White Space Design Group and Nelson Treehouse collaborated on the 650-square-foot guesthouse, which is fifteen feet off the ground with views of Puget Sound.
A modern facelift turns a fixer-upper into a gathering spotâwith a stunning home office.
After her divorce in 2017, corporate strategist Loretta Nelson decided to trade her sprawling Woodinville home and acre of land for real estate in Seattle. She wanted to be closer to her kids and didnât mind downsizingâthat is, as long as she had plenty of room to entertain, a yard for her two Labradors to romp, and a handful of extra bedrooms for friends to stay overnight during holidays.
Five property tours into her search, Nelson walked through the door of the 1940s midcentury house on a quiet Seward Park block and knew it was hers. It had four bedrooms and good bones; the views of Lake Washington and Mount Rainier were more than enough motivation to see beyond the tiny kitchenâs close quarters and dated finishes.