Around this time of year, body parts start showing up in my neighborhood. It’s a nice neighborhood. The bloodied hands clawing their way up from shallow graves are top quality. The disembodied heads smiling from porch swings never bore strangers with talk of their obvious extreme separation issues. Once, a single severed ear appeared on the front lawn of a homeowner with minimalist tastes and a thing for David Lynch.
I have a friend who can fix just about anything. His wife once famously said, “He is especially good at changing filters.” I laughed for two days. I suspect he’s good for more than that, but changing filters is a really big deal.
Glimpse inside seven innovative Portland residences during Design Matters: Tour of Homes.
I have used old tires in a couple places around my house. First of all, my roof tiles are from old tires. That’s cool. And then I have my old tire bumper. As in “rubber baby buggy bumper.” I like that my tire use is so diverse.
You will not want to miss the 11th annual Build It Green! Home Tour and info fair. Tour 20 green remodels and new homes around Portland and get ideas for your own home.
Mariel Hemingway and green building go together like . . . OK, maybe the connection isn’t immediately obvious. But to the actress, a longtime proponent of yoga, natural foods and holistic living, it feels to be a natural extension.
MEDIAmerica, publisher of Oregon Business and Oregon Home magazines, announces a new retail website: HalfOffOregon.com. The website offers lodging, dining, recreation and many other items at half off their regular cost.
This week, millions of people are posting pictures of their kids with backpacks and first day of school clothes. It’s such a kick to see those eager young faces and their carefully chosen outfits that will one day serve as objects of extreme mortification, then amusement, then nostalgia and finally, inspiration for revivals. I wish I had a similar record of transformation of my kids’ rooms.
The 9th Annual Cannon Beach Cottage Tour is this weekend. Homes in historic Tolovana Park will open their doors to the public on Saturday September 8th from 10am-4pm.
The Historic Preservation League of Oregon presents a tour of historic homes in Eugene’s South University neighborhood. The walkable tour includes mainly homes from the mid to late 1920s.
