NW LIVING ■ by Sandy Deneau Dunham | photos by Mike Siegel

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From their traditional new homeon a special family site, a retired

Naval commander and his wife canfinally enjoy the water, together

AVID GOT HIS FIRST boat when he was 10. Latercame a ski boat. He signed up with the Sea Scouts,sailing all the way to the coveted QuartermasterAward. In college, he was a midshipman in theUniversity of Washington’s Navy ROTC. Then

came active duty in the U.S. Navy itself, where heserved for nearly 31 years.

Hoist a signal flag if you detect a theme here.“I grew up with boats,” David says.Just one little hiccup. “I get seasick,” he says. “In the Navy, I was on

destroyers and was never really comfortable.”Fathoms away on the seafaring spectrum, David also served as com-

manding officer of the ballistic-missile submarine USS Tecumseh — “Ispent eight years, day for day, submerged, most of the time well below anywave motion; it’s like sitting in your living room,” he says — except he wasunderwater, and working, and far from home.

A jalousie trellis and motorized retractable shade on the west-facing deckhelp protect against the sun. “In the summer, we drop those down

to make it comfortable,” says homeowner David.“The sun goes down over Camano Island.”

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For theirthird projecttogether,architect BruceDonnally de-signed atraditionalvacation homefor Jeanne andDavid, whosefamily had owneda small 1920s-eracabin on thissecluded stretchof Tulalipshoreline since1946. “All thetrims and details(the true stoneveneer base,stained cedarshingles, andpainted boardand batten siding)are part of thetheme; they’re allvery thoroughlythought out,”Donnally says.SBI Constructionwas the gener-al contractor;Jeanne did thenautical-themedinterior designherself, fromscratch.

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These days, after retiring as aprofessor of Naval Science at UWand the commanding officer ofits Navy ROTC, David skippers amuch smaller fleet — one 8-footdinghy with a Johnson 3hp motor— and, with his wife, Jeanne, ashipshape, intricately shingledhome on a special stretch ofTulalip shoreline.

“The property had been inDavid’s family since 1946,” saysBruce Donnally (Donnally Archi-tects), the architectural admi-ral of David and Jeanne’s newShingle Style, high-bank vacationhome. “A tiny 24-foot-squarehouse had stood on the land for90 years.”

David and his two siblingsspent the summers here withtheir mother, then ended up own-ing the cabin. It was big on rusticcharm, but with just one above-grade bedroom — and two lesserones in the cinder-block base-ment, “with the mice,” Jeanne

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says — “People didn’t want to come and stay.”The first thought was to simply add a second

story, Donnally says, but, “The cabin had beencobbled together, and a bad foundation is likehaving bad feet. There’s a certain amount ofcharm people want to preserve, but then youdemo it and it’s like a wet cat: There’s nothing

there. If you have to take more than 50 percentdown, it’s not worth saving.”

Codes of all kinds helped guide the next step,which was uphill.

“We built a new one farther upland, using theold house’s footprint as the new parking area,”says Donnally, who previously had collaborated

David cut and refinished a pair of old-growth clear fir beams from his family’s original cabin to createthe coffered, but not-too-tall, ceiling in the living room. “The beams are decorative and helped breakthe space up for a more intimate cabin feel,” says Donnally. “David said, ‘Give me a fireplace, cozy,size-wise, where we can sit and talk.’ Some homes have 20-foot-tall ceilings with log columns; theylack the intimacy.” ▼

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From the brand-new, views-for-forever,way-above-water living room (beneath acoffered ceiling embellished by a pair of old-growth clear fir beams reclaimed from thecabin), giant windows (plus more nearby,in the dining area) look across Port Susantoward Camano, Whidbey and Hat islands,and possibly to the edge of the Earth.

“This literally reminds me of my surfaceship: sitting way up high and seeing watereverywhere,” David says.

Other reminders of the past surfaceamong the whole-house nautical-themeddécor, carefully curated, totally fromscratch, by Jeanne:

• “An antique copper dolphin (the subma-riners’ crest symbol) was rescued from theoriginal house, refurbished and reset as theweather vane atop the gazebo roof,” saysDonnally.

• Bleached tongue-and-groove Douglasfir, formerly on the walls of the tiny cabin,covers the bottom half of the powder room.

• The headboard of the bed in thefirst-level guest room (a future easy-accessmaster suite) came from behind the cabin’sfireplace mantel.

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for the Hungry Garden, brimming withvegetables that are contributed to the localfood bank. The path continues into theSight-Disabled Garden, filled with plantsthat appeal to our senses other than sight.There’s also the Native Plant Section, theHerb Garden, Heather Garden, FragranceGarden, Hellebore Display and the TunnelGarden covered with flowering vines.

Among the gardens most loved bythe kids are the Hummingbird/ButterflyGarden; the Crazy Garden (sporting theamazing bowlasaurus and other highlyimaginative creatures); the CarnivorousPlant Garden (keep your hands in yourpockets); and the big-time favorite of bothkids and adults, the Puzzle Garden, packedwith fun riddles created with plants andprops.

