From chezerbey to Studio Zerbey: The blogging journey of two Seattle residential Architects

Back in 2006, we bought a 1910 craftsman-style home in Ballard, Seattle. Like many older homes, it needed a lot of love and a lot of work. Over the next six years, we poured our nights and weekends into remodeling it, an experience that shaped how we live and affected how we design for our […]

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the office + workshop

(Note: if you’ve made it to this post, you are embarking on the archives of our previous chezerbey.com blog that chronicled our home renovation projects!) First of all, thank you for the encouraging comments from our last post. It’s nice to know there are still people reading the blog (though apparently no one in our […]

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small space living // the toddler bed dilemma

At the beginning of the year we wrote about living small with two kids and for the most part, not much has changed. Lillian in still sleeping in the mini crib (in the dining area!) but lately it’s been more evident that she’s ready to move to a regular crib. She now prefers to roll […]

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Dwell + the Future of Architecture

Ok, I promise that the focus of this blog has not devolved into self-promotion, but (BUT!) we have another bit of exciting news to share and it’s that our house (our house!) is featured in the special issue of Dwell called Your Rooms We Love (on newsstands now!). Since it’s a special issue, it’s not […]

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