Joshua McCullough, originally from the Hawaiian Islands, has made his home in Portland since 2003. He is the founder of the botanical image resource company PhytoPhoto, which is dedicated to plant and garden photography. The focus covers everything from endangered species to local farmers markets and some of the world’s finest garden estates. His work appears regularly in publications worldwide.
Based in Portland, Lincoln Barbour is an advertising and editorial photographer of creature comforts. He loves to shoot food, homes and moments of a leisurely lifestyle. His photos are natural, vibrant and incredibly technical; yet the feeling of the imagery he makes evokes a sense of being there.
Registration begins this Saturday, April 30 at 8:30 a.m. for Sunday afternoon garden tours May through July.
A new study conducted at OSU compared the impact furniture has on our emotions. Two rooms contained angular furniture. Two contained rounded furniture. The virtual rooms appeared gray to avoid color and texture influences, and both the angular and curvy furniture was arranged in the same pattern. Students declared all the sparse rooms boring. But they rated the two rooms with curvy furniture significantly higher for pleasure and approachability.
The Architectural Heritage Center is celebrating National Historic Preservation Month by hosting a special art exhibit.
The 29th Annual Irvington Historic Home Tour is coming up on Sunday May 15th from 11AM to 5 PM. This year the tour features seven homes and the White House B&B. Also, architectural historian Jim Heuer will lecture on “Craftsman Style and the Great Boom.” Whether you like Arts & Crafts, Foursquare, Prairie or Bungalow-style houses, this is the tour for you.
Chances are you’ve seen bags by Queen Bee Creations. Thousands of people across the country carry them. The shapes, colors and designs of the popular faux leather style vary but still remain instantly recognizable.
That’s an amazing accomplishment for anyone in the accessories trade. Even more impressive? The products are eco-friendly, and designed, manufactured and marketed by a small independently-owned business in Portland, far from the fashion grid.
Sometimes, I’ll admit, I think we Oregonians come across as a a little desperate for history. Remember the neon stag sign debate? People passionately argued for preservation of the words on the Made in Oregon sign because the advertisement was part of our heritage. Never mind that the sign had previously read “White Stag” for an Oregon clothing company. And before that, “White Satin” for a sugar refinery.
But I get it. Some extraordinary Oregon buildings have been mindlessly destroyed in the name of progress, and no one wants to see that happen again. It’s heart breaking.
These are pre-fab houses. Emphasis on “fab.” With a kit from Jan Kronke of Oregon TimberWerks (you can pop up a basic cabin shell in the woods for about $6,000 and a few days labor. Less than $2,000 buys the goods for a fancy little playhouse for the kids complete with covered porch and … Read more
Most of us have seen, what I like to call, Joan Rivers houses. They are homes of a certain age with really bad face lifts. The remodeling meant to make them look fresh and new, instead simply looks scary-weird. The Architectural Heritage Center knows all about updating a house while honoring its history. The center hosts its 13th annual Kitchen Revival Tour this Saturday.
