Jonathan Adler comes to town
The 21st Jonathan Adler boutique — 2,600 square feet — opens in Portland this weekend.
Storm Large
The siren of song stays snug in her parlor.
Commanding heights
Producing a beautiful home magazine is not always a gentle art.
Rough Luxe: cool & collected
Hindsight is handy. It’s easy to look back and recognize how a certain manner of dress, type of furniture, school of art or architecture reflected what was going on in the broader culture at the time. We can point to mid-century modernism and pontificate – because pontificate is such a great word – how it was like a physical manifestation of the country’s newfound hope and joy.
Lifestyle: Erika Polmar
The founder of one of Oregon’s most enduring farm-dinner series celebrates 10 years of giving and receiving from the land.
Good wood
When Portland artist and designer David Laubenthal of DJL Studio would drive to his workshop, he would often notice wood pallets dumped on the curb. He began to collect them.
Third times a charm
With green becoming mainstream, you’ve probably embraced repurposing in some form by now. Historic building repair specialist Andrew Curtis goes a step beyond.
Goodwill hunting: tips from the queen of salvage
Joanne Palmisano is hunting down the old and ailing with intention to resuscitate. The author of Salvage Secrets book, blog, and soon-to-be-released TV series on the DIY Network, delights in giving creative transfusions to castoffs.
Silkscreen beauties
Have a unique vision? Realize it in tile. Tempest Tileworks produces custom silk-screened ceramic tiles in its Portland studio that are sold through showrooms nationwide.
Kitchen maestro Carlos Kalmar
Oregon Symphony’s music director finds harmony at the hearth.
