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Our Painted Picture and a Recap of our Planning Retreat

Every year, Board & Vellum takes some time off from our regular work week and travels somewhere out of town (usually the woods) where we can spend some time relaxing and planning our goals for the upcoming year. This is a recap of this year's accomplishments.

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Awards and Press for Ada’s and The Seattle Box

It's been an exciting week for news at Board & Vellum, as we've just heard about winning a lot of awards for our work at Ada's Technical Books & Café and the Seattle Box Remodel. Rather than spread it out, we'll just announce it all at once, right here.

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Ada’s Receives a Citation in the 2014 Residential Architect Design Awards

We are very excited to announce that our work at Ada's Technical Books & Café has been nationally recognized with a citation in the category of "light commercial" for the 2014 Residential Architect Design Awards!

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Celebrating Three Years of Board & Vellum

It's been an amazing three years at Board & Vellum. We've grown from just Jeff working hard in his attic, to a team of seven working hard together in the (now) expanded Board & Vellum offices. Here, Jeff looks back at the last three years, and ahead to the next three.

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Best of Houzz 2014

We are so excited to announce that Board & Vellum has been honored with two Best of Houzz awards for 2014, in the categories of Design and Customer Satisfaction! We love our clients, so it certainly feels good to learn that they like us, too! Thanks, everyone!

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A House Built for LEGO

While the title of this post isn't 100% true (there were other driving factors aside from the wonderful little plastic bricks), this Houzz article does a great job of walking you through Jeff's recent remodel of his own house.

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Dwell Best of Design 2018 Awards – Backyard Reading Retreat – Board & Vellum

Dwell Best of Design 2018 Awards Nominee

We are excited to see the Backyard Reading Retreat nominated by Dwell as one of the “most inspiring projects featured on Dwell this year,” in the category of “Small Spaces” with five other nominees.

Emerald Award for Renovated Community of the Year 2019

Emerald Award for Renovated Community of the Year 2019

We are excited to hear: The Eden Apartments — the renovation of which our interiors and landscape studios designed — won a 2019 Emerald Award for “Renovated Community of the Year” from the Washington Multi-Family Housing Association.

Fixr’s Top 200 Experts in the Construction Industry 2019 – Board & Vellum

Fixr’s Top 200 Experts in the Construction Industry 2019

How do you know who to listen to in a world flooded with content? Fixr is trying to help with their annual list of Top Experts in the Construction Industry, and Jeff Pelletier has made the cut for the last three years.

Historic Seattle Exemplary Restoration Award 2018 – PRAG House – Colonial Restoration on the Hill – Board & Vellum

Historic Seattle’s 2018 Exemplary Restoration Award

We are honored to accept Historic Seattle’s 2018 Exemplary Restoration Award for the PRAG House, the Colonial Restoration on the Hill.

Board & Vellum on PSBJ's WA's Best Workplaces List for 4th Year!

PSBJ: Washington’s Best Workplaces, 2018

For the 4th year in a row, Board & Vellum is honored by Puget Sound Business Journal as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces!

Seattle Business Magazine Best Companies to Work For 2018: Board & Vellum

Seattle Business Magazine’s Washington’s 100 Best Companies 2018

We are one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2018, and in the Top 10 of small businesses for the third year in a row!

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