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Tree Top Kitchen
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles

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Maybe we feel a kinship with these folks because we also live in a treehouse-like space, in the midst of unusually dense urban forest — yes, forest, and not the usual euphemism for concrete cityscape. In any case, Jeff and Linda Beattie's kitchen is the warm, awe-inspiring center of their new, downsized Edmonds home, worthy of a great deal of envy on our part.
 
 
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A reverse floor plan (kitchen and living room on top floors, bedrooms on bottom) and the desire for an open kitchen motivated the Beatties to pay a great deal of attention to the design and storage (check out the wine bottle storage underneath the end of the counter). It makes sense; the kitchen is the one room visible from almost any spot on the main floor of the house.

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Images: Michael Shopenn for Seattle Homes & Lifestyles

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i can't believe that's downsizing for them.

posted by pinstripeprincess on 2008-07-24 12:53:56
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