Helping you renovate and revive old lonely places into vibrant community spaces.
Nathan Marion
BlueTree Consulting
Seattle, WA, USA
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
LOVE this photo. from one of my favorite blogs, This Is Colossal.com check it out!
Abbey Arts presents CATHEDRALS 3
Noah Gundersen & Family
Hannalee EP release
Goldfinch w/ Naomi Wachira
Lerin HerzerA contemplative indie concert @ St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral on Capitol Hill. Past CATHEDRALS shows have featured My Brightest Diamond, Kelli Schaefer, Campfire OK, Bryan John Appleby and more.
This event is going to be epic.
New Creative Event! May 23 is Giant Living Room #1 in Seattle.
This is Colossal
Beautiful site with amazing arts & architecture.
Here’s to more Community Building events this year! Want to bring one to your town? Email us! Some of these have spread to Tacoma WA, Austin TX, Portland OR, Lebanon PA, Vashon Is. WA, Anacortes WA, and more soon…
Fremont Abbey Arts Center renovation photo gallery. The Abbey is a 1914 brick church in Seattle I was Project Manager and finishing designer for in 2006-08.
The Abbey’s old pipe organ wasn’t fixable, so we’re re-purposing it into new useful items! I designed the basics for this bench and then Steve Withycombe added some nice touches while building it. The door was made by Clint Ceder. Other re-purposed items around the Abbey include a vintage couch, barrels, branches, and an antique TV we made into a bar.
Old (but fun) places for Weddings
I get asked a lot about good, local, environmentally conscious (yet cool) places to rent for weddings or nonprofit benefit events. People want something unusual though too, not just a boring hotel lobby or a fancy garden. So here’s a very focused list of places I think are “green” in more ways than one…
I found this rather inspiring, from author David Brooks at TED 2011.
Tell Your Story With Your Whole Heart
A beautiful TEDtalk…
you’ll want to be able to say “i knew her when” so check this out, from my hometown…
A new song, Love Somebody, filmed by Christian Sorensen Hansen in the Skagit Valley at the house I grew up in and will always call my home.
