Natural Harmony: A Custom House Lets a Bellingham Couple Tune into Nature
By Melissa Dalton | 1889 Magazine | March 2024
ON THIS DECEMBER morning in Bellingham, the surface of Lake Whatcom looks like matte stainless steel, the color only slightly darker than the milky gray expanse of Skv above. Wispy clouds are draped along the evergreen treetops. Errant raindrops scatter on bursts of wind. Jay and Debra Barnett's home, high up in a neighborhood on Squalicum Mountain and ten minutes from downtown captures the view and the mood perfectly. Such was the couple's wish: "Not a moody house" said Debra. "But a house with mood and character."
