Some time ago I remember hearing that, among gardeners, llama dung is considered particularly prized as the llama family has three stomachs, making the whole digestive process so thorough that the resulting "product" arrives ready for use quite highly refined. To separate any conversation about llamas from this fact, for me, is now impossible. As such, this llama barn conversion to family home began for me with a broad grin. The original program called for the conversion to be a temporary stop as the couple developed a main house on another part of the 2.5 acre site perched high atop a sunny bluff overlooking Puget Sound. As it sometimes goes, we never got to the main house, but rather ended up quite pleased with the comfortably converted barn. The barn shell, including its modest metal roofing and siding, remained almost entirely unchanged, save a large group of windows at the southwest corner to let in light and views that the "former occupants" failed to appreciate. The interiors are modern, loft like and simple, yet are effuse with a material and color palette that is immediately warm and comfortable. It is a cozy place of repose from which to watch the dramatic weather pass across an equally dramatic landscape. Sometimes, thinking you might be moving on, reminds you to be more careful to savor the moments of the fleeting journey.