Celebrate the Solstice with Salvage – Dare Ya!

By Nancy Ranchel

IMG 3704 750xIt’s the solstice. I’m guessing you usually slaughter a goat, cover yourself with blood, and dance around some stone figurine. Isn’t that getting a little old? This year, let’s do something really crazy: make something for your outdoor living space out of salvage.

Event: How’d you do that ADU?

parrish 5Join Living Room Realty for a free, informational evening with local expert Kol Peterson he discusses the ins-and-outs of building an Accessory Dwelling Unit. Kol will cover design, construction, and how an ADU may be utilized. 

Rebranding Launch Party – Bend

Traveling? We have room blocks at La Quinta Inns (541-388-2227) for a discounted rate of $199/nt or Holiday Inn Express (right next door to the party: 541-317-8500). Can’t wait to celebrate with you! Sponsors: Roche Bobois Standard TV & Appliance Dewayne Lumpkin American Society of Interior Design Powered by Eventbrite

Crap. It’s Spring Cleaning Time Again

It’s that time of year. The sun is out, the plants  are blooming, you’re sneezing, and the house looks really dirty. It’s the sun. It show s what’s really on the floor. And, you know what that is? Winter. Winter is on the floor. So you start cleaning and pretty soon you are CLEANING.

Oregon Art: Arvie Smith at Mark Woolley Gallery

Arvey-SmithTightrope 1Arvie Smith is a Northwest treasure, as a painter, storyteller and advocate who explores racial stereotypes in his vivid works and compelling collaborative projects with incarcerated youth, not to mention his long, distinguished career as a Professor of Art at the Pacific NW College of Art.