"The carefully engineered skylights in Swain's elevated ""back house"" bedroom (the only room with air-conditioning) are installed in the roof to add height. On a couple surfaces of his bedroom (Western maple, salvaged fir floor, decorative copper, gray natural exposed steel with lacquer finish), Swain keeps heart-shaped rocks … and two wooden hearts his dad crafted for his mom when they met, at 16, in 1926. (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times)"
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