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• Category: Additions
  • Additions
  • Adventures in Remodeling, Part 3: The Kitchen
  • Adventures in Remodeling Part 2: the Garage
  • Adventures in Remodeling Part 1: the Secret Wine Cellar
  • Your Whole House Plan Part Two: A Plan for Every Floor
  • Multi-Faceted Remodeling for Your Multi-Generational Family
  • Postcards from the Field: April
  • 5 Things to Consider When Thinking of a Dormer Addition
  • Historic Curb Apeal: Taking Care of Your Tudor
  • Historic Curb Appeal: Maintaining Your Craftsman
  • Historic Curb Appeal: Capturing the Essence of Your Colonial Revival
  • Case Study: A Historic Review Kitchen
  • 5 Things You May Not Realize about the Historic Review Process
  • Client’s Eye View: Laurelhurst Cottage Remodel
  • Mudroom Magic
  • Finding the Light
  • Client’s Eye View: Creating a Light and Airy Art Studio
  • Bringing the Inside Out: Creating a Balcony Retreat
  • Renovation Advice from Pair of Inspiring Arciform Clients
• Category: ADUs
  • ADUs and Air BnBs
  • Creating an AirBnB Worthy Basement Renovation
  • Recoup Your Renovation Investment with Airbnb
• Category: Alameda
  • Client’s Eye View: An Elegant, Whimsical Kitchen
  • Client’s Eye View: Restoring a Vintage Kitchen with a Touch of Tiffany Blue
• Category: Appliances
  • Designer Picks: New Appliances We Love
• Category: Arciform in the News
  • The Morris Marks Diaries: Old House Revival Tour
  • Pioneer Mother’s Cabin Rescued from Willamette
  • Progress on the Smokehouse Restoration
  • Introducing Our New Senior Designer, Chelly Wentworth
  • Friend of Arciform Shares her Experience of the Boston Marathon Bombing
  • Arciform Building Struck by Drunk Driver
• Category: Arciform in the World
  • An Atlanta Arciform Project
  • Join Arciform in Giving Back this Season
  • Historic Cabin Brought Back to Life
  • Postcards from the Field: Knotts Owen Barn
  • Postcard from the Field: Pioneer Mothers Cabin Update
  • Congratulations to Jeremy for Becoming a Certified Project Manager
  • Check out the Bat Houses!
  • You’re Invited: Arciform Client Joins First Thursday
  • Zerlina’s Grand Iceberg Adventure
• Category: Backsplash
  • A Backsplash with Personality
• Category: Backyard Living
  • Designing an Adventure-Ready Home
  • Mary Poppins Inspires Rooftop Boat Hatch
  • Building a Nest
  • 10 Steps to a Perfect Outdoor Kitchen
  • Arciform’s Summer Reading List
  • Now and Then
  • Rescuing a 100 Year Old Wisteria
  • Bringing the Indoors Out: Front Yard Library?
  • Summertime in Oregon
  • The Guys!
  • A Client’s Eye View… of Richard and Anne
  • From Ocean Voyage to Backyard Guest House
• Category: Basements
  • Inspired by the Story: An Interview with Anne De Wolf and the Kitzis-Strasfeld Family
  • Everyday Luxuries: A Winning Wine Cellar
  • Flex Your Basement for Your Growing Family
  • Your Whole House Plan Part Three: The Basement and Beyond
  • Your Whole House Plan Part One: A Solid Foundation
  • Your 6 Step Guide to a Warmer Winter
• Category: Bathrooms
  • Thriving During the Remodel
  • How to have a Lovelier Morning
  • 5 Clever Conveniences for a Small Bathroom
  • Client’s Eye View: 2 Baths with Room to Breathe
  • 5 Tips to Add More Comfort and Joy to your Bathroom
  • An Adventurous Kitchen and Bath Renovation
  • Behind the Scenes at our Mid-Century Marvel Shoot
• Category: Blog
  • This Day in History
  • Return to Romance
  • In Good Hands: Project Manager JOE HOFFMAN
  • Building Trusting Relationships by Design
  • The Walter: A Labor of Love
  • ARCIFORM’s Holiday Gift Guide Part 3
  • ARCIFORM’s Holiday Gift Guide Part 2
  • ARCIFORM’s Holiday Gift Guide 2020
  • STAGING INTERVENTIONS: 
Preservationists Rick Michaelson & Karen Karlsson 
Fight to Save Portland’s Architectural History
  • Our Summer Road Trip Continues!
