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Local theater, flowering gardens, postcard views, silvan settings, and Star Wars ruled our five favorite homes in May.
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Celebrate an artist’s home that is filled with art. The home of Peggy Scales, “a fixture in Seattle theater,” came onto the Magnolia market at $775,000. It’s more a series of sets than a set of rooms. The phone booth, Dutch doors, separate writing space, and different themes for each of the three bedrooms make the 1,700-square-foot house whimsical. Unique people create unique homes.
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A one-bedroom cottage on the shore has a large dock reaching into Portage Bay, mooring a floating home that has three sleeping areas. Two homes, one address, moorage without homeowners’ dues become a package priced at $1,400,000 for 1,400 square feet. Nice and tidy at $1,000 per square foot. Sleep on land or over water, depending on the mood. Decks and docks make places for plants in pots.
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Few condos will ever get views of downtown and the Sound like this one claimed in 1970. Location alone may be sufficient reason for the price of $2,288,000 (plus $1,645 a month in HOA dues). The 2,640-square-foot penthouse sits above it all. Three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms make a home. The postcard panoramas make entertaining easy. Owning front-row seats for every fireworks show can be sweet.
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For views of nothing but nature, try three tiny houses on five acres on Lopez Island. One house made of lumber, one of logs, and one that was a sauna total two bedrooms and a bit more than 384 square feet. The $312,000 price tag does not include a septic system—evidently someone found a solution. Bonus: a creative staircase with alternating treads.
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That’s no second fire pit. Actually, it is. The backyard of the home features two firepits, one wood-burning and one powered by natural gas. The gas firepit graces the center of a unique patio shape: a detailed rendering of the Millennium Falcon. As for the rest of the house, it’s a four-bedroom, three-and-a-quarter-bathroom home with 3,240 square feet of space and a jetted master tub, listed for $725,000. The force is strong with this one.
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