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BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Seattle Floating Home Tour offers a glimpse of life on the water

The open kitchen is one way Nixon encourages her guests to go in and cook. The cabinets are Ikea, the pulls from Earthwise. The counter, chopping block. A pop-out and new overhead window make the space light and bright. "You have to ruthlessly edit," Nixon says of houseboat life. "Something comes in, something goes out."