Corey Martin’s light-filled urban duplex
Corey Martin’s urban duplex pulls nature inside with glass walls and sliding doors that provide light, transparency and a place for his son to dream.
Paint your garden with primary-colored plants
Vivid red, yellow and blue selections can bring depth and delight to your garden.
My place- Thomas Lauderdale
Pianist, songwriter and founder of Pink Martini, Thomas Lauderdale shows Oregon Home around his fabulously eclectic downtown Portland home.
Paula Watts
As a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography, photographer Paula Watts has mastered the art of creating beautiful architectural imagery. “Lighting is the most important thing in photography for me,” she says. Watts photographs architecture all over the Pacific Northwest and was recently published internationally for her architectural work in Trends Magazine.
Margaret Foley
Margaret Foley is a writer and editor living in Portland. Her writing has appeared in Oregon Home, The Christian Science Monitor and High Country News. Her family gets nervous when she sets off to interview homeowners because when she comes back, she starts rearranging the furniture.
Lucy Hardiman
Lucy Hardiman is the principal of Perennial Partners, a garden design collaborative group, and writes for regional and national publications, including Horticulture Magazine. Hardiman was to the garden born and is a fifth-generation Oregon gardener who doesn’t remember a time that she didn’t want to be digging in the dirt.
Lucy Burningham
Even though Portland writer Lucy Burningham has been covering home and design for more than a decade, she still delights in peeking in strangers’ cupboards and making friends with their pets. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Saveur and Sunset.
Jon Jensen
Jon Jensen lives with his wife and 7-year-old daughter in a turn-of-the-century craftsman bungalow on the east side of Portland. His home design and lifestyle photography have appeared in many national publications, including Better Homes & Gardens, Sunset, Luxe and Traditional Home.
John Valls
John Valls has spent the past year photographing a cookbook featuring the best of Oregon’s food. “Having previously met these chefs in their restaurant kitchens, I was surprised to find how delightfully small and simple their home spaces are,” says Valls, who has three cookbooks under his belt. “It goes to show that it’s not a fancy space that makes great food.”
Brian Libby
Brian Libby is a Portland-based writer, photographer, and award-winning filmmaker. He has published in The New York Times, Dwell, The Oregonian and Metropolitan Home, among others. He also is the author of Tales From the Oregon Ducks Sideline, a history of his beloved college football team that is being republished this fall.
