Are you crafty? Not sly or sneaky, but good with your hands? The type who’s got multiple hole punchers and scissors and an inventory of spray paint? Well, if not, you can head to one of the Portland-area antique malls and buy repurposed art or furniture from an artist who is good at that sort of thing.
The Arciform Design Team presents a one-hour workshop in the Kennedy School Library on how to bring the indoors out. Learn about outdoor kitchens, backyard guest suites, porches, decks and more.
Portland has been missing something. A place that everyone needs and needs to love- a Repair Café. These cafés exist in Europe, where people stop by the venue on designated nights to have a coffee and get their toasters repaired. Or the hole in their sweater darned, or perhaps a ripped piece of drapery fixed. Like-minded citizens volunteer their services and skills in an effort to keep goods in good working order and out of the landfill.
So you’ve conquered backyard chickens. What next to do on your urban homestead? Beekeeping is a great choice, as it both helps the plants in your garden and provides you with delicious local honey. Luckily, beekeeping suppliers are popping up around Oregon.
Nooks and crannies give old homes the character so many desire. But this sweet alcove bed was designed and built for a new home.
We round up our favorite products, shops and artists from Oregon for Spring and Summer 2013.
Produced by the marketing department of Oregon Home
Add a splash to your home or yard with a Backyard Entertainment unit, a unique water feature with a lively display of LED lights and movable water nozzles choreographed to music that you control with a tablet, smart device or PC.
When Joe and Linda Kintz replaced a rotting gazebo in their Eugene hillside garden, they wanted more than just a basic garden shed. “We wanted space for storage, but we didn’t want anything ugly,” says Linda. “Those aspects came together in the design.”
Save money and save the earth—the perks of topping your home with an ecoroof.
