The kitchen is a cornerstone in any home. It’s where we cook dinner and where we gather with friends and family. Everyone wants a beautiful kitchen, but remember, this is a functional space as well. Choose finishes and materials that will stay on trend for years to come. Epicureans’ Kitchen Retreat DeMane Design, LLC Photography […]
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Neo-Pop Artist Has a Gift for Telling Stories
Not only is Cory Bennett Anderson amazing and beyond creative, he just radiates a contagious amount of positivity. You can hear how excited his surroundings make him. This excitement is infections as the Poulsbo artist speaks with passion about what inspires him to create and what he takes into account as he creates each carefully […]
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Keeping the Old, Rustic Fence
Originally, the Palmer cottage served as a little general store on Rolling Bay. In the 1940s, it was moved to its present location on Manitou Beach Drive along the water. It’s situated next door to the Red Wing Blackbird Sanctuary. Lisa Dunham currently leases the cottage from Gary Palmer, who grew up in the green […]
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Cru Moderne
Within the walls of her Bainbridge Island studio, the creative mind of Tamra Fago flits like a hummingbird in a garden, from idea to idea and item to item. A designer by birth, with a degree to back it up, Fago has an affinity for graphic and fabric arts. Her home is a festival of […]
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A Garden on a Lake
The magical view from the deck says it all — mountain peaks, placid lake and a garden that beckons you to leave the deck and wander through it to the water’s edge. This lovingly tended garden of Denice and Don Heblich on Wooten Lake in Tahuya is filled with love, creativity and an extreme level […]
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Remodeling During Unusual Times
While 2020 might have been the hardest and longest year in recent history for many people, “hard” took on a whole new meaning for the Huffmans. This family of four had been searching two years for a waterfront home on Bainbridge Island in Poulsbo, Indianola or Suquamish, and toured so many houses with their faithful […]
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Theresa Stirling’s New Beeswax Painting Workshops
No time like now to learn something new — local artist Theresa Stirling has taken her in-studio workshops online by request. Stirling now offers a chance to learn the ancient art of painting with beeswax and fire — and to do it from the comfort of your own space. No experience necessary — she offers […]
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A Lodge and Treehouse Experience on the Key Pen
It’s one of West Sound’s best-kept secrets — a lovely little gem hidden in a 10-acre woods on the Key Peninsula. Frog Creek Lodge was built as a private residence for a large family in the mid-1970s. The original owner sold it in the 1980s to a couple who turned it into a retreat center. […]
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The Inspirational Rosedale Gardens and Nursery
If there’s one good thing that came with the COVID-19 virus in the past year, it’s the increased interest in the joys of gardening. With more time to spend at home and the need to fill the gaps left by social distancing, home and garden businesses have noted a surge in sales. Another positive: The […]