Home & Real Estate

Design School

Kenya Cookstoves Kickstart in Portland

ADX's summer camp helped Kickstart funding for inexpensive, clean-burning wood stoves that typical Kenyans will be able to afford.

09/02/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

FLOR Space Opens in the Pearl

Flexibility and full coverage aren't just for insurance policies anymore – they're crucial for carpet buying too (and a lot more fun to find out about).

09/01/2012 By Kristin Belz

plant of the week

Hardy Fuchsias for Portland Gardeners

Also known as "ladies' eardrops," fuchsias are cold-hardy, colorful and flower non-stop from June through frost.

08/29/2012 By Kate Bryant

FRESH IDEAS

CSB: Community Supported Bread

Laura Birshan's Bakester is setting out to change the way we eat our loaves, boasting fresh-from-the-oven bread delivered weekly.

08/29/2012 By Allison Jones

Gardening Classes

Free and Cheap Gardening Classes Sprout in Portland!

Local nurseries, nonprofits and plant societies offer a continuous education in edible and ornamental gardening and design.

08/27/2012 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Bright Summer Inspirations

Last call to catch the sunrays that will inspire us at home in the rainy months: buildings of Pietro Belluschi, prints of Ellsworth Kelly, and paintings of California Impressionists, on the South Park Blocks.

08/27/2012 By Kristin Belz

Design School

Half-built Housing

In Chile, incremental, “half-built housing” is a new model for building affordable urban infill. Good bye skinny house, hello half-built?

08/27/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Art for the Home at the Japanese Garden

Take a glimpse of the art "behind the shoji," and take advantage of the Labor Day weekend discount.

08/26/2012 By Kristin Belz

Plant This!

Showy Late Summer Blooming Perennial Flowers

The weather's finally warm enough to sit outside and and enjoy the garden with a cup of tea in the morning or a cold drink in the evening.

08/24/2012 By Kate Bryant

Market Watch

Hurrah for Broccoli Romanesco

Art, math and science display all in one delicious, exotic vegetable.

08/23/2012 By Kristin Belz

Mudroom

East Meets West Side

The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine flies in a feng shui master to channel its chi.

08/23/2012 By Kit Mauldin

Plantwise

Stretching Summer

What's growing this month

08/23/2012 By Kate Bryant

Mudroom

International Harvesters

At one local school, a garden and cafeteria go global.

08/23/2012 By Danielle Strom

Desirables

Cubes, Not for Rubes

Yube Cubes don’t take commitment, but they will help your storage needs.

08/22/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Jonathan Adler Moves to Portland!

The prince of witty, peppy home decor packs a punch of irreverant Palm Beach glam into a new shop in the Pearl.

08/22/2012 By Kristin Belz

resources for gardeners

Xera Plants' Website: A Resource for PNW Gardeners

This wholesale website is a great resource for plant-lovers, designers and gardeners needing authoritative information on some of the best plants for Pacific Northwest gardens.

08/21/2012 By Kate Bryant