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Best outSIDE-in Photographed by TIM BIES
Seeking relief from their busy work schedules, a couple recently asked Seattle’s First Lamp Architects | Builders to create a getaway on Herron Island, Washington, that could offer them welcome distance on day-to-day life. Inspired by the separation of the Case Inlet island from the mainland, First Lamp conceived of a cabin that is accessed via a floating stairwell and steel bridge from its top level, allowing the family to physically mark a separation from their daily lives as they descend into the home’s open, airy layout. The design further blurs the lines between indoors and out with floor-to-ceiling windows—many operable—and, in the master bedroom, wood floors that seem to merge seamlessly into the waters of Puget Sound, some 60 feet below. h
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