A Functional Basement

willco2Not long ago, doing laundry for Mike and Michelle Connolly involved navigating a set of aging stairs and entering a dark, slightly foreboding unfinished basement where their washer and dryer were housed.

A White Bathroom — Salvage Style

By Nancy Ranchel

bathroomI sometimes hear people say that they don’t use salvage in their design because their style is modern. But as Shannon ably shows with his fine bathroom, a modern look is not an automatic deal-killer for using salvage in the design.

Restoring History

CraftsmanDesign FW14This grand American Foursquare home is a local celebrity. 

Total Transformation

TotalTransform Sitka FW14The finished remodel hardly resembles the original home. The stunning transformation involved a 600-square-foot addition and a 1,600-square-foot remodel.

Bathroom Renewal

AllPhaseRemodel1 FW14When Carol and Renner Winston first met Shawn Knoch of All Phase Remodeling, the master bathroom in their ‘80s Lake Oswego home was in need of a serious renovation.

Painting A Masterpiece

FreshCoat FW14A gray Victorian home in the Mount Tabor neighborhood in southeast Portland has an impressive history.

Getting Closer to Nature

CloserToNature FW14“I could’ve gotten a new home, but this one held so many memories,” Elaine Yandle-Roth says. Instead, she chose John Sramek Remodeling to help her define and realize her vision of a home that complements the surrounding natural beauty.

A Hand Up, Not a Handout

HandUp2 FW14When considering what can be created in a week’s time, building a home typically does not make the list. Yet that is exactly what happened in Hillsboro, Oregon, during Willamette West Habitat for Humanity’s 2014 Home Builders Blitz project.

Designing the Unexpected

CouleeConcrete1 FW14Coulee Concrete mixes a basic recipe of sand, fiber reinforcement, rock and cement to create flat surfaces, such as bars, countertops and tables, along with sinks, fire tables and chairs for both domestic and commercial settings.