Oregon Art: Arvie Smith at Mark Woolley Gallery

Arvey-SmithTightrope 1Arvie Smith is a Northwest treasure, as a painter, storyteller and advocate who explores racial stereotypes in his vivid works and compelling collaborative projects with incarcerated youth, not to mention his long, distinguished career as a Professor of Art at the Pacific NW College of Art.

Remodeling Projects: The Last Stage in View

By Nancy Ranchel

11053135 462319800598810 2563522090048003458 nMy egg / yellow / closet room is finished — and there’s no better feeling than a project completed! (Maybe if a remodeling project wrapped up while I was sunbathing and Idris Elba was massaging my feet…) In this thing called real life, however, finishing a project is pretty much the pinnacle of accomplishments.

Remodeling Projects: The Last Stage in View

By Nancy Ranchel

11053135 462319800598810 2563522090048003458 nMy egg / yellow / closet room is finished — and there’s no better feeling than a project completed! (Maybe if a remodeling project wrapped up while I was sunbathing and Idris Elba was massaging my feet…) In this thing called real life, however, finishing a project is pretty much the pinnacle of accomplishments.

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?