SZ Build Series - Episodes 6: Insulation & Flooring

May 17, 2023

As a Design | Build team, SZ Build offers the unique advantage of leading projects from inception to completion. We thought it would be fun to share in this gratifying process, as we launch our SZ Build Video Series. Through these construction vignettes, we’ll give you a sneak peak into the sequencing and technical prowess of our rockstar subcontractors, as our designs come to life!

In our current episodes, Tommy features the insulation and concrete floor finishing. Concrete is a finish material usually associated with the outdoors. Watch how it is sanded, stained and polished to perfection. We’ll also tour you through the advantages of using closed-cell sprayfoam and Rockwool insulation. We build for the beauty, durability and longevity of our homes.

From Personal Values to Design Specifications

May 17, 2023

When it comes to pulling together design details, fixture specifications and finishes of your home or workplace, identifying your personal / corporate values and lifestyle / work culture goals is an important initial step. SZ’s tailored Programming Questionnaire comes from a genuine ‘getting to know you’ curiosity, allowing our clientele the opportunity to share more about themselves. We bring the creativity, but in the end, we’re in service of you!

What three words best capture your essence, your convictions, your priorities?

Photo by Flora Latifi, courtesy of Mercer Island City Lifestyle

2023 Women of Influence - MI City Lifestyle

May 17, 2023

Salonnières, Sharon Perez (L) and Nikki Baidwain (R), gathered at the Roanoke Inn with a dozen other fabulous female movers & shakers of Mercer Island, including Suzanne Zahr. Together, they celebrated each other’s successes, empathizing with the challenges along the way. Thank you, Mercer Island City Lifestyle for putting a spotlight on the beauty & strength of this modest sampling of the MANY influential women on Mercer Island.

Together by Juliana Kang Robinson

May 17, 2023

The SZ Gallery has the distinct privilege of exhibiting one of Juliana Kang Robinson’s more recent works of art, Together. This stunning 48”x76”x2” painting is made with Acrylic on Birch and draws you in upon initial glance. We invite you to the SZ Gallery to see this delightful piece first-hand.

Artist’s Note:

My focus as an artist is to deepen my studio practice and fully engage in creating work that embodies the spirit of unity or HanSan, Korean for "One Mountain." HanSan is the holistic notion that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. A mountain is more than simply soil, plants and rocks just as we people are stronger when unified and rooted together.

My goal is to create visual representations of this concept of HanSan or Togetherness that spur viewers to ponder the beautiful yet complexway that different parts can come together to unify and elevate us beyond the self.