Budget Breakdown: A Seattle Couple Expand Into a Backyard Addition For $413K
When a furniture restoration business threatens to take over their historic Craftsman, this couple opt for a net-carbon, backyard unit.
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For many years, Yuki and William French’s three-bedroom, circa-1916 craftsman house in Seattle offered plenty of room for the couple and their two children. But then Yuki’s in-home furniture restoration business, MidCentury55, began to take off.
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Brian Libby
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Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.
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