What’s fire-engine red, has wheels and is utterly fantasy inducing? No, not a sleek Euro sports car but the Don Vardo, a 7-by-10-foot mobile structure with French doors, a tiny cedar deck, radiant-heat cork floors and hemlock walls.
Like many people living in Craftsman homes, bicycle commuters Marti Frank and Lev Tsypin discovered what they gained in architectural charm they lost in convenient bike storage. “We have no driveway or garage,” says Tsypin of their Southeast Portland home. “We just had a makeshift, awkward bike area in the back.”
Aurora Glass near Eugene produces home products made entirely of recycled window glass.
Good design looks effortless. It rarely is. Ask anyone who has tried to create a cool mid-century look only to end up with a hot mess of mishmash. Getting the right color, texture, lighting and proportions within four walls is a balancing act. The Hotel Modera lobby in downtown Portland strikes that balance with a look that is pulled together without being too matchy-matchy.
A 1920s farmhouse in Hood River Valley is recycled into a new home that blends naturally into its surroundings.
Floating homes can be fancy or funky, but residents all share a passion for being on the water.
Using varied, vivid pots can bring structure and architecture to your garden. Go on. Get potted.
Musician, writer, actress, and co-creator of Portlandia Carrie Brownstein takes us inside her home.
Explore five distinct historic houses in the Chapman school district. On Saturday May 21, explore the beautiful architecture of Northwest Portland. For tickets and more information, see the Chapman Home Tour website.
