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In 1983, it won the Times/AIA Home of the Month. In 2017, this $1,600,000 Modern home in Innis Arden still looks modern, and still looks like it could win awards. It is certainly unique.
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View properties inspire panoramas. Look out across a half-acre lot to the waters of the Puget Sound, the opposite shore, and sights west.
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This Bill Bastida original has panoramas looking back the other way. The house is based on a long, low, curving wall that sweeps along the property. A few angles are inevitable, but the feel is of flow.
Indoors are more wide views.
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The living room lives with a built-in arc of furniture oriented towards the view and encouraging a unconventional perspective.
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A solarium curves a wall of windows into a roof of windows along a long line that stretches from the kitchen to yet another circular nook. That could also be plenty of storage along that wall.
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It may not inspire panoramas, but the master suite takes the spa label more literally than most. The jetted tub and glass-block shower are nice enough touches. But, it is the addition of spaciousness that provides enough room for a counter and sitting area. Truly lounge afterwards to continue the indulgence.
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At its core, it is a four bedroom, three and a half bathroom, 4,010 square-foot house with the level of amenities to expect from decades of being a showpiece. Skylights, a modern kitchen and dining area, are timeless. About the only dated piece is the big brick room divider that seems like a reminder of an earlier time and style.
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After all of that modernity, wander outdoors for patios and gardens for that other timeless entertainment, those natural panoramas.
- 18208 Ridgefield Rd NW, Shoreline [Estately]
- 18208 Ridgefield Rd NW, Shoreline [Windermere]