architectural finishes

When we see a home for the first time, we take it all in as one large piece. We see the shape and size, color and style but then the details begin to emerge. And although getting the proportions and structural viability of a home is important, it ends up being the smaller architectural finishes …

Highlight your home’s architecture with fall decor to welcome the season and express your style. Fall decorsuch as pumpkins, wreaths, baskets, and other natural elements and lighting will draw attention to your home’s best architectural features and create a friendly greeting for trick-or-treaters and out-of-town guests. Consider adding fall decor to these home architectural elements: stairs fence posts front …

Could adapting office buildings to residential be a viable solution in downtown Seattle? That’s a questionPublicola.com recently asked given the city of Seattle’s goal of bringing more housing to downtown. The one recent example of a large-scale conversion from office to residential in Seattle that the author cites as working: The Cobb, at 4th and University. …