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

places to go

Thicket!

A charming new retail plant nursery at NE 23rd & Alberta.

06/21/2012 By Kate Bryant

pollinator conservation

Three Ways To Help Pollinators in Your Garden

06/20/2012 By Kate Bryant

things to do

PATIO

It’s a patio furniture swap meet!

06/19/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

The Good Mod Makes a Good Move

The vintage furniture store stretches out in style in its new digs on both Burnsides, East and West.

06/19/2012 By Kristin Belz

things to do

Garden Conservancy Open Garden Days

Five gardens in the Hillsboro/Aloha area open Sat June 23rd

06/15/2012 By Kate Bryant

Plantwise

Beat the Heat

It’s summer! (By the earth’s tilt, at least.) Here are five things you need to know to make the most of it.

06/15/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant this!

Uncommon Roses

Rose City’s roses have much more to offer than pretty flowers

06/12/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Indigo Sunshine

The mood is Mediterranean at Indigo Traders in Multnomah Village.

06/11/2012 By Kristin Belz