As a dedicated sun lover, this is a hard time of year for me. Very hard. And when life gets hard, there’s really only one thing to do. Shop. Shop a lot. If you also need to distract yourself from wind, rain, falling leaves and a fading tan, here are some outing suggestions.
Researching the history of your house can help you find out who lived there before you or what it looked like originally. Find out how in this class from the Architectural Heritage Center.
Portland Nursery’s 26th annual Apple Tasting takes place the weekends of October 11-13 and 18-20. They expect to have as many as 60 different varieties of apples and pears to taste and purchase.
White carpet in our master bedroom seemed like a great idea at the time. The light color would perk up an otherwise dark room and the thick plush would feel great underfoot on cold winter mornings. It would look just like one of those photographs in a magazine. Best of all, the remnant was just the right size and on sale!
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When Sharon and Bob Lewis come across wood destined for chipping or the fireplace, they often see wood destined for another purpose: to become finely crafted objects for the home, the kind of pieces passed down from generation to generation.
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Janel Campbell, design consultant at Neil Kelly Company, knows what makes a kitchen fabulous. “Great kitchen design is about function foremost,” the avid home chef says. Starting with that focus, Campbell creates stunning kitchens, including the condo remodel that garnered her top local prize in the 2010-2012 Sub-Zero and Wolf Kitchen design contest.
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Perched on a hillside overlooking the rolling rural farmlands of the Willamette Valley, one of this year’s Street of Dreams homes stands out for its thoughtful design, high-end craftsmanship, fine materials and focus on good living.
A couple leaves the city to seek a simpler life in a stylish, prefab, eco-friendly home on the Oregon Coast.
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When Ron and Linda decided to remodel the kitchen and family room of their 1,150-square-foot home in West Linn, they knew exactly what they wanted: thoughtful and functional storage spaces, natural hues and textures to augment the extensive gardens outside and fresh appliances to make cooking a breeze.
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Drive through any of Portland’s neighborhoods and WILLCO’s work is on display. You’ll find it in the glorious historic exterior restoration of The Governor Hotel, the award-winning bathroom remodel in a Laurelhurst neighborhood craftsman home, a Westmoreland dormer master suite addition and in the dual, seven-story Columbia River condominium paint job in Vancouver. That’s because WILLCO, founded nine years ago, is one of the go-to businesses when clients want top quality remodeling, painting and restoration.
