Adventures in Remodeling Part 1: the Secret Wine Cellar
How do you make your home something special to you? This series of 3 posts will share stories about how we helped clients make this home all their own.
In 2011 on a corner lot in the heart of Lake … Read more
Everyday Luxuries: A Winning Wine Cellar
Adding a wine cellar sounds like the kind of investment that would only make sense in a grand residence- and there are certainly some gorgeous wine cellars in some of Portland’s most gracious homes.
Not everybody has that kind of … Read more
Guest Post: Invite Architectural Salvage Into Your Home
We are so grateful to our friends at Old Portland Hardware & Architectural for hosting our July Historic Home How To Workshop (Have you RSVP’d yet? You can do so here). While you are at the workshop, you’ll … Read more
An Adventurous Kitchen and Bath Renovation
Design by Anne De Wolf. Photo by Photo Art Portraits.
This Sellwood family wanted every room of their home to spark their family’s imagination and sense of adventure. Every corner contains a new discovery… and every room is designed to … Read more
Mudroom Magic
Design by Anne De Wolf. Photo by Photo Art Portraits.
As the fall weather turns mercurial and the schoolbags begin piling up on every surface, the urge to corral all that indoor/outdoor stuff into one tidy location can become overwhelming.… Read more
Add Personality with Salvaged Lighting Fixtures
Our roving salvage correspondent Nancy Ranchel has a great piece posted on the NW Renovations blog about how to add personality to your home through salvaged vintage lighting fixtures. Here’s a quote:
… Read moreNext time you need a new sconce or
From Pattern to Prep Station: Alternative Surfaces for Kitchen Islands
I love metal patterns! These are pieces of metal from which pattern pieces have been cut out – for car parts, for machine parts, you name it.
Imagine a piece of fabric after you’ve cut out a pattern for a … Read more
Summertime in Oregon
If you’ve lived in Oregon for a while you are probably familiar with our summers. Or our lack of summers. I’m an accountant and a sun slut, so I’m a bit obsessed with when we get our first 80 degree … Read more
A Client’s Eye View… of Richard and Anne
Sometimes the best way to see yourself… is through the eyes of a friend. Recently we asked Arciform client and good friend to share here “Client’s Eye View” of Arciform husband and wife team Anne and Richard De Wolf.
Here’s … Read more