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AFTER PURCHASING THIS PLUM PIECE OF REAL ESTATE OVERLOOKING BAINBRIDGE ISLAND’S HISTORIC WASHINGTON STATE FERRY DOCK, INTERIOR DESIGNER TRACEY ARTISS COLLABORATED WITH ARCHITECT DEVIN JOHNSON OF JOHNSON SQUARED AND TISH TREHERNE OF BLISS GARDEN DESIGN TO DESIGN A HOME AND GARDEN WITH MINIMALIST FARMHOUSE STYLE.

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HARBOR HOUSELEFT An open steel frame staircase with oak treads echo the home’s wide plank European oak flooring. Large Loewen windows bath the staircase in light along with a trio of Finnish Secto pendants. Artiss’s own slab ceramic box on paired black and white oak Josh Vogel coffee tables. BELOW La Cantina sliding doors that overlook WA State Ferry Dock are framed be-neath 15’ ceiling rising to apex of one of its cross gabled roofs. Embrace Chairs by Carl Hansen/Austrian trio EOOS flank the Crystal White marble fireplace surround. Danish Muuto side tables.


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INTERIOR DESIGNER AND BUDDING CERAMICIST, TRACEY ARTISS, had been thinking of leaving her thriving business in Santa

Barbara for some time. In 2015, when her daughter left for Sarah Lawrence College, it seemed like the perfect time to pull up stakes and head to

the Pacific Northwest. “I kept thinking I’d want the Seattle hip city life,” recalls Artiss, “but when I came to Bainbridge Island, I knew this was it.”

By chance, a property she had seen and rejected during an earlier visit was still for sale when she returned. Even then, she was not convinced.

“I thought, ‘It’s sweet, but feels too Seattlesque.’” The more she learned about the historical working harbor, however, the more she knew she had to

buy the hillside property above it. “The very thing I didn’t want – the fact it overlooks the uniquely urban view of the Washington State Ferry Dock

- is the very thing I love the most,” she says. “It’s a huge part of our community that keeps the island thriving and rich with character.”

As a newcomer to Bainbridge Island, finding the right team with which to collaborate on the architecture and landscape design of her new home

all seemed to fall randomly into place. Upon seeing a neighboring house – also black – but with a different architectural style, she asked her realtor

which architect had designed that home. She replied Devin Johnson of Johnson Squared, whom she highly recommended, having worked with him

before herself.

Johnson and Artiss walked the site together, discussing the desire to have the house sit prominently on the hillside and be oriented toward Eagle

Harbor and the ferry repair yard. “I live on the island,” says Johnson, “and know how interesting it is to see the ferries come in and out every day.”

Johnson and Artiss collaborated closely to create an architectural style that embodied her vision of a traditional yet sleek contemporary farmhouse.


OPPOSITE Johnson designed Artiss’s ceramic work-shop with easy-to-clean concrete floors. An oversized Fritz Hansen Caravaggio pendant hangs over the central worktable. TOP Upstairs daughter’s bedroom features Room&Board Parson’ bed in natural steel tied to slim-lined black pendants from Seattle Lighting. BELOW Looking from kitchen toward Portella steel and glass entry door with flanking side lights. Garage visible beyond. ABOVE Metal clad Loewen windows have wooden interiors, painted black. Portella door opens to back patio, Paloform Bol adds pop of color and contrast. Golden locust tree adds halo of gold to Treherne’s landscape design.



As an interior designer and artist, Artiss was accustomed to sharing her vision with clients, using HOUZZ, Pinterest, and Remodelista – which

she also did with Johnson. In turn, he shared a former traditional farmhouse he transformed into a contemporary one. “The two homes are very

different,” he says, “but there are some architectural elements that they share.”

She recalls standing on the grounds while her home was being framed, and literally catching her breath as the angles of the home revealed them-

selves to her.“The mastery to Devin’s work was amazing,” she says. “He is one of the finest architects I’ve worked with. From the geometry, the 15’

ceilings, the cross gabled roofs, and the open stairwell that takes you up to another wing on the house. I can only imagine how badly massacred the

architecture would have been if a lot of unnecessary beams had been added.”

