Elliott Bay to the north, Puget Sound to the west and the Duwamish River to the east. Your magnet is a map of the peninsula we call home.
West Seattle is the hilly peninsula across the bay from downtown. Most people arrive over the West Seattle Bridge, and it still feels like a small town of its own: a main street in the middle, a long beach on the north shore and forest parks along the bluffs.
For a few years it really was its own town. The City of West Seattle incorporated in 1902, and in 1907 it voted to join Seattle. That same year two streetcar lines met at a corner people started calling the Junction.
We designed this magnet and laser-cut it from birch plywood, here in West Seattle. It's part of a small set, a thank-you to the guests who stay with us. If it found its way to your fridge some other way, welcome to West Seattle all the same.
Birch is wood, so keep it dry and wipe it with a dry cloth. Small magnets are dangerous if swallowed, so keep it out of reach of young children.
Eleven magnets, eleven West Seattle stories, plus the craftsman from our first run.