Sandy Deneau Dunham

Washington

Associate Editor, Pacific NW Magazine at Seattle Times

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Articles

From a seminary to The Lodge at St. Edward Park, an architectural family history

Dec 22, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

Editor’s note: We first heard from Heather Graham after our Oct.
From a seminary to The Lodge at St. Edward, an architectural family history

Dec 20, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

Editor’s note: We first heard from Heather Graham after our Oct.
Whether it’s home décor or a haircut, a pro can help you find your style

Oct 20, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

I SEEM TO HAVE the same issues with my hair that I do with my décor. They’re both “me,” I suppose, which is by all accounts a good thing — except they’re mostly me in the sense that I am totally winging everything. In both cases, I gravitate toward a couple favorite colors (increasingly, thankfully, those found in nature). I consider my age and my lifestyle. I work within boundaries helpfully set by my bank account and my time/energy bank.
WA designers’ recommended shops and products for 3 popular home styles

Oct 19, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

WHEREVER YOU SHOP, whatever your style, whatever your budget, the key is to look for quality, says interior designer Hyrel Mathias. And don’t stop with the “that looks fine” visual assessment — especially when you can get your hands on things. “If you’re looking for brass, you can tell by the heft of the piece,” she says. “Look at the detail of how things are made. If it’s a little nightstand, look at the construction of the doors: Are they dovetail joints? How are they finished?
WA interior designers share tips and inspiration to embrace your taste

Oct 19, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

COULD THERE EVEN BE any more pumpkin-flavored pumpkin-y products? Well, yes. There could. If Pumpkin Spice Twinkies exist, and Pumpkin Spice Almonds cleared the Planters focus group, our seasonal orange-tinged options are infinite. Maybe you welcome (anticipate?) them all. Maybe you avoid grocery stores — and your pumpkin-pushing friends — all fall. Maybe you’re pulled toward one particular lab-created concoction, as long as it’s accompanied by a side of something naturally authentic.
7 inspiring examples of multigenerational homes from our NW Living archives

May 3, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

INSPIRED TO CREATE your own multigenerational living space? Gather Grandma and the kids — we have done some gathering ourselves: this collection of brilliant family-togetherness inspiration from our NW Living archives. 1.
3 spectacular Seattle-area homes designed for multigenerational living

May 3, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

THERE’S MORE MATH wrapped up in the concept of “multigenerational living” than you might expect — even before you get to the “multi” part. Let’s start with a quick statistic: If you’re not living with two or more other generations (as an estimated 1 in 4 Americans now does), you likely know someone who is or has or might.
His living situation has changed keys, but the song remains the same

May 3, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our cover story. This week’s cover story takes you inside three spectacular Seattle-area homes designed for multigenerational living. IF THIS WEREN’T our Spring Home Design Special Issue, it would’ve made a lovely Jim Nelson Special Issue — but only if we’d added a few hundred pages.
Acclaimed, trailblazing Seattle architect L. Jane Hastings dies at age 96

Apr 1, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

Even as a child, L. Jane Hastings, who died March 25 at the age of 96, designed a life of purpose. Growing up in West Seattle, she wasted no time setting goals and setting out to achieve them, smashing barriers and expectations of the eras along the way: At age 9, in 1937, she knew — knew — she would become an architect.
Bainbridge Island’s ‘Mailbox Lady’ now has even more artistry to chronicle

Dec 19, 2023 | seattletimes.com | Sandy Deneau Dunham

IT’S BEEN PRETTY MUCH one red-letter day after another for Denise Stoughton — and for creativity, community and connection — since we delivered our July 16 story about her heartfelt mission to chronicle the artistic mailboxes of Bainbridge Island and the profound inspiration behind them. Stoughton’s own inbox quickly erupted with excited mailbox bulletins and eager requests from news outlets. She connected one resident with a local woodworker who crafted an intricate, bespoke barn mailbox.