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360° Modern + Richard Corff at The Lab
Seattle

While the turn-of-the-20th-century bungalow would seem to rule in cachet around here, give us a 1950s rambler with big windows and an open floor plan any day. 360° Modern is a resource for anyone w...

Monique Lofts and Mural Project
Seattle

When we posted earlier about the colors of this mural, we had no idea of the story (and homes) behind the project. It turns out that the building is a condo project called Monique Lofts, and the res...

Good Questions: Should I Buy a Home Where a Murder Took Place?

AT:SF, What would you do? I am considering buying my first home. It is a renovated 1924 Edwardian style San Francisco flat, very charming with original details. After doing some research on the bu...

Look!: Our New Neighbor
San Francisco

The "unveiling" of the new apartment building near our apartment happened recently. We're sorta into it! It's a bit different from the surrounding buildings, but change is good! What do you think?...

LEED-Certified Alley House by Cascade Built
Seattle

We're assuming the name Alley House comes from the home's situation on an urban-infill lot, this particular one being located in Seattle's Madison Valley neighborhood. It's for sale, and while not ex...

It's Lovely! I'll Take It!

If you thought your fixer-upper was bad, wait until you see some of the gems on "It's Lovely! I'll Take It!," a blog that takes the funniest real estate ad photos and groups them together for your amu...

Look!: Colorful Compound on Folsom
San Francisco

In a city full of predictable staging (when will the karate-chopped pillow fad die?), we find this home (complete with fainting room, artist studio, and cabana) refreshing. You?...

Method Prefab Cabins

The idea of a vacation home sounds incredibly luxurious to us, but the rise of prefab architecture is bringing that dream closer to many people. The Method Home is packed with features geared towar...

Follow Up: St. Joseph Statues

You may remember our post from a few months ago about burying a St. Joseph statue in your yard in order to sell your house. Well, scoff if you will......

Best Places to Buy an Old House
This Old House

Flatbush, Brooklyn, may be one of the dozen places that This Old House picked as one of the Best Places to Buy an Old House, but there were two West Coast picks......

1 Hotel & Residences in Seattle

The folks over at Sustainable Style Foundation tipped us off on 1 Hotel & Residences, a luxury, "eco-sensitive" hotel and condo development on 2nd and Pine in Seattle, right up from Pike Place Marke...

Best Fixer-Upper Housewarming Gifts

Eleven months ago we closed on our first home. Ten months ago we moved in to our work-in-progress from the tent in the backyard. The time has flown by at record speed and we can't quite believe that...

The Sleepless in Seattle Houseboat is Up for Sale

For those of you whose introduction to Seattle and our houseboats came via the eponymous Tom Hanks film, here's one for you. The houseboat is on the market — for a cool $2.5 million....

Real Estate Superstition: St. Joseph Statues

Our friends are in the process of trying to sell their house in the Bay Area so that they can return to the land of AT:LA, where warmth and jobs await. When we mentioned to them that they should get ...

NextGen 'Disaster Resistant' Demo Home in West Seattle

The NextGen Home Experience is a project out of Bellevue, Washington, that seeks to showcase the features that would theoretically define the home of the future: connectivity, disaster resistance, e...

Look!: 'Storybook' Home in Kitsap County

Who knew Wonderland was just a short ferry ride away from Seattle? This house in Olalla is currently on the market for less than most condos within Seattle's city limits. And it's a trip. In the ve...

PriceSpotter on Curbed SF

One of our guilty secrets is... that we love this weekly feature that they do over at Curbed. They show some photos of a home for sale, divulge a couple of details, and it's time to play PriceSpott...

Street of Eames: Portland's Modern Home Tour

On April 5, six Portland-area homes, either built in or inspired by mid-century home design, will open their doors for a tour to benefit after-school programs at Chapman Elementary School and Beach E...

Redwoods vs. Solar Panels

So you say you're a green environmentally-minded person. You drive a Prius and plant trees in your backyard and think you're pretty high up on the list of earth-lovers. But wait...what's that? Thos...

Drool-worthy Listing in Seattle's Central District

Having grown up in the Central District and experienced first-hand the radical change in its demographic profile over the years, we're usually the one to tsk-tsk conversions of old buildings whose ...

Blogging the Seattle Times: Wrapped in Scrap

What do you do if you live in the sleepy town of Langley, on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound, and you want a modern house with clean, industrial lines akin to a converted warehouse? Such a house may...

Blogging Seattle Metropolitan: Lofty Living

The Fremont Lofts are touted as prime specimens of community-building design, and January's issue of Seattle Metropolitan profiles the designers and residents of the project. ...

Historic "Painted Lady" for Sale on First Hill
Slinks n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

For $2.86 million, this 1888 Victorian home could be yours. One of a handful of grand homes scattered between medical buildings on Seattles pill hill, this house has been painstakingly restored. Vi...

The Complexities of Keeping It Small and Simple
Slinks n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

Green and happy. We were just working on a post about this modern, green weekend home in Hood River, when we noticed our sister site had written this one. Check it out. Via: AT:NY...

Blogging the Oregonian: Second Base

Icing on the home-ownership cake, or a whole other piece? Lucy and Joe Field are among the growing number of homeowners with second homes, and their waterfront vacation house on the Columbia River g...