“Tracey was involved in every step of the way,” adds Johnson. “She was thoughtful and decisive, had lots of great feedback while being open to ideas

as well. We worked the detailing out together, to keep everything cohesive.” Everyone on the team, from contractor Jim Hobbs of Hobbs Home


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ABOVE Louis Poulsen pendants add task lighting for rift sawn oak honey stained island with quartz stone countertop. Sub-Zero flat paneled black stained cab-inet and recessed pantry. DWR tractor stools. Strand & Hvass Extend Table features modern fold out black leaves. TOP The Vella leather bed in master designed by Michelle di Fonzo for DWR. RIGHT Black tub with Brizio filler from Metro Collections by Hydro Systems. Ann Sacks Modern Criss Cross field tile in Ice.





Steel cable staircase detail continues its open feel. “A lot of the design was driven by the European white oak wide plank flooring treated with a reactive stain and wax,” says Artiss. “We had to stick to that particular stain, which warms the black and white architectural detailing.” Restoration Hardware sofa with matching cover fabri-cated by HM Duke Design. The rectangular drywalled range hood mirrors fireplace, repeating the series of rectangular and square shapes found in the architecture. One of three La Cantina multi-slide glass sliding doors with clean, minimal design.


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Building, fine cabinetmaker, Scott Magraw of Magraw Zecha to landscape designer Tish Treherne of Bliss Garden Design found working

with Artiss and Johnson creatively invigorating. The team was working collaboratively not only with Tracey’s vision, but also with Bainbridge

Island’s history.

“The dark exterior complements the rural landscape,” says Artiss. Painted metal clad Loewen windows tie to the elegant Portella steel and glass

front door, featuring thin rails and styles and the dark Hardie Artisan® lap siding. “The darkness,” continues Johnson, “makes it less prominent

and helps the façade to blend better with the environment, rather than glow like a beacon above the harbor.”

Johnson says Tracey’s attention to detail was at the heart of each step along the way. “She was integral throughout the whole process: construc-

tion, cabinet stain color, flooring and paint colors - making everything flow seamlessly together.”

Tish Treherne of Bliss Garden Design was brought in as the team was making plans but before they had broken ground. “I needed her input,”

says Artiss. “As I told her what I liked, she knew instantly that it was about texture with a very green palette even in winter.”

“I would never have had an opportunity like this if it weren’t for Tracey’s vision,” says Treherne. “She went for it - a gutsy, elevated work of art.

She was right to limit the plant color palette because the house’s palette is also limited.”

Treherne created a halo of gold with Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’ trees encircling the home, playing off the black semi-gloss Artisan® Collection lap siding by James Hardie. Hydran-gea paniculata ‘Limelight’ adds floral drama. Liriope spicata grasses add greenery. TOP RIGHT Back patio trimmed in Her-niaria glabra toward kitchen. Tongue and groove cedar trim on eaves adds interest to dark siding and metal clad Loewen windows. BELOW RIGHT Three-story 3,625 sq. ft. contempo-rary farmhouse oriented toward harbor view. Artist workshop at right, daylight basement below.



PROJECT SOURCES

CONTRACTORHobbs Home Buildingwww.hobbshomebuilding.com

ARCHITECTJohnson Squaredwww.johnsonsquared.com

INTERIOR DESIGNTracey Artiss

LANDSCAPE DESIGNBliss Garden Designwww.blissgardendesign.com

APPLIANCES: Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, Marvel; Plumbing Fixtures: Brizo, Newport Brass, Kohler, Toto

The vision board Artiss first shared with Treherne included images of natural meadows, looking untouched

around a structure. “Natural meadows are difficult to achieve,” says Treherne. “Using masses of ornamental

grasses, we created a meadow feel that blends the garden to the surrounding landscape. By adding structural

elements to these soft plantings, we drew the architecture into the landscape.”

Year three of the now 6’ tall maiden grasses creates a barrier between the more rustic pasture and lawn,

preventing weeds from seeding into the lawn. Several tree varieties were considered for the inner courtyard.

Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ became the obvious choice when three identical specimen trees suddenly became

available at a local nursery after a special order was cancelled. “What’s so great,” says Artiss, “is that the trees

look good even without their foliage because their bark resembles sculptures in winter.”

Artiss’s dream - to build a home that would combine her love of minimalism and the desire for a cozy envi-

ronment during the rainy, grey months – was beautifully realized, thanks to her ability not “to drive the bus,”

says Johnson, but rather to entreat others to join her working from the same page.

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