French Colonial home in the Issaquah Highlands

We love to show off our projects, and this one is particularly gorgeous. Westview Manor is a modern colonial style home with luxury and elegance around every corner. The home was designed for aging in place, and has a lovely spacious open floor plan. No detail was overlooked for both comfort and luxury. Check out …

Gelotte Hommas is going MAD for #SOCIALMADNESS

The Puget Sound Business Journal has an annual competition where they try and find out the most socially acceptable organizations around. The Puget Sound Business Journal has dubbed this competition #SocialMadness and it’s pretty awesome. In order to even be apart of the madness your organization has to be nominated, and GHA found out today …

Local non-profit making waves globally

One of the things we love is seeing a local company take things global, and that’s just what Pilgrim Africa has done. In fact, we are so inspired by what they are doing we have decided to partner with them. Pilgrim Africa was founded in 2001 in response to the plight of more than 1.5 …

Home Design with Your Life in Mind: The Artist

As we continue our series on using the architectural elements of your Seattle home to fit your lifestyle, we’re getting in touch with our artistic side. (If you haven’t already, be sure to read our first post in this series on The Entertainer, focusing on the perfect home structure for a socialite). Artists thrive in …

Home Design with Your Life in Mind: The Entertainer

When purchasing, building, or remodeling a home, the architecture and design of your space are meant to enhance your life there, not inhibit it. Reflecting who you are in your home goes beyond decor, paint, and furniture; every beam, nail, and board should work to cohesively make your space the best that it can be …

Working Your Architectural Angles

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 …

Whimsical Garage from Gelotte Hommas Featured in Houzz

While Facebook and Twitter keep you up to date with friends, news, and memes, and Pinterest has you planning your yoga strategy and cookie recipes hand in hand, Houzz is the go-to corner of the web for the architecturally minded. Showcasing beautiful spaces and the teams behind them, Houzz catalogs well-designed and interesting spaces from …

Western Exposure: A room with a view

With the weather slowly warming to reveal the temperatures of Spring and Summer, we naturally gravitate outdoors. Whether you’re a kayak enthusiast, bicyclist, or just enjoy a glass of wine out on a patio, chances are you’ll find yourself outside a lot more this season. Windows aren’t just the eyes of the home–they allow you …

We draw stuff sometimes

Sometimes our projects get revised, and sometimes that happens pretty quickly. This project is one of those projects. Eric Drivdahl is the senior project manager and architect on this one. In case you were all wondering, we still draw renderings and drawings by hand around here. Go see more of this project, Bellevue Residence Remodel, …

Friday Fun – Summer is coming

I know that it’s been snowing in some places across the nation this week, but I promise; summer IS coming. The sun has found it’s way to Seattle this weekend just long enough for us to photograph a recent completed project. Looking at this space makes me really excited for summer. Bring on the sunshine! …