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My heart is going thumpity thump... This home is so amazing and I love how you get the sense of it being similar to the native log cabin the Indians built on the same land years ago.

My dad grew up on Whidbey Island, just over deception pass. While I (and every tourist guide) do NOT recommend visiting Oak Harbor, where he is from, Deception pass and the surrounding areas is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

FYI, Washington has more environmental zones than any other US State (several kinds of forest including rainforests, desert, etc.)

I live about an hour from Canmore and Banff, Alberta and would love to see more cabins like this one in Canada!

This is a gorgeous house, but even as a grown man, I'd be scared out of my mind by all the darkness of the woods and lake that would surround me at night. That's a lot of glass, I'd feel like I was on display.

What's stunning to me about this house is the relationship it defines with nature. It is one of the first buildings I've seen that doesn't seek to overpower or displace nature or the environment, but to live harmoniously with it. To me, it truly looks like a slice of heaven.

Constantly being exposed like this could certainly only work if the house were miles away from anyone else. The bedrooms are cacooned, and I think that would make the exposure ok to me.

I love the scale and simplicity of the way it looks, although I'm sure it's quite an engineering feat. It just seems so peaceful. I can't even imagine a television there.

What a beauty.
Let alone being on gorgeous Whidbey Island.
I'm designing my dream,a small glass and wood home for a similar setting here in BC.
This one definitely goes in my 'ideas' file.
One thing I have learned is that if you want that see-through connection with nature from your home, then raising it from the ground, however slightly, will give you more privacy.