novel idea

Chowswap

More home-grown or home-made food or produce than you can eat? Here’s your solution!

07/18/2012 By Kate Bryant

Slideshow

Slide Show: Wish List

07/18/2012

Habitat

Breaking Tradition

A Portland couple re–imagines the classic tudor.

07/18/2012 By Amara Holstein

Plantwise

Summertime: The Living Is Easy

07/18/2012 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Inside the New Moderns

From boathouse to "Treehouse," new Portland modernist homes open up for a tour on Saturday.

07/16/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Seattle Mod Squad

Solving modern problems with better basic furniture, made in America.

07/14/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

More than Moody Blues

Cloth & Goods is a lovely new online (and NW Portland) shop for the pure shades produced by the magical indigo plant.

07/14/2012 By Kristin Belz

things to do

Garden Dialogues

The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s brilliant idea: bring landscape architects and their clients together for a conversation about the design process

07/11/2012 By Kate Bryant

In the Kitchen

More Spice in Less Space

Gneiss Spice’s magnetic jars put the right spice within reach even when the space is tight.

07/10/2012 By Kristin Belz

get dirty

Summer Garden Projects

07/10/2012 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Taking it to the Streets

News flash: the Street of Dreams and Street of Affordable Homes are not the same streets. But both are pretty nice addresses.

07/09/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Modurne Movement

The furniture shop where swanky and chic meets comfortable and durable settles into new digs in John’s Landing.

07/08/2012 By Kristin Belz

Slideshow

Slide Show: Five Perennial Picks for Portland Gardeners

07/06/2012

plant this!

Five Perennial Picks for Portland Gardeners

a visit to the garden of Portland Monthly staffer Scott Weber

07/06/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Outdoors, Comfort Underfoot

An outdoor rug makes a space into a place.

07/02/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

City Maps Come Alive

4D Cityscape brings 3D puzzles of city maps into the fourth dimension.

07/01/2012 By Kristin Belz

gardening school

Small-Flowered Clematis

learn how to grow them and work them into your garden from one of the Pacific Northwest’s top Clematis experts

06/29/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant this!

Mock Orange: Tender but Tough

an early summer favorite fills the air with fragrance

06/28/2012 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Portland Past, Present and Future

The Architectural Heritage Center looks at the City's many plans for the next 30 years and considers newly historic landmarks such as Memorial Coliseum.

06/26/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Your Sofa Story, Custom Told

Create your own couch? Of course you can, at Perch.

06/25/2012 By Kristin Belz