Remodeling in Mercer Island

Building in Mercer Island

Mercer Island holds one of the region's best collections of midcentury homes: low-slung 1950s and 1960s ramblers and post-and-beam houses stepping down to Lake Washington, alongside 1970s and 1980s daylight homes on the island's wooded slopes. Many waterfront and view properties are architecturally worth keeping, and our work here often means renewing a midcentury house rather than erasing it: preserving beam lines and glass while rebuilding kitchens, baths, and every system behind the walls to current standards.

Island geography shapes the work. Shoreline properties involve additional regulatory layers when work approaches the water, slopes demand drainage and structural care, and material logistics run through two bridges. The City of Mercer Island administers its own permitting with attention to tree protection, gross floor area limits, and shoreline rules, and we build those constraints into design from day one. Whole-home remodels are the island's signature project, letting families modernize completely without giving up a lot that cannot be replaced.

Mercer Island holds one of the region's best collections of 1950s-60s ramblers and post-and-beam homes stepping down to Lake Washington. The opportunity is preserving beam lines and glass while rebuilding kitchens, baths, and every system to current standards.

ON MERCER ISLAND'S MIDCENTURY POST-AND-BEAM HOMES WE TREAT THE EXPOSED STRUCTURE AS THE FINISH, WHICH MEANS EVERY NEW BEAM, CONNECTION, AND PENETRATION HAS TO BE PLANNED LIKE TRIM CARPENTRY.