Portland Japanese Garden gift sale
The Portland Japanese Garden’s annual Holiday Gift sale takes place from Saturday November 30- Tuesday December 24.
Headboard alternatives
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and start making a mental list? Stuff you have to do, something you need to remember, the solution to a problem, some awesome idea? Me too. The other night I woke up thinking about headboards.
Mum-vember at Lan Su Chinese Garden
Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland gets filled with more than 500 potted chrysanthemums during November.
5 Portland vintage stores to visit
Let’s face it, some of the biggest shopping duties of the year are right around the corner. Have you made your list and checked it twice? Start early, of course, and try avoiding the mall for even more fun.
Four shopping outings
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.
How to research the history of your house
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 Apple Tasting
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.
From the Editor: design for life
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!
Winning kitchen design
Produced by the marketing department of Oregon Home
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.
Heart of Wood repurposes wood scraps
Produced by the marketing department of Oregon Home
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.
