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The hallway opens up to the open space of the living area. Marble, polished wenge millwork, steel cabinets, and terrazzo floors contrast the exterior material palette.
Bill Timmerman - Timmerman Photography


Photographer: Jay Goodrich
This 2800 sf single-family home was completed in 2009. The clients desired an intimate, yet dynamic family residence that reflected the beauty of the site and the lifestyle of the San Juan Islands. The house was built to be both a place to gather for large dinners with friends and family as well as a cozy home for the couple when they are there alone.
The project is located on a stunning, but cripplingly-restricted site overlooking Griffin Bay on San Juan Island. The most practical area to build was exactly where three beautiful old growth trees had already chosen to live. A prior architect, in a prior design, had proposed chopping them down and building right in the middle of the site. From our perspective, the trees were an important essence of the site and respectfully had to be preserved. As a result we squeezed the programmatic requirements, kept the clients on a square foot restriction and pressed tight against property setbacks.
The delineate concept is a stone wall that sweeps from the parking to the entry, through the house and out the other side, terminating in a hook that nestles the master shower. This is the symbolic and functional shield between the public road and the private living spaces of the home owners. All the primary living spaces and the master suite are on the water side, the remaining rooms are tucked into the hill on the road side of the wall.
Off-setting the solid massing of the stone walls is a pavilion which grabs the views and the light to the south, east and west. Built in a position to be hammered by the winter storms the pavilion, while light and airy in appearance and feeling, is constructed of glass, steel, stout wood timbers and doors with a stone roof and a slate floor. The glass pavilion is anchored by two concrete panel chimneys; the windows are steel framed and the exterior skin is of powder coated steel sheathing.


Stone two-sided fireplace with up lighting underneath the top stone. Hardwood floors in the formal living room, porcelain wood grain tiles for the kitchen, dining, wine cellar and exterior patio.
Pool and backyard landscaping are the only previous features that remained from the original home, minus a few walls on the interior and newly installed waterless grass for the ground cover.
Designed with a standing seam metal roof, with internal drainage system for hidden gutters design. Rain chain and rain barrels for rain harvesting.
Retrofitted with Hardy Frames prefabricated shear walls for up to date earthquake safety. Opening both walls to the backyard, there are now two 14' folding doors allowing the inside and outside to merge.
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Amy J Smith Photography


Living Room with four custom moveable sofas able to be moved to accommodate large cocktail parties and events. A custom-designed firebox with the television concealed behind eucalyptus pocket doors with a wenge trim. Pendant light mirrors the same fixture which is in the adjoining dining room.
Photographer: Angie Seckinger


With so much surface area of modern houses dedicated to windows, having control over energy efficiency and privacy is an absolute must. Plantation shutters are the most energy-efficient window treatments available, and can even be installed on those aforementioned sliding glass doors and transom windows. For full-wall windows, shutters offer even more freedom in window coverage since you can open and shut individual sets of louvers, rather than having to pull a whole drapery over your window.


Two-story living room is an unexpected surprise discovered upon entering the house.
Photos by Chris Nigro


Agata is crafted in modern style based on chromed legs and accented with four contrasting pillows.


Incorporating permanent fixtures, custom features, and elaborate paint colors can be a bit limiting when it comes to designs for apartments and condo living. I was able to achieve a very customized look and feel and enhance this space with the use of wallpaper from Wayfair and some AMAZING furniture, decor, and art pieces from CB2, Article, Pier1, and West Elm that helped to breathe new life into this Modern Bachelor Pad!
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