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TOUR*

*Selected from over 70 published projects

Board Member : President

Designing for How You Imagine Your Home Will Feel

Interview:
2013 Seattle Home Show

Transforming your home starts when you imagine how different your home would feel.
   RL- "We imagine how your home could resolve six critical pathways, summarized in this article
  I wrote for Northwest Living magazine, "If You Only Knew This..."
You will discover and clarify what that means with the Designed by L.I.F.E.^TM process.
   Solutions are more personal and authentic--more than than a designer's signature look. They
  surpass standard sizes (especially conventional 24"-deep base and 12"-deep wall cabinets).
RL- "Client-based, pathway-driven designs offer more than fitting boxes into a space. By knowing
  effective storage solutions, I can provide 2-3x more usable storage in the same amount of space."
Homes on this website have distinct personalities; they reflect the client.
RL- "To that end, I shaped the spaces, specified the finishes, detailed and set up the CAD/CAM
files for and provided the cabinets, plus, drew the lighting plans."
Stories varied widely, as did budgets. See this example where the materials budget was either
   $17,000 or $71,000... for the same plan! (Landon's career story began by helping a young widow.)
Some clients remodeled their homes; others fine-tuned or "remodeled " a new home's blueprints.
  Some used contractors; others did much of the work themselves.
  For some, we designed a new home from the ground up (or transformed the original)!
A sample, extracted from a larger set, is shown to the right. (Download times will vary.)
Starting and staying in the Designed by L.I.F.E.^TM process of Richard Landon, CMKBD*,
  is your first step towards creating a project that will justify your investment,
  one that "looks great, works well and, most important, feels right"--to you!

* Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer. To reach Richard, please call (425) 957-0451.

FEATURED PROJECTs!
Tied for First Place awards!

Levels Above

CABINETS USING BAMBOOCOUNTERSUSING SILESTONE DESIGNED USING 11 APPLIANCES *************************

Headers Up!
CABINETS USING SAPELE CEILINGS: 8' FEELS LIKE 9'!

Blueprint Sample Set (2MB)
- After
- Before
- Site Plan
- Demolition Plan (omitted)
- Floor Plan (1 of 2)
- Roof Plan
- Elevation (1 of 2)
- Sections
- Wall Sections
- Engineering Markups (1 of 3)
- Engineering (1 of 5)

