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East Side Sunset Recollections

It has been a little over a year since my mother, Evelyn Healy, passed away after a brief illness. I’d like to share again my reflections from one of her last nights of clarity where we sat together as the …

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June 14, 2018
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Bedroom Transformation in a Multigenerational Antique Home

This small bedroom in an antique post and beam house presented lots of design and construction challenges. Beyond the uneven floors, sagging roof and low ceilings that you would expect in a house that had weathered more than a century …

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April 20, 2018
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Accessory Apartment Cottage Blues

Seattle City Council Member Mike O’Brien tours a backyard cottage in 2016. I am currently running into a problem with a project in Connecticut that imposes a “high bar” to be able to create a legal accessory apartment. Accessory apartments …

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December 12, 2017
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Hidden Hinge Solution for an Unusual Door Placement

This project reclaimed underused Attic space for a Sleeping Loft for the daughter and a Home Office for Dad. Safety concerns required two means of egress (stairs) and a door between the two spaces but restricted headroom limited where it …

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June 23, 2016
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEXT STEP
DISCOVERY REVIEW

I have a pre-design service I provide called the Next Step Discovery Review. For a modest fee that we determine once we identify the scope of the work, I prepare a report that identifies the hidden barriers and opportunities in …

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June 19, 2016
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