Category: Bryant

  • 6 Pro Tips for Creating Your Own Natural View

    In our experience, too many homeowners undervalue their land. They end up just focusing on the house (especially in Seattle for some reason), but no matter how much land you have, you have to maximize it. And usually, this means investing in some beautiful landscaping that not only offers top-notch curb appeal, but gives you…

  • How to Choose a Home in Seattle for Urban Farming (& Tips for Getting Started)  

    In the past decade, urban farming as been on the rise. As tech seems to take over our lives more and more, it’s no wonder why people are turning to the simple pleasures that life has to offer, like spending an afternoon getting your hands in the dirt!    View this post on Instagram  …

  • What Are Seattle’s Play Streets? (& How to Get on One!)

    When the sun’s out and school’s out… it’s SO NICE to be able to send the kiddos outside to play with the neighbor kids without having to worry. And thanks to Seattle Play Streets, this is happening more and more frequently on the streets of Seattle!  Seattle Play Streets is an *amazing* program that’s all…

  • Have Fun in the Sun w/These Family-Friendly Outdoor Activities in Seattle 

    When the sun comes out in Seattle, we’ve got to soak up as much of it as we can! Since school’s out, finding family-friendly things to do is of top priority for those with kiddos, and we’ve put together a few of our favorite outdoor activities in Seattle this summer. Read on for ideas!  Magnuson…

  • Top 4 best Seattle neighborhoods for families for free-range parenting (Matt & Ian’s picks)

    What makes an affordable, urban neighborhood a good choice for free-range parenting?  Free-range parenting is a term recently introduced into our lexicon as kids have become very sheltered in today’s world. In fact, most of us at or over 40 years old remember that at one time, ALL parenting was pretty much “free-range.” I remember…

  • A Get Happy at Home Listing in the Making: Bryant/Laurelhurst Condo

    This particular listing was a cute little 1-bedroom unit in a post-war building in the Bryant/Laurelhurst area, right by Children’s Hospital. The unit was old and close to original, and it needed some love! Of course, our client wanted to know if we could make more money by remodeling the unit (yes!), and they were…

  • Behind the Numbers: The Bryant Edition

    Watch out Seattle, Bryant is moving on up!!! Alyssa, my darling website copywriter, novelist, website guru and fabulous lady set up another neighborhood profile on my website after interviewing me for the content. So you may have guessed she and I were working on Bryant (check out the Bryan neighborhood page right here!). So, I’m…