Seattle Mag
In Puyallup, Rhubarb Grows on the Dark Side
A Puyallup farmer is growing winter rhubarb indoors, in the dark—and the results are remarkable
Forget the pie—when Tim Richter was a kid, he’d peel the skin off ruby rhubarb stalks, straight from the field, and pour sugar down the scooped center. “That was it,” he says. “That was our Sour Patch [Kids]!” Today, the fourth-generation farmer doesn’t eat nearly as much rhubarb as you might expect, considering his family…
Historic Fremont House a Haven of Custom Furnishings
A 1908 home in the city’s Fremont neighborhood gets designer details and a bright interior face-lift
Console and bench: custom-designed by Heidi Caillier Design; bench fabric: Pazuru Mulberry, Zak+Fox; vintage Moroccan rug: Pink Rug; lamp: Bodega, Arteriors Home; art: TRNK-NYC
A Camano Island Home Strong Enough for a Tsunami
Storms don't scare this Washington state home; breakaway features and waterproof finishes let it weather high winds and waves
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. The story of how a modest cabin perched on the edge of Puget Sound on Camano Island, Washington, became a sturdy modernist structure strong enough to take on no less than a tsunami is an interesting one. The owners contacted Dan Nelson, principal at Designs Northwest in Seattle, about…