Bench Seating

Built in 1912, the working 64-foot tugboat—restored by the seminal counterculture almanac’s original editor and his wife, Ryan Phelan—was featured in a 2024 issue of Dwell.

Architect Harry Merritt designed the Haynes Residence with terrazzo floors, a sunken living room, and plenty of glass walls.

This midcentury getaway features a cozy conversation pit flanked by a massive wall of windows and a double-height fireplace.

Designed to cope with cold weather, the home comes installed with a fireplace and underfloor heating.

For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”

Seattle firm Wittman Estes designed this compact cabin floating above a meadow on Whidbey Island.

The white oak bench seating wraps a vintage wood table found on Offer Up. The custom cushions are by Legacy Custom Upholstery in Perennials 'Raffia' fabric in Geranium Red. The wall light is the Schoolhouse 'Gantry Pivot Sconce.'

Mudroom cabinetry creates consistency with the rest of the house.