  • Celebrating the Heceta Head Lighthouse!
  • Summer Road Trip Through Restoration 2020
  • By Saving “One of the Last of Its Kind,” ARCIFORM Preserves Portland’s History
  • ARCIFORM Builds More Than Just Houses: They Build Community
  • To Us, Sustainability is all About Preserving and Enhancing
  • Confidently Colorful: Inspired by Color and Pattern at Home
  • Carrying the Torch: Preservationists Save Portland’s Architectural Treasures
  • VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT GUIDE
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2019, Designer Edition
  • A back-of-house addition to a 1911 home in the Irvington Historic District
  • A Century of Style: Portland’s Architecture from the 1850s to Today
  • Great Gatsby! What a Party!
  • Inspired by Family
  • Design Week Recap
  • This Beautiful 1909 Bungalow Matches Kerri Hoyt-Pack Inside and Out
  • Behind the Scenes at Our “Inspired by the Family” Video Shoot
  • Whole House Remodels:
    Breaking Down a Complex Process
  • See us at Design Week!
  • What does “Inspired by the Story” mean to us?
  • 2018 Holiday Gifts: Make Home More Homey
  • Morris Marks: Through the Eyes of a Budding Architecture Student
  • An Alameda Ideal
  • The Morris Marks Diaries: Moving Day
  • An Irvington Revival
  • Subliminal Education
  • Inspired by Family Home Tour
  • The Pros and Cons of Induction Cooking
  • Photoshoot Day: The Kerri Hoyt-Pack House
  • Dan Volkmer’s Kitchen Remodel
  • Support Snowdays
  • Help an Arciform Staffer Race for the Cure by Joining Her NBA Bracket Pool!
  • CanStructing for Oregon’s Most Vulnerable
  • Category: ADU
    • Opportunity Knocks: A Workshop for ADUs and Living Space Conversions
    • Creating an AirBnB Worthy Basement Renovation
  • Category: Inspired by the Family
  • Category: Kitchens
    • Kid-Friendly Kitchens
    • Which Counter Top Material is Right for You?
    • Client’s Eye View: Finding the Perfect Range for Your Kitchen
    • Making it Personal: 8 Ways to Add Personal Style Your Kitchen
    • Period Kitchens: The ’50s and ’60s
    • Period Perfect Kitchen: the 1940s
    • 9 Things Your Designer will Consider that You’ll Never See
    • Period Perfect Kitchen: 1920-1930
    • Period Perfect Kitchen: Tens and Teens
    • Period Perfect Kitchen: Pre-1910
    • Design Secrets: Which Kitchen Sink is Right for You?
    • Kitchen Confidential: 5 Hidden Conveniences for Your Kitchen
    • From Pattern to Prep Station: Alternative Surfaces for Kitchen Islands
    • Help Us Choose Our Small Kitchen Makeover Winner
    • 6 Great Kitchen Islands
    • A One-of-a-Kind Arciform Kitchen
  • Category: Morris Marks Diaries
  • Category: Project Planning
  • Category: Remodeling
• Category: Buildings
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church
  • Harlow Hotel
  • First Congregational Church
  • Hollywood Theatre
  • The Fried Durkheimer
  • Caples House Museum
  • The Woodlark
  • Hi Lo Hotel
  • Logical Position
  • Pioneer Mother’s Cabins
  • Coquille River Lighthouse
  • Champoeg Pavilion
  • Gallon House Covered Bridge
  • TOC Concert Hall
  • The Flint Barn
  • Lan Su Chinese Gardens
  • Silver Falls Cabin
  • Umpqua Valley Arts Center
  • Union Station
  • Heceta Head Lighthouse
  • Shipley-Cook Barn
  • Commercial Remodeling Services
• Category: Bungalows
• Category: Carpenter on Call
  • Tell Us Your New Year’s To Do List and Win!
