**UPDATE – Fall 2025 ** The new owners (2021) love the house and have developed the landscape beautifully.
A beautiful and very well crafted house that looks like it has always been there. Designed for two adults who like to entertain and two kids who share a secret lookout in the cupola – with territorial view.
We first worked with SAGE DESIGNS NW before it was an independent company, when the eponymous Sage was employed elsewhere. We loved Sage’s initial design, and when we decided to revisit our project, we sought him out in newly formed SAGE DESIGNS. Our home is about halfway built now, and the builders we’ve hired to manifest our dream have loved creating the detail and whimsy that Sage was able to distill from our wild ideas. We have, for instance, an 8-sided cupola perched high on one gable-end, and the finish carpenter framing it (it was a complicated piece) called down when we visited “Thank you so much! This is SO MUCH FUN!”
Sage’s ability to hear what we wanted and create a lovely, modestly-sized home that incorporated all our deepest wishes. We have since recommended him to close friends, and they, too, have been delighted with their results.
— Calin & Ian Taylor / Orcas Fairytale Castle
“Sage didn’t just draw what we asked him to draw, he
pushed us with new ideas and helped us reach a design
that was both unexpected and exactly what we wanted.”
— Calin & Ian Taylor / Orcas Fairytale Castle
“As we tried to fit more and more features into our home
design, Sage challenged us to find ways of achieving our goals
within the footprint we initially desired. Sage’s commitment to
the environment helped us achieve a design that is not just more
environmentally friendly, but will also be a more liveable home.”
— Calin & Ian Taylor / Orcas Fairytale Castle
