Garage

Replacing the sliding barn door, a new storage wall holding yoga mats, blocks, and other accessories partitions the massage room and small office behind.

Even the boat bunker frames the view.

SHED designed a half-buried, concrete boat bunker with a green roof to provide a windbreak and privacy from the neighbors, as well as storage for water craft. The concrete is repeated throughout the landscape, and the design references coastal defense bunkers seen around the Kitsap Peninsula, says the firm.

SHED converted the side door into the front door, adding a new entry sequence with a patio, landscaping, stairs, and a metal awning to protect the porch. Wide stairs and a patio lead down to new sliding glass door in the basement, which now has utility spaces and a media room/office. Many of the original window openings were kept on this façade and given new Andersen E-Series units. Two smaller openings were bricked in.

The Seattle-based SHED Architecture + Design worked with builder Joe Gates Construction to preserve the brick shell, while making room in the 2182-square-foot plan for two complete bedroom suites upstairs, an open main level, and a finished the basement. To the left is a partially-buried, concrete, 380-square-foot “boat bunker,” which acts as a windbreak and gear storage.

The apartment above the garage received a dormer to enlarge the interior footprint.

Molly has her design studio in the garage, which is one use Responsive Homes founder Michael Tessler envisioned when he was forced by the city to include space for two cars in the home’s plan.

The fifth floor has office space for Spiekermann and Dulkinys in addition to guest quarters.