Canoe
Trail
Location: Bremerton, WA
Size: 6880 SF New and Renovated
Cost: Withheld at owner's request
Completed: 2023
Photography: Cheryl McIntosh
Inside, a monumental central stair and tapered two-story tall red cedar and steel column were designed as the residence’s entry focal point and internal landmarks, guiding the visitor’s eye to the main atrium…. and upward.
Natural daylight and high-efficiency lighting are central players as in any gallery. From a high clerestory and extensive southern and eastern window-walls to carefully selected up-lighting, pendants, and accent fixtures, Rhodes Architecture + Light worked closely with the owner to ensure that their dark existing house would become one filled with light.
“We had lived here for 20 plus years and had thought about it for a while. So we had a general idea, but RA+L brought so much more to the table. I’ll always be grateful.” – Homeowner
This stunning home is proudly featured in both Seattle Magazine and Portrait of Seattle. Also, be sure to check out other transformations of homes in Seattle and surrounding areas here.
The Canoe Trail residence is a renovation of an extensive linear residence and site facing Port Orchard waterway which embraces water, greenspace and forested hillside. The home serves as an artist’s studio, gallery, family space, game room, outdoor living areas and peaceful retreat.
Heavy wide-flange steel moment frames support the house and enable whole walls of glass (and views of the land, gardens and water just outside). Rough, mill-finished steel contrasts refined cabinetry, stone, wood structure and space-defining dropped ceilings, reflecting the opener’s love of the tension between highly polished and detailed + rough, found art. Outside, a new southern “dining room” was designed for warm summer evening gatherings under a heavy-timber trellis.
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