A Seattle designer creates a pictureperfect home & office. Photography: We Are The Rhoads Copy: Julia Walsh Interior Design: Brian Paquette
“My dorm in boarding school was larger,” recalls interior designer Brian Paquette. Oddly enough, Paquette’s 220-square-foot, Capitol Hill, Seattle studio has one major element in common with his prep school home: it doubles as a live/work space. When he’s not visiting clients, Paquette is at home doing the nitty-gritty of a self-employed designer: paperwork. Not surprisingly, what he loves most about his home is his desk, a repurposed mid-century dining room table.
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