`FEATURED PROJECTS`
`WINDOWS TO THE SKY & LAKE TO THE SIDE``PLAIN-SLICE AFRICAN RIBBON MAHOGANY + PAINTED`	`TOTAL HOME REMODEL "RIDGE ROOM SHIFTS"``PLAIN-SLICE AFRICAN RIBBON MAHOGANY CABINETS`	STORAGE SOLUTIONS!	`CONNECTED CONTEMPORARY``TSS "CARBONE" LAMINATE + ACRYLIC + LIVE EDGE RAISED BAR`
The Photo Tour has Featured Projects are here at the top with Storage Solutions, then a selection of kitchens across the wood spectrum. Next comes "Kitchens to Inspire," bungalow kitchens and kitchens over 10-years old. Powder Rooms follow, then "Baths & Other Rooms." Many projects have "Before" photos or plans. Projects with silver backgrounds demonstrate how changing a staircase set the stage for a complete transformation of all the surrounding rooms.
`ACROSS THE WOOD SPE``CTRUM:` `ALDER,` `BIRCH,` `C``HERRY, CHESTNUT,` `FIR, IPE, MAHOGANY, MAKORE,` `OAK, WALNUT,` `ZEBRAWOOD...`
1 ~ Four-Wood Kitchen Even has a panini-maker garage! `KNOTTY CHERRY CABINETS WALNUT BAR & FIR TRIM CARLISLE CHESTNUT FLOORS`	2 ~ Scullery Kitchen The Home's Living Center `ESPRESSO-GLAZED ALDER CABINETS & IPE FLOORS`	3 ~ Zebrawood & Lavastone Tour home & published Kitchen TRENDS, Vol. 24, No. 3 `WHITE-PAINTED & ZEBRAWOOD CABINETS`	4 ~ Ramble No More Tour home & published `RED BIRCH CABINETS & RED OAK FLOORS`	5 ~ Curves and Angles Meet Published NKBA President's Award! `AFRICAN RIBBON MAHOGANY`
6 ~ Makore & Lacanche! Award-winning `BLOCKED, QUARTERED, MOTTLED MAKORE`	7~ Full-Spectrum Kitchen `CABINETS USING 5 LAMINATES + BAMBOO``COUNTERS``USING ORBITAL-FINISH SS, SILESTONE, BAMBOO BB & COPPER`	8 ~ Potting Bench Kitchen Published Kitchen TRENDS, Vol. 25, No. 5 `CLEAR VERTICAL-GRAIN FIR`	*On to read about Landon's* *"Designed by L.I.F.E." Process*	9 ~ Evergreen Point Tudor Tour home Sub-Zero as Armoire `WALNUT, CHERRY & PAINTED`
`KITCHENS TO INSPIRE AWARD-WINNING, PUBLISHED, & TOUR HOME KITCHENS`
10 ~ Floating On Air! Tour home & award-winning National Best Overall Kitchen `AFRICAN RIBBON MAHOGANY & CARAMELIZED BAMBOO`	11 ~ Spinning Plate Kitchen Award-winning Master Builder's REX Award `HAND-PICKED SAPELE VENEERS`	12 ~ Tall & Bright Tour home & award-winning Kitchen TRENDS, Vol. 29, No. 9 `ESPRESSO-GLAZED ALDER`	13 ~ Island on an Island! Tour home & award-winning NKBA President's Award `HONDURAS MAHOGANY`	14 ~ Condo Aglow & Askew Award-winning Illuminated art-glass café table! `ESPRESSO-GLAZED ALDER`
15 ~ An Art Gallery Kitchen Tour home & published Kitchen TRENDS, Vol. 26, No. 7 `AFRICAN RIBBON MAHOGANY & CARAMELIZED BAMBOO`	16 ~ French Elegance Award-winning & published Honored as an NKBA best kitchen! `HAND-PAINTED WITH HIGHLIGHTS`	17 ~ Mid-Century Asian Tour home & published Kitchen TRENDS, Vol. 26, No. 5 `CHERRY WITH PERFORATED STEEL & HAND-CAST GLASS IN DOORS`	18 ~ Up On Legs Published Function with Feeling `WHITE-PAINTED CABINETS`	19 ~ Shifting Pathways SxS ovens + unique pantry Concealed pull-out hood `CHERRY CABINETS`
20 ~ Windows Above! New home Holmes Point Contemporary `ALDER WITH BAMBOO FLOORS`	21 ~ Evergreen Point Tudor Tour home Sub-Zero as Armoire `WALNUT, CHERRY & PAINTED`	22 ~ Raised Oceans Apart Hawaii vs. Rhode Island `CHERRY & PAINTED CABINETS WITH WALNUT ISLAND COUNTER`	23 ~ A Tunnel Kitchen "You Can't Help Me" `WHITE-PAINTED`	24 ~ Bring in the Light! Tour Kitchen `ESPRESSO-GLAZED ALDER + WALNET & MAPLE COUNTERS`
25 ~ Moving All Stairs! Published `ALDER & WHITE-PAINTED`	26 ~ Revealing the Stairs! `KHAYA & CARAMELIZED BAMBOO`	*Link to the "Reading Tour" index & articles,* *such as: "Is the Work Triangle Dead?"*	*On to read about Landon's* *"Designed by L.I.F.E." Process*.	27 ~ Two-Cook Traditional `INSET FLUSH PAINTED CABINETS` `PLUS MARBLE, WALNUT, ONYX, AND MAPLE COUNTERS`
`5 SEATTLE BUNGALOW KITCHEN REMODELS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS`
28 ~ Greenwood Published Walking Up Drawers `MAPLE`	29 ~ Near the Montlake Cut Published A Bungalow Opens Up `WHITE-PAINTED CABINETS & CHERRY`	30 ~ Top of Queen Anne Still a beauty years later Another Bungalow Opens Up `ALDER WITH ANIGRE`	31 ~ West Seattle Glossy zebrawood Glossy Zebrawood `ZEBRAWOOD & GLASS`	32 ~ The Bryant neighorhood Featurning a Lacanche range A Touch of Tuscan `MAHOGANY CABINETS & NINE-PIECE DOORS`
`MORE THAN A DECADE LATER...STILL LOOKING GOOD!`
33 ~ Artist's Boomerang! Sammamish Plateau `HIGH-GLOSS RIBBED LAMINATE`	34 ~ Kitchen with Ripples Remodeling a Ralph Anderson home `ANILINE-DYED, VERTICAL-GRAIN FIR`	35 ~ Split-Level Solution Published `CHERRY`	36 ~ Clyde Hill Craftsman Published `CHERRY`	37 ~ Ravenna Painted Lady How to Keep 1940's Cabinets & Also Update
Whole Home Remodels	New Home Fine-Tuning	*Link to the "Reading Tour" & articles,* *such as: "Is the Work Triangle Dead?"*	*On to read about Landon's* *"Designed by L.I.F.E." Process*	*To the "Back Porch"* *for eight more kitchens*.

`POWDER ROOMS`
1 ~ Walnut with Brass "Sunlight" Award-winning `WALNUT`	2 ~ 10"-Deep Powder Vanity Tour home `MAHOGANY & BAMBOO`	3 ~ Very Small Powder Award-winning `BAMBOO`	4 ~ "Snow"-Dappled Powder Award-winning `ESPRESSO-GLAZED ALDER`	5 ~ My Bags Are Packed Tour home `ANTIQUE CHEST`
`MASTER, GUEST, HALL BATHS & OTHER ROOMS`
6 ~ Hers vs. His in Harmony Published `VERTICAL-GRAIN 5/4 FIR WITH SOLID DOOR PANELS`	7 ~ Savoring Suite Soaks Award-winning `ITALIAN PIXELATED LAMINATE` `& TRADITIONAL PAINTED MILLWORK`	8 ~ Bathing in the Round REX Award `CHERRY`	9 ~ Elegant Master Bath Tour home & award-winning `WHITE-PAINTED CABINETS & MARBLE WALLS`	10 ~ Too Big/Too Small Published `WHITE-PAINTED & CHERRY``CABINETS`
11 ~ Cylindrical Vanities Published `CLEAR VERTICAL-GRAIN FIR`	12 ~ Splish-Splash Boys' Bath REX award `WHITE-PAINTED` `& CHERRY CABINETS`	13 ~Marble and Travertine Tour home & published `RIFT-CUT WHITE OAK`	14 ~ Dressed Up Hall Bath Contest winner `PAINTED`	15 ~ Basement Hangout Published `CHERRY`
16 ~ Craft Room & Office Published `WHITE-PAINTED CABINETS`	17 ~ Bath in the Clouds Award-winning `WHITE PAINTED`	18 ~ Walnut 7 In "Best of Best" home `WALNUT`	.	.
*Contact Richard @* *(425) 957-0451*	*Link to the* *"Reading Tour" & articles,* *such as: "Is the Work Triangle Dead?"*	*"What Not To Do" Pictures* *as seen on a home tour***	*On to read about Landon's* *"Designed by L.I.F.E." Process*	*Contact Richard @* *(425) 957-0451*