High Expectations.(SUPPLEMENT: Custom Builder)(designing of master suite)(Brief article)

By Ann Matesi, Senior Contributing Editor

This master suite celebrates the outdoors with open spaces and natural finishes - plus some hidden surprises.

Inspired by the rural beauty of its Pacific Northwest setting, the design of the owner's master suite in this 7,606-square-foot, Prairie-inspired luxury farmhouse brings the outdoors in with rustic wood finishes and a one-of-a-kind, grotto-style master bath.

"The whole idea for this space was to create a really grand volume," says architect Curtis Gelotte of Curtis Gelotte Architects in Kirkland, W