OLYMPIC MANOR IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST MID-CENTURY MODERN NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE. WHILE THE COUPLE WHO PURCHASED THIS HOME LOVED THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DEFINE MID-CENTURY DESIGN, THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS LIMITED IN IT’S DARK, ISOLATED, AND DATED CONDITION. AFFECT ARCHITECTURE WAS HIRED TO BRING CLARITY TO THE EXISTING SPACES AND BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE HOUSE WITH A HOLISTIC REMODEL.  FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON MODERNIZING THE SPACES WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO BLEED THE ROOMS INTO ONE ANOTHER, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE TWO-STORY PRIVACY SCREEN ADJACENT TO THE OPEN STAIRCASE