Miranda Estes

Aug 11, 2024 | portraitmagazine.com | Melissa G. Dalton |Miranda Estes

When Paul and Leslie Santarelli were looking for a home in Seattle in 2018, they were seeing too many houses that were just a little too new. “It was a lot of modern farmhouses,” recalls Paul. “There was nothing very old.” Then the couple walked into a 1912 Craftsman in the Mt. Baker neighborhood. They were amazed by the home’s historic detail, from the coffered ceiling and decorative stair railing, to the original tile around the fireplace and stained-glass windows glinting in several rooms.

May 10, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar |Miranda Estes

For many years, architect couple Jenny and Jeff Guggenheim dismissed the lower level of their Portland, Oregon, abode as an ugly (and unnecessary) appendage. “When we bought the home, we knew the basement was a huge asset but it was so far gone that we just shut the door and ignored it,” says Jenny, who makes up one half of Portland-based Guggenheim Architecture and Design Studio (her husband makes up the other).

May 8, 2024 | portraitmagazine.com | Donna Pizzi |Miranda Estes

A desire to turn a 1.5-acre garden from a vast expanse of sometimes boggy grass into something more suitable for a family of five with three very active children, the homeowners turned to the Seattle landscape architectural firm of Land Morphology and its CEO and President, Richard Hartlage. “Richard designed a series of different garden spaces around the house that make you feel embraced by nature – the plants, trees and mountains,” says the homeowner.

Dec 4, 2023 | domino.com | Lydia Geisel |Miranda Estes

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. No one would have blamed you if you thought this Seattle apartment’s kitchen was actually a closet. Paneled in walnut and tucked into a corner, the space was once only accessible through a narrow threshold. Pull the sliding wood door closed and you’d never know what was behind it.

Aug 15, 2023 | portraitmagazine.com | Emily Zahniser |Miranda Estes

For homeowner Tiffany Gieser, the white brick home with a cedar mansard roof in the woods was love at first sight. “I’ve spent several years living abroad, and the time I cherished the most was in Oxford, England,” said Gieser.