The garden contains amazing art, aswell. Make sure to give gigantic Olaf a hug(he looks scary, but he’s really very nice),and be ready to run for cover when you seeHoppy the enormous hop aphid leap intoview.

Kids’ tours always end with a hands-onproject: anything from planting seeds orpotting up a flower to propagating plantsfrom cuttings. Finally, take advantage ofthe optional tour of the seed-packagingfacility, which Ed offers after the gardentour. The machines in the facility werebuilt in the 1800s, and it’s fascinating tosee how they are still used to packageseeds today.

By the way: The riddles in the PuzzleGarden are quite challenging. Don’t beembarrassed if the kids on the tour figureout the answers way before you do. Edtells me that the kids always beat the livingtweedle out of adults when it comes tosolving the puzzles.

Ciscoe Morris: ciscoe@ciscoe.com. “Gardening WithCiscoe” airs weekly on KING 5; check local listings.

can be as simple as that they can’t find any-one who’ll pull the skin off a chicken and cutit up for them. And of course, we, like mostmerchants here in Pike Place Market, we’lljust service the heck out of our customers.We’ll cut it any way they want, tell them howto cook it, how big a portion, what cut is bestfor what.”

Which is also why Kuzaro likes to hireyoung people with a cooking background.They already know how to wield a knife,and whensomeone needs arecipe or advice,they can help.Mostly he looksfor people skills,because anyone working in the Marketneeds to “embrace the atmosphere,” he sayswith a chuckle. The fish market next doordraws crowds when workers start throwingfish, and Kuzaro is happy to sell the touristsall the pepperoni and jerky they can eat.

At home, Kuzaro is the griller. He saysyou can’t go wrong with a bone-in rib steak:grass-fed, grain-finished, well-marbled,dry-aged in-house, seasoned with a Mon-treal-style dry rub made for Don & Joe’s.He says to leave it at room temperature foran hour, then grill it 3 or 4 minutes on eachside over medium heat for medium-rare.Sounds good — I’ll take two.

Leora Y. Bloom is a Seattle food writer.Greg Gilbert is a Seattle Times staff photographer

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Kuzaro says customer service is important at Don & Joe’s Meats. “We’ll cut it any way they want,tell them how to cook it, how big a portion, what cut is best for what.”

• And bricks from that samefireplace are now part of thenew gas one in the currentmaster bedroom upstairs, wherekitty-cats Bart and Betsy curl incushioned window seats specifi-cally designed for them.

Outside, the stone veneer baseand one other special elementspeak to one of the home’s guid-ing philosophies: Some things areworth it.

Beyond the western-facingdeck, where motorized rolldownshades and a sweet jalousie trel-lis soften sometimes-powerfulsunshine, “The circular stairwayoff the gazebo presented someinteresting challenges as thedesign evolved and requirednonstandard construction tech-niques and custom materials,”David says.

Unobstructed views; nauti-cal-mile-after-nautical-mile ofthe shimmering Sound; and thehighly evolved, elevated andsupremely comfortable homeitself speak to the other one:This is a special place.

“One of the great joys of asubmarine is going in and out ofport on the surface,” says David.“Having spent summers hereas a kid, there’s a magic to that,too. There’s a shared joy, andintimacy, in the expanse andavailability of the water.”

Sandy Deneau Dunham writes aboutarchitecture and design for Pacific NW

magazine. Reach her at sdunham@seat-tletimes.com or 206-464-2252.Mike Siegel is a Seattle Times

staff photographer.

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“An antique copper dolphin (the sub-mariners’ crest symbol) was rescuedfrom the original house, refurbishedand reset as the weather vane atopthe gazebo roof,” says Donnally.

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A collection ofinsect eatersattracts bugs— and kids.

so meeting Diana and her family was his“welcome-to-diversity moment.”

After graduating from high school, Kuzarotook classes at Green River College, but soonwas drafted, and served in the Navy on anaircraft carrier in Southeast Asia from 1972 to1976. He and Diana became penpals and thenbegan dating. When he returned to Seattle,he earned his associate degree and startedlooking for a full-time job. “But the Marketkind of gets into your blood, and I liked allthe interactions, and we both had a lot of tieshere.”

Kuzaro remembers when the only build-ings on Western Avenue were warehouses,and he depended on customers driving infrom as far as Issaquah and Renton. Thenone day, there was a big snowstorm, and hebarely made it in to open the shop, but hehad plenty of customers. That was when herealized how many people can walk to PikePlace Market.

Kuzaro loves the new neighborhood feel ofthe Market, but he wonders whether his youngerclientele will continue to cook. “Or are theyjust going to want to order it online and have itdelivered?”

Some customers come for items that arehard to find, like beef sweetbread, lamb kid-neys, ground suet, skirt steak, freshly groundunseasoned pork or veal. Or, Kuzaro adds, “It

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