Remember when being kind to the planet was considered sort of edgy? Environmentally responsible paint? Now, that’s just kooky! These days, green products are to home what cardigan sweaters are to fashion; comfortable, boring and ho-hum sensible. That’s why I am so excited to be unexcited about the news that environmentally responsible paints are now carried at Lowe’s.
This won’t be pretty. You might want to avert your eyes. But I need to confess: I am in love with a sink. Yes, that’s a little sad. It’s an inanimate object made of porcelain. It cannot love me back. But have you seen the graceful curve of it? The way the white ceramic appears to be swimming through water like an exotic sea creature?
Not to turn this into the all-Neil-Kelly-all-the-time place but . . just got word worth sharing. The Oregon company recently won two national CotY awards. Not “Coty” as in fragrance giant, or “COTY” as in the American Fashion Critics’ Award, but C-o-t-capital-Y. CotY stands for Contractor of the Year and it’s given by NARI or … Read more
In the neighborhood where I grew up, all the houses were identical in layout. That made each the perfect blank canvas for the woman of the house to express herself. (The men were busy doing manly things.) Each woman just happened to express her unique individuality in a manner almost identical to her neighbor. They painted … Read more
The Oregon Garden was chosen as one of 23 public gardens nationwide to display flowers for the American Garden Award competition this May. Visitors can vote on their favorite flowers right in Silverton.
Clark Public Utilities presents a weekend of free activities and demonstrations at the Clark County Event Center on April 29, 30 and May 1, 2011.
The Association of Northwest Landscape Designers presents their 8th annual Behind-the-scenes Garden Tour, so you can get an inside look at professionally designed gardens in the Portland Metro and Lake Oswego areas. Meet with each landscape designer to see how they come up with their ideas for breathtaking outdoor spaces.
There are crafty types out there who, with imagination and hot glue gun, can transform a bunch of recyling bin rejects into hip home decor. I’m not one of them. I wish I were. Doing old fashion crafts just feels so modern. I want to be that. I love the idea of being crafty so … Read more
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 Dutch door.
These are the Olympic gymnasts of lights. They’re tiny, flexible and shine bright.
The new Invisiled lights from WAC Lighting look a bit like narrow pieces of fancy tape embedded with lots of little LED lights. Make that really, really narrow pieces of tape. The light strips are less than 1/8th inch tall which means these words stand taller. And they’re less than 7/16th inch thick. (There are papers out there envious of that slim physique.) They’re easily tucked under cabinets to brighten counter tops, the better to see those carrots your chopping. Or slipped behind crown molding for drama worthy of a Hollywood movie set.
