Portland green builder expands to Ashland
Portland green building specialist Green Hammer is opening an office in Ashland.
Mom and the ocotillo
I like to tell tales about my dad because he’s nuts. He also really likes the abuse. Any attention is good attention when it comes to my dad.
Good things in small packages
Life lessons occasionally come in neatly tied packages. Once, a group of mostly sweet 7-year-old girls gathered for a holiday gift party. They set all their prettily wrapped-and-ribboned presents under a tree while they exchanged pleasantries and sipped juice from china teacups.
Pipe dreams
Have you ever had a negative shower curtain encounter? For example, you’re in the shower and you pull the shower curtain open and the entire contraption – curtain rod and curtain – fall in the bath with you? This is most likely to happen when you are visiting a friend, or staying with your parents for Thanksgiving.
Fired up
Whether you like traditional or contemporary, wood or gas, there’s a fireplace that fits your style and warms up your winter nights.
My place: Carson Ellis
A place to render a wild world full of wonder and magic.
Talking to houses
Diana Abu-Jaber on home.
Winter trends
Oregon’s arts, crafts, products, stores and more
Neutrality act
Bored by off-white walls but not crazy for color? It’s a design dilemma. Garrison Hullinger of Garrison Hullinger Interior Design in Portland demonstrates that neutrals don’t have to be bland.
