Seattle - January 08, 2007

Nature Calls

Erich Ginder’s Interior Pieces

You love hiking (around Green Lake), gazing at Mt. Rainier (from your car on the 520 bridge), and skiing (in between hot toddies at the lodge).

In other words, like many a Seattleite, you’re big on nature — as long as it doesn’t take you too far from the comforts of home.

So consider bringing the outside in with Erich Ginder’s quirky handmade coat racks and lamps. Part Paul Bunyan, part Eero Saarinen, the local designer puts an ultra-modern, decidedly nongranola spin on organic elements like trees, deer antlers, and caribou hooves.

The Ghost Tree coat rack can make even your sweetie’s ugly old Gore-Tex look pretty. The taxidermy-inspired Wilderness lamp will earn you props for your impeccable but adventurous taste.

In response to which, you’ll smile pretty and shrug.

What can you say? You walk on the wild side.

Erich Ginder Studio, 512 Fifth Avenue South (206-854-6479 or erichginder.com).