With our youngest leaving for college and a chronic
Our new condo includes a tiny but functional kitch-
health condition, we needed to downsize. We made
en, a bright combined dining area and living room,
the drastic decision to move from our 2700 square
one medium-sized bedroom with an adjoining office
foot Craftsman Bungalow in a small country town to
area, one bathroom with a jet tub (I had to include
a 950 square foot condo near Seattle and a couple this little fact because I wanted a jet tub for years!), of blocks from Lake Washington. In order to make a small powder room and cozy laundry room. the move we had three garage sales and whittled away 70% of our possessions. It really showed us
Working with a Modern Rustic theme we created a
what posessions we really cherished including fam-
soft backdrop of neutral paint, peppered with vibrant
ily photos, artwork the children created when they blues, tangerine and, of course, plenty of white. were small, and boxes upon boxes of cards and let- Both modern and vintage elements form the look ters from loved ones throughout the years.
with new purchases of Scandinavian furnishings from Dania.
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