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Northwest Living Seattle architect Amy Janof and her 'bliss' house
Janof/Hald Architecture receives honors
A recent project by Amy Janof and Helen Hald is receiving much recognition around the country. Called Prospect House it has been honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction. It was also chosen as one of 10 residential projects in the country to be featured in the national American Institute of Architect's Design for Decades exhibit. The firm also was Elle Décor's featured designer earlier this year, and the website featured the home there. See Prospect House at www.janofhald.com .THE RIGHT HOUSE can arrive in many ways.
Amy Janof got hers through sheer force of will.
"I had a baby at the time, so I would get up in the middle of the night to nurse and I would look at Windermere.com , because that's my crack," says Janof, the front half of Janof/Hald Architecture.
"But my husband, Tim, he's financially conservative, and in August 2007 the house was $1.085 million. Plus, he said it looked like a motel or a dentist's office.
"I thought, OK, OK, I bow to you on this one.
"But I came back a week later, and there was a big sold sign on it. I called my realtor and said, 'I know this sounds crazy, but could you see how sold it is?' It was on its way to closing, but I told him, 'I know this sounds really crazy but could you follow it through?' I stayed awake all night. I was having a crisis. Ten days later he called and said, 'Get over here in 30 minutes with a check for $30,000.' "
Today, much calmer, Janof says, "I needed a place for my ducklings."
Those ducklings, Thomas, 7, and Helena, 4, live in a Midcentury jewel of a nest near Discovery Park in Magnolia. Their home is an International-style, flat-roofed contemporary designed by Robert Dietz, former dean of the University of Washington architecture school and half of noted architectural firm Waldron and Dietz. He also served on the committee that approved the design for the Seattle Center.
But all of that is just a scholarly way of saying the Janof house, built in 1956, is cool, daddy-o, cool. Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Marilyn Monroe kind of cool. Martinis, big skirts with tiny waists cool. Living-room fireplace shielded with copper, 12 feet to the ceiling. Walls of Alaskan yellow cedar, hemlock or glass (not so easy 55 years ago). Everything built-in. Everything functional.
"This house is bliss," Janof says. "I tell my clients architecture can't make you happy if you're not. But if you are happy, a good house can make you joyous.
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Another for children; sandbox built in. Job-specific cabinetry holds places for everything: the ironing board, card table and chairs, baking sheets, serving trays, towels (dispensed warm from a heat vent). Four bedrooms are small and functional,
While the houses have not always had the tender care of a homeowner, they still have many of their original turn-of-the-century features, including built-in cabinets with glass knobs; window seats; antique light fixtures; a fold-away ironing board in
A utility room, tucked behind pocket doors, houses a pull-down ironing board, laundry machines and a deep sink. The pantry and two walk-in closets serve as a sound buffer between the kitchen and master suite. This large suite has vaulted ceilings,
A built-in desk area topped with glass front cabinets is on the opposite side of the kitchen as well as a large walk-in pantry with plenty of room for not only food items, but great for storing the vacuum, ironing board and other essentials.
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