Design TM in collaboration with Deering Design Studio is responsible for the design of this charming houseboat of 1,340 square feet, set along the docks of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. Seattle has been a haven for houseboats for over a hundred years. This area on Lake Union once sported rows and rows of small dwellings for the local workers, and this float had one of the last remaining wooden Quonset huts. As charming as it was to look at, it lacked space, privacy, and decent ceiling height.
The homeowners are a theatrical set director and a musician who after living there for a few years, began plans to build a dream home that could give them modern convenience, storage, and a feeling of spaciousness. The challenge of a small footprint meant that spaces needed to do double duty, such as an open office/studio that turns into a private guest room for visitors, and the bathroom that includes the laundry.
Project Team: Architectural Detailer: Tom Miller, Design TM | Interior Design: Deering Design Studio | Building Design: Greggs Building Design | Construction: Franzen Renovations
Large windows bring in the northern light and the dancing reflections off the water. The water is the main event here, and the surrounding lake often invites them to visit neighbors and generally explore it in kayaks or in their vintage motorboat.
What We Love: This charming houseboat offers its inhabitants and an efficient and functional floor plan layout. The interior aesthetics are warm and inviting while offering idyllic lakeside living. How wonderful would it be to finish a day of work and relax in this lakefront abode that feels like a retreat? We love it!
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Note: Take a look at a couple of other unique home tours of houseboats that we have featured here on One Kindesign: Charming Pirate’s Life houseboat docked on the Charleston harbor and Contemporary floating house in San Francisco.
Photos: Laurie Black Photography
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