blooded male. Being that it is built in the Pacific Northwest, from top to bottom, although electic, the design holds a Native American air. With a 3,000 sf garage capable of holding over 20+ cars on custom fabricated car lifts for his …

After watching the Olympic games opening this weekend, one can’t help but be over whelmed by the historical and global significance these games have grown into. From the start of the games in 776 BC in Olympia Greece, the architectural structures were just as important as the games themselves.  Here are a few picts of …

We are updating a few of our marketing pieces around here. Our marketing guru Nikki is working on developing a custom font for some of these pieces and we wanted to share. The similarities of the way designing something looks is pretty universal. You stick to the basics of form and function, throw in some …

One of our co-workers spent the last few days at Glacier National Park in Montana camping with her family.  Being surrounded by that much natural beauty one can’t help but get inspired. One of our principal’s Scott Hommas is actually from Montana, and grew up not too far from Lake McDonald.  As a child Scott …

Happy Friday everyone! Here in Seattle it has successfully rained and shined today with more of the same  forecasted this weekend. Considering that Seattle weather is known for being a little less than fun (in general) I thought we could kick on a Friday Fun series. From now on, we will be posting something fun about architecture or …