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The great escape: in this cabin in northern Washington, a simple design and humble materials add up to an affordable getaway
"WE LOOKED AT about every nook and cranny in Methow Valley," says Andy Maloy of his search, with wife Sarah, for a quiet site on which to build a...
Sunset, 12/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
Let the sunshine in: a deft remodel leads a San Francisco Victorian into the light
FOR MANY COUPLES with children, the desire for a spacious backyard forces them to leave the city. Not so for San Franciscans Reed and Jennifer...
Sunset, 11/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
The 20-minute good life: imagine a life where everything you need is only 20 minutes from your doorstep
THINK OF IT AS YOUR REALITY. You step out your front door, and life's conveniences are a short walk or bike ride away. The office. The train...
Sunset, 10/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
You've got to see these! From deco to just plain daring, these are the West's most mind-blowing design shrines. Inspiration guaranteed
1. TOP DESIGN CITY Las Vegas Cool factor: Meet the strip that never sleeps--where you can globe-trot on a single street STYLE: Everything...
Sunset, 10/01/09 by Allison Arieff; Amara Holstein; Christine Richard · More from publication -
Breaking away: two determined dads get kids out of the carpool and off to school by bike
IF YOU WALKED OR BIKED to school as a kid, you probably weren't alone. In 1969, 88 percent of students who lived within a mile of their grade...
Sunset, 09/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
Hive minds: as honeybees around the world vanish, one bay area biologist is enlisting an army of backyard gardeners to help figure out why
MANY OF US DO all we can to avoid bees. Gretchen LeBuhn works hard to attract them. An associate professor of biology with a particular interest in...
Sunset, 08/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
Won't you be my neighbor? Babysitting, a car-share club, yoga classes, and a sense of place: One Portland community proves that neighborliness is more than just potluck dinners
DO GOOD FENCES REALLY MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS? Lisa Gambee of Portland and her fellow residents in that city's Cully district don't think so. DO GOOD...
Sunset, 06/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
Grassroots greening: two bike lanes, 3 miles of green space, and a hundred new friends: how one woman transformed a neighborhood
WHEN GILLIAN GILLETT decided to raise her family in the city, she knew she'd have to make a few compromises. One of the big ones? The large and...
Sunset, 05/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
Go bright. No, go white: paint is the quickest, cheapest way to change a room. But how do you choose the color? Allison Arieff discovers it's not so black and white
WHEN IT COMES to our homes, my sister and I are like the tortoise and the hare. My husband and I looked for nearly a year before buying our first...
Sunset, 01/01/09 by Allison Arieff · More from publication -
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On our radar: 74XCultureBus On our radar: 74XCultureBus What we think: Though San Francisco's culture meter has gone off the charts with four...
Sunset, 12/01/08 by Allison Arieff · More from publication
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