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SECOND TIME AROUND
An architect and her longtime clients nudge the interiors of a turn-of-the-century Seattle house in a modern direction.
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Written by RACHEL GALLAHER : Photographed by ALEX HAYDEN : Styled by RACHEL GRUNIG
fter a two-year stint in Luxembourg, a family of four returned to Seattle eager to see their newly renovated kitchen, which Amy Janof of Janof Architecture had capably transformed in their absence. The revamp thrilled them—but so did the unexpected news that a house they’d long coveted, two doors down, had just come up for sale. They acted quickly and sold their former home, gleaming kitchen and all, and rehired Janof for Renovation Part Two.
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GRAY ISSUE No. TWENTY-FOUR
This time the project was bigger than a single room— the entire house needed help. An original foursquare, it had a ground floor with four identical rooms that, according to Janof, “chopped up the space and made it feel closed off.” It also had outdated ’80s finishes and wall-to-wall pink shag carpeting. To open up the main level, Haak Construction combined the two rooms at the west side of the house into a single large living room and relocated the dining room to the area formerly occupied by a staircase and a fake fireplace. »