Although it seems deep within the woods, this Bainbridge property is not removed from the ferry terminal.
What does the remainder of the world image after they consider Seattle structure? Exterior the House Needle—or, possibly, the Tacoma home from 10 Issues I Hate About You—architect Bernie Baker’s work on early Starbucks prototypes and Eddie Bauer places across the nation helped construct the way in which the nation sees the Pacific Northwest.
Baker’s Bainbridge Island property—an early-’80s revamp of an enthralling Victorian cottage—hits nearer to house.
Regardless of his clear ties to the area, Baker’s design ethos defies conventional definitions. This house leans Craftsman, with its handcrafted woodwork and basic ornamental brackets; others see a modern kitchen and geometric railing and name it midcentury fashionable. Throughout his huge array of Puget Sound–space initiatives, Baker’s model will get even more durable to pin down.
“Lots of people are drawn to us as a result of they see the normal bent of our work. And a few folks see the identical assortment of homes and take a look at it as up to date,” Baker advised Architect Journal in a 2005 interview. “I like to think about structure as one thing transferring and residing that goes past a set of kinds.”
Nonetheless, Baker maintained a sure reverence for the 1904 cottage—one of many final of its type on Bainbridge, based on the architect—when he redesigned it within the Eighties. Relatively than increasing upon the principle constructing till it turned unrecognizable, he made comparatively conservative additions, selecting as a substitute to increase outward with two extra constructions.
A singular, lofted visitor home, impressed by a shed and water tower that after stood on the land, provides much-needed sq. footage and expounds on the property’s pastoral attraction. Above the two-car storage, a light-filled studio—with its personal toilet—provides a genuinely non-public area for creative pursuits or working from house.
Inside the principle home, the kitchen summarizes Baker’s architectural influences: handmade cupboard glass from Pennsylvania hearkens again to the place he started his profession. Heat wooden tones and a handcrafted, hammered copper hood exhaust carry out a quintessentially Pacific Northwest lodge really feel. A pull-out espresso drawer nods towards his work with Starbucks, and the customized prep island options Bainbridge Island fir.
Massive and considerable grid home windows all through the home solid daylight into cozy residing areas and ethereal, open bedrooms, every with its personal entry to the property’s distinctive grounds—together with a longtime 40-year-old vegetable backyard. Pritchard Park, Eagle Harbor, and every thing else Bainbridge has to supply sits only a stone’s throw away.
Itemizing Quick Information
5571 Welfare Avenue NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Measurement: 2,560 sq. ft, 3 bedrooms, 3 bogs
Checklist Worth: $1,948,000
Checklist Date: 5/8/2024
Itemizing Agent: Ty Evans and Natalie Evans, Windermere Actual Property Bainbridge
