Float On
A once-plain floating home on Seattle’s Portage Bay receives a much-needed renovation ten years in the making.
In 1999, native Seattleite Denise Draper fell in love with the location of a prime end slip in a marina on Seattle’s Portage Bay. She was less enthusiastic, however, with the existing fixer-upper floating there. “I love being close to the water. There’s constant change, with boats and wildlife passing by,” Draper says, so she purchased the home. It took her ten years before she could renovate, but with the help of architect Ryan Mankoski of Ninebark Design Build, his wife, interior designer Kim Mankoski, and local builder Dyna Contracting, Draper ended up with a 1,000-square-foot place that’s tuned in to its surroundings and wears its strong sustainable ethos on its walls.
Material Pleasures
Countertops: Squak Mountain Stone
Floors: Marmoleum
Cabinets: Plyboo
Windows: Custom designed by Ninebark Design Build and fabricated by Dyna Contracting
Bathroom tiles: Pental
Interior ceiling: Salvaged fir and cedar
Exterior wood rain-screen: Salvaged cedar
Don't miss a word of Dwell! Download our FREE app from iTunes, friend us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter!
Articles
-
Floating Pool
There was once a steel-decked river barge, decommissioned and idle in Morgan City, Louisiana. Lonely and unused, it was purchased by the Neptune Foundation, a not-for-profit that constructs movable…
-
Floating House, Lake Huron
On the edge of a tiny island accessible only by boat, this buoyant summer home lives the life aquatic.
-
Morphosis FLOAT House for NOLA
The Make It Right Foundation has gotten loads of press over the last few years, thanks in large part to its ultra-celebrity founder, as well as the numerous famous architects who've invested their…
Products
-
Drift
-
Float
Individual styles in sets of two
-
125 Swimming Pools Print
Oh what we would've done for just a single swimming pool this bright, sunny, and surprisingly warm holiday weekend in San Francisco! Bay Area artist Jenny Odell took 125 of the chlorinated beauts…
Dwell Collection
-
A Look at Swimming Pools
The swelter of summer is just about upon us—beat the heat with this roundup of swimming pools from issues past.
Tip
-
Stainless-Steel Kitchen Islands: Ideal for Small Kitchens
When the Stonorovs set out to design their 400-square-foot house in Oakland for themselves and their young toddler, the kitchen required particular attention. They found a kitchen…
Video
-
Dwell and Nate Berkus Tackle Small Space
Dwell Executive Editor Amanda Dameron appeared on The Nate Berkus Show, November 3rd, to share modern design tips with Nate’s viewers. The show was devoted to our November Issue theme, Small Spaces…
Event
-
From Plaster to Stone
Isamu Noguchi began using small paper models in the 1940s to help visualize his larger sculptures. He continued doing so for the rest of his career, transitioning into plaster maquettes in order to…
Advertising
Advertising
Advertising
Related Products
-
Drift
When I saw this, I thought it was just like the…
-
Float
by moloIndividual styles in sets of two
-
125 Swimming Pools Print
by Jenny OdellOh what we would've done for just a single…
Latest
-
02.21
San Francisco's "Forgotten Modernism"
While I was on a scouting trip for a future Dwell Reports…
-
02.19
A Zero-Energy Community: Part 10
Project Manager Brad Liljequist chronicles the building of…
-
02.17
Dwell's Cameo on The Office
For those who missed it, Dwell's December/January…
Follow
Dwell
-
Voting for the @CaesarStone Challenge is live! Cast your vote now for a chance to win an HD Flip Camera http://t.co/ExwpnR0H! #design
-
The Aetherstream hits San Francisco for the next eight weeks http://t.co/TEGDdzWs. Check it out in Hayes Valley #design #Airstream
-
Our zHome blogger explores an interesting #green #design approach: "designing for disassembly"-- & rates their project: http://t.co/c3efJzle
-
One of our favorite finds: Michael Murphy's "Forgotten Modernism" poster series of SF #architecture: http://t.co/UqUj1Ttb #art
Love this house! I wish you had more pictures to share with your readers. I've seen the interior and it's fantastic.
Anyone know where the sofa is from? Love your home, so lovely.
Thank you for comments on the floating home. Just wanted to respond to your question about the sofa - it is from Design Within Reach.
Great looking houseboat! Ryan, Kim and the builder did a fantastic job!!
Wow! Stunning home on the water! Those who took on this project did a masterful job. I'd love to see more photos of the entire house.
I used to kayak by this house... looks great from the water ;-)
Wow,what a great space,luv,luv!! :o)
I found many more photos of this gorgeous home here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2011728337_pacificpmankoski09.html
As with so many beauties, the support questions are ignored: what's the life of the floatation? How does one maintain the underwater areas?
Clearly my dream home ... just not necessarily my dream city ... if only cool homes like this were available in the the southeast or even the mid-Atlantic ... one can only dream :)
RSS Feed
Add a Comment