Decorate, Design with Salvaged Plastic

By Nancy Ranchel

P1000001Salvage in design is my thing, and industrial salvage is where my heart lives. But when it’s time to make a purchase for the house, I don’t discriminate against any type of salvage.

Music in the Garden

Need a picker-upper when you’re dragging through your Spring garden to-dos?

Old Shoes and Where to Take Them

By Nancy Ranchel

web-3427If you’re a shopper, you probably have a lot of shoes. If you’re female, you probably have a lot of shoes. If you’re into athletics (runner? soccer player?), you probably have a lot of shoes. Whether you buy high end or Payless brand, if you’re American you have a closetful of shoes. It’s a thing with us. Ain’t it great to be an American?

Old Town Vancouver Shops

By Nancy Ranchel

P1030557Funny story: I went shopping in Vancouver this week. Get that confused look off your face — I shop everywhere.

We Went Shopping Salvage Style

shopping2We often don’t know what our homes lack until we’ve serendipitously stumbled on that one special item. With this in mind, we’ve spent days exploring a few of Oregon’s finest design stores, and we’ve discovered some truly remarkable salvaged, reclaimed and repurposed items that will give a much-needed dose of character to any room. Here, we show off a few of our favorites.

The Rogue Creamery Guesthouse

rogue4Tucked against a hillside in the Rogue Valley, a unique guesthouse inspires the kind of tranquil activities you might expect from a rural getaway — watching a deer bound over a nearby ridge, observing the sunset on vineyards from an outdoor hot tub, picking wild blackberries or listening to cows bay.