An Eco-Friendly Home Built With Faswall

When Florida residents Peter Belmont and Laurie Macdonald began planning for a second home in Hood River, they knew they wanted to incorporate green building materials as much as possible.

Create the Ultimate Play Space

A play space for kiddos should be kid approved (duh!) AND a place the whole family wants to hang in!  These are our 5 ingredients for creating a well-styled play space.

Alternative Holiday Gifts: Postcard Art

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Ugly Art Room, the roving curatorial art project moved from Brooklyn, NY to Corvallis, OR on Thursday, Nov. 19th for its inaugural Pacific Northwest exhibition, a postcard show called “Paradise” which explores the theme of travel, place and presentation. The show has over 100+ original artworks mailed from around the world and includes many local Oregon artworks.

A New Book for Tiny Home Lovers: Microshelters

Microshelters.CoverIf you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you’ll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters.

The Blight!

Looked inside your boxwoods lately? If not, you should!

Another Day Thrifting in PDX

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There is nothing like summer leaving in the review mirror to put me into a shopping frenzy. Actually, it’s more like a drinking / eating / visiting / shopping frenzy. The desolation caused by the absence of sun sends me into a spin. And usually that spin cycle ends with an ugly credit card bill. Or two.