Notable Madrona Timepiece - 614 35th Avenue, Seattle

Notable Madrona Timepiece

Notable Madrona Timepiece Timbered European farmhouse-style residence, commissioned in 1927

by Charles Osner, pillar of Gold Rush-era Seattle (and proprietor of Merchants’ Café in Pioneer Square). Versatile floor plan imaginatively redesigned for flexible lifestyles, including multigenerational living. Dramatic landscapes by award-winning Land Morphology. Equidistant to both Eastside bridges; three miles from downtown Seattle; three-block level stroll to Madrona’s enchanting village amenities.

Offered at $ 2,195,000

5+ BR / 4.5 BA

3940 interior SF

Built 1927

1360 exterior SF w/ Ipe deck

Dual owner’s suites

Spectacular perennial gardens

Convenient second-floor laundry

Coveted block in tranquil Madrona

Lower-level family room with kitchenette

1-car integrated garage + driveway parking

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An Entertainer’s Dream

Whether you are throwing a small candlelit dinner party in the gleaming dark-chocolate-walled dining room (whose colorway takes its cue from English designer David Hicks’s famous 1970s-era Coca-Cola room), improvising kids’ movie night in the laid-back family room downstairs, or hosting a charity gala for 100 guests on the 600 SF elevated ipe deck surrounded by lush greenery (add an awning and heat lamps for a memorable holiday soiree), this elegant yet low-key home will always deliver a warm welcome. And it will cheerfully accommodate both overnight and long-term guests and grant them space and privacy.

Template for multigenerational living. A cozy and picturesque nursery tucked under the rafters. A sunny, vivid children’s room. A teenager’s hideaway in the daylight lower level. A prime, main-level guest suite inviting to elders. As well as multiple gathering spaces, indoor and out, for loved ones to come together for everyday meals and special celebrations.

Cultivated Wildness

Sparked by the influential perennial landscapes of Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf (celebrated designer of New York’s High Line and Chicago’s Lurie Garden) the garden design, by local superstar landscape architects Land Morphology, honors Seattle’s hillside topography with organic basalt rockeries and meandering paths echoing the winding boulevards of Olmsted’s Lake Washington communities. Plantings were selected for seasonal variation and color, kinetic value, and appeal to pollinators. Charles Osner, the home’s original owner, who served as President of the Seattle Parks Board from 1915 to 1920, would approve.

Land Morphology. Nationally acclaimed for their innovative landscape work on large-scale public and private projects (including, locally, the Seattle Waterfront and the Apple building plaza in University Village), Land Morphology creates artful garden environments to be used and enjoyed daily. Take pleasure in the aerial view of the gardens from the expansive upper deck as you sip your aperitif, or gradually descend the wide, graceful staircase with multiple vantage points, to a geometric firepit with built-in seating for fireside chats and smores.

Sophisticated Yet Unpretentious

From the moment you enter you’ll experience the home as an aesthetically coherent and harmonious whole, with no discordant notes. Guided by Victorian British artist and thinker William Morris’s maxim “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful,” the current owners have curated the residence with a range of artisanal products and handcrafted finishes in conjunction with found elements. Rustic open shelves in the kitchen enjoyed a previous incarnation as ceiling panels in a mid-century car dealership in Kirkland, WA. Warm light spills from mouth-blown glass or handmade ceramic ceiling lights and vintage chandeliers. The soft but saturated color palette evokes the hues of sky, water, earth and vegetation. For most of the main and upper levels the owners relied on Farrow & Ball’s highly pigmented paints, formulated in Dorset, England for the moody skies of the British Isles (and thus perfectly suited to Seattle light) and used in stately homes, country cottages and urban lofts all over the UK. Glass-rod and lucite chandelier

by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier

Tulip-like Alabax handmade ceramic lights

by Schoolhouse Lighting

Salvaged kitchen shelving from Earthwise

Attractive vintage and vintage-inspired bathrooms

Custom window shades by The Shade Store

Custom-fabricated stainless countertops in kitchen

Handpicked artisanal paints by Farrow & Ball

Custom hand-blockprinted curtains by Les Indiennes

Borrowed Landscape

The home boasts complete privacy in the east-facing back, viewed through the handsome blackframed leaded-glass windows in the reception room. (Ask your architect about converting the windows into French doors opening to the ipe deck.) Rich in flora and fauna, the fertile sloping site overlooking Lake Washington enjoys the protection of a red cedar colossus. Uncap your binoculars for backyard birding. If you’re lucky you’ll catch the magnificent nesting Cooper’s hawks the cedar tree shelters.

An environment to surprise, delight and inspire. On a nice evening watch the sunset gild the majestic conifers at the edge of your backyard. In the spring admire the fat strawberry moon rising above the trees; await the fleeting bloom of fragrant lilac right outside your window. Every year measure the growth of the two fantail palms, one deep-rooted, the other a youthful newcomer. Solicit the skimming hummingbirds; marvel at Monarch butterflies and giant dragonflies. Celebrate the first camellias in the front garden, the procession of tulips, daffodils and daylilies around the firepit, creeping purple geraniums that brighten the paths from May to November, the rustle of grasses in the wind, ruby -ed berries on the dark yew trees in the fall. All nurtured by in-ground automated irrigation.

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An Idyllic Location

In this enduring outpost of authentic old Seattle, people still sit on their front porch on a warm summer evening and greet neighbors as they pass by. A leisurely 10-minute stroll through a richly diverse built environment – grand foursquare mansions standing alongside modest craftsman homes and newly constructed lofts and townhomes – will deliver you to the heart of leafy, tranquil Madrona Village. Beloved Madrona Playground offers opportunities for athletes of all ages: basketball court, tennis court, a field for soccer, baseball and frisbee, a playground for younger children, picnic tables and an enclosed clubhouse.

An emerging food and shopping destination with a singular relaxed vibe, Madrona caters to every taste. Try on a handwoven caftan or cashmere poncho at high-end boutique Juniper, or go sustainable at well-curated consignment stores Eres and Katybird. Buy housemade jewelry at Hitchcock and European sneakers at Corre. Dine on artisanal pasta at Vendemmia or order crabcakes to go at sister eatery, East Anchor. Sample a microbrew as you watch the game at Madrona Arms. Try a small-production wine flight at Bottlehouse and a martini at Red Cow with your steak-frites. And always, always end your meal with a scoop or two of Molly Moon’s in a fresh waffle cone.

Expedia 5.6 miles

Microsoft Redmond 12.3 miles

Madison Park 2 miles

PCC Community Market 1 mile

Madrona Beach 0.5 mile

Whole Foods Capitol Hill 2 miles

Downtown Seattle 3 miles

University of Washington 3.4 miles

Madrona Playground 0.3 mile

Amazon South Lake Union 3 miles

Photo credit: KUOW news

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