House, Lab, and Acreage on Camano Island
This slice of paradise needs a house sitter or renter: 1150 sq-ft house, 3000 sq-ft shop, garden shed, and 3 wooded parcels (6, 5, & 10 acres).
   

Summer view of the house
A view of the house through the sword ferns
Freshly mown lawn
View of house across the yard
Curving driveway
A rare snowfall - we're in the "rain shadow" of the Olympics
This excellent Danish woodstove (plus the R-40 roof) keep things warm
Diamond windows at each end of the house main beam
Efficient gas stove and cooking counter
Glass shelves and window to solarium
Another view of the "galley style" kitchen
Hot tub and back porch
Lots of friendly deer...
The front meadow is about 1 acre; the rest is mature forest
This house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (Spring, 1995)
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A delight every August... TONS of blackberries
The forest is mostly 2nd growth Douglas Fir over 100 years old, alder and maple
One of the trails we put in (about a mile, including one to the stream)
The lab in early spring
Aerial photo; house is in uppermost clearing about 1/3 of the way from left edge
The lab in October
Rear view of the lab
East side of lab building
The lab in very early spring
Integrated workbenches and shelves in the lab
A view down the rightmost third of the lab main floor
Looking down on one of the benches.
Central bays in the lab with overhead door
Miss Piggy the woodstove takes the edge off (also a propane unit heater)
115,000 BTU Propane "unit heater" in lab
The view out the office window
Office workbench
Second upstairs office showing built-in desk and drop ceiling
Integrated shelving in lab.
A newly-added storage loft in the lab
Inter-tel phone system
New metal roof on the shed
The commute between house and lab
Sunset view across the meadow
The three parcels: 5, 10, and 6 acres (house and lab on the 6). All forested.