November 13, 2008

Old apple warehouse is home sweet home

AP Photo/Wenatchee World, Kathryn Stevens [enlarge]

The open floor of the Scharlau-Tweden home was made to feel cozy with several different seating areas around the room in the former warehouse.

WENATCHEE — Not many parents say this to their kids: It's OK to run in the house. But Vicky Scharlau and Jim Tweden gave permission to do that, and more, to their son, Zack, as he was growing up.

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Previous columns:

• Skanska gets a real-life safety test, 11-06-2008
• Mount Rainier road in need of $11.6M fix, 10-30-2008
• Don't demolish that old home, send it up in smoke, 10-23-2008
• Turner turns a deeper shade of green, 10-16-2008
• Local firm finds a niche in deconstruction, 10-09-2008
• Opportunities await builders of charging stations, 10-02-2008
• Development team tries out modular construction, 09-25-2008
• Habitat store helps fund low-income homes, 09-18-2008