Hammer, nails, pints & pals

_MG_8751Here’s an improvement in home improvement. Say you need a washer for the faucet, some penny nails for the porch, or solid hinges so the backdoor swings open when you’re welcoming friends and slams with gusto when you’re not.  You can pick up all that – and a beer – at the Cannon Beach Hardware and Public House.

Houseplants 101

yellow_bromeliad235Learn how to keep houseplants happy and alive inside with this free class from Portland Nursery. 

 

Buy a dishwasher, save a marriage

drawer-dishwasher1When I arrived, I found dirty dishes piled in a precarious heap in the sink. This wasn’t just a few cereal bowls left to soak before a busy day at the office. Evidence of many meals consumed lay buried in the strata of plates, glasses and cutlery.

Portlandia: Where quirk works

portlandiaTo celebrate the second season of Portlandia, Portland’s Central Library is exploring some of the things that make the city special. Up first? Backyard chickens, of course.

Portland places

ParamountTheatre_193x258Aaron Voronoff Trotter illustrated the many different architectural elements seen around Portland and turned them into a set of classy playing cards. See the original Portland drawings as well as many more the artist drew of places of interest around the Pacific Northwest.

 

Send us your remodeling stories

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I once was a fearless decorator. In high school, I painted a friend’s bedroom walls with an elaborate mural of strange creatures and visual inside jokes that only two teenage girls slightly obsessed with David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days could find even remotely appealing.

The stuff of dreams

2012FebMar_EditorsPageOregon’s eastern high desert has captivated me since I first stepped foot in the state more than eight years ago.

Modern take

2012FebMar_Homeward_SlipcoverSexy beds, handmade goods, beautiful prints, whimsy and wine.