Bellevue Remodel, Bellevue, WA Custom Builder, Remodel

Yarrow Creek Rambler

As seen in the following publications:
AIA Home of the month
Inside the Not-So-Big House
Inspired House Magazine

We love these 60's ramblers that everyone loves to scorn! You can do so much with them! This one is a lovely old-growth lot in Bellevue that has very tight wetland restrictions due to the creek that runs through it. Given the spectacular beauty of the Bellevue, Washington property (newly restored to native wetland vegetation as part of this remodel) our remodel focus was to open the house to connect with the exterior as much as possible, as well as to open up the interior spaces for a more unified flow.

The existing house had awesome heavy timber beams but they were unnoticeable in walls and small rooms. In opening up the entire main floor (kitchen, dining and living areas), the space now has more the quality of a Japanese pavilion in the woods, or a Northwest contemporary lodgehouse, with its huge beams and treetrunk posts, deep overhangs and sliding walls of glass.

The lower level of the house is a large entertainment room opening entirely to a lower patio. The house is retrofitted with wiring for whatever the next century might bring!

The interior shows-off a palette of simple natural materials: fir trim, stone, slate, bold but earthy colors and striking steel and glass features by local artisans... all in all, now a truly Northwest contemporary home in the woods!

Services Provided: Design/Build