• Category: Client Profile
  • Project Profile: Creating Space for a Growing Family
• Category: Client's Eye View
  • Client’s Eye View: Donna and Bill’s Compact and Classic Kitchen
  • Small Kitchen Makeover: Design Phase
  • Starting Small
• Category: Colonial Revival Exteriors
• Category: Creative Spaces
• Category: Decor Ideas
  • Add Personality with Salvaged Lighting Fixtures
• Category: Designer Picks
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2019, Designer Edition
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Part Three
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Part Two
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Part One
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide: Part 4
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide: Part 3
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide: Part 2
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide: Part 1
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket H | Central Eastside
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket G | Central Eastside
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket F | Division
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket E | Division
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket D | Downtown
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket C | Downtown
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket B | NoPo
  • Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest | Bracket A | NoPo
  • Knife Storage Solutions
• Category: Designer Profiles
  • Meet Junior Designer Anna Foltz
  • Meet Junior Designer Bianca McKelvy
  • Introducing Designer Jeffrey Kelly
  • Designer Profile: Meet Kristyn Bester
• Category: Dormer Addition
• Category: Exteriors
  • What Color Should You Paint Your House?
  • 5 Steps to a Welcoming Entry
  • Your March Checklist for a Smooth Running Home
• Category: Fun and Games
  • Steal this Idea! A Summer Design Contest
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide (Part 3)
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide (Part 2)
  • Designer Holiday Gift Guide (Part 1)
  • 2014 Handyman Gift Guide
  • What’s the Story of Your Home?
  • The Stories Your House Could Tell
  • May Your Home Always Welcome You with Open Arms
• Category: Fundraisers
  • Support the Portland Baroque Orchestra
  • Support the Architectural Heritage Center
  • Who Do You Support?
  • Support Restore Oregon
  • Support Team in Training – the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • Support Portland Center Stage
• Category: Garages
• Category: Guest Suites
• Category: Hillside
• Category: Historic Curb Appeal
  • Guest Post: Invite Architectural Salvage Into Your Home
  • Historic Curb Appeal: 5 Steps to Refreshing a Vivid Victorian
• Category: Historic Districts
  • Arciform is Your Resource for Historic Review Expertise
• Category: Historic Preservation
  • Richard De Wolf Interviewed on StreetTalk’s Podcast
  • Restoring a Historic Oregon Barn
  • Restoration at Lan Su Chinese Garden
  • Help Pass the Revitalize Main Street Act and Save Oregon’s Historic Buildings!
  • Celebrating Saul Zaik
  • Saving a Piece of the Oregon Trail
• Category: Home Organization
  • A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place
• Category: Home Remodeling
  • Kitchens
  • Baths
  • Basements
  • Attics
• Category: Homes
  • 1919 Arlington Heights Colonial
  • 1939 Garrison Tudor
  • 1893 Jacob H. Cook House
  • 1952 Sabin Midcentury Ranch
  • 1909 Sellwood Cottage Bungalow
  • 1929 SW Hills Tudor
  • 1915 Irvington Prairie Style
  • 1904 NW District Victorian
  • 1920 Lake Oswego Bungalow
  • 1961 Alameda Midcentury Modern
  • 1909 SW Hills A.E. Doyle Colonial Revival
  • 1899 Boise Victorian
  • 1926 Alameda Tudor-Revival
  • 1937 Grant Park Tudor
  • 2002 Pearl District Urban Loft
  • 1976 Irvington Ranch
  • 1978 SW Hills Eclectic Ranch
  • 1923 Arts & Crafts in Irvington
  • 1902 Sellwood Victorian
  • 1962 Midcentury Modern
  • 1908 Overlook Shingle Style
  • 1911 Irvington Colonial
  • Residential Remodeling Services
• Category: Inspired by the Story
• Category: Lake Oswego
• Category: Living Rooms
  • 5 Ways to Warm Up Your Hearth for the Holidays
  • What Should Go on This Wall?
• Category: Master Suite
  • The Suite Life
• Category: Meet the Team
  • Meet Jason Stephens: Estimator
  • Meet Roger Muller: Field Carpenter
  • Meet Project Manager Joe McAlester
  • Meet Project Manager Devin Morrow
  • Meet Junior Designer Tara Keefner
  • Meet Operations Manager Clint Nicholson
  • Meet Client Services Manager James Kistner
  • Meet Client Services Manager Andres Zacharovas
  • Meet Client Services Manager Jeremy Gould
  • Meet Design Department Manager Marty Hegg
• Category: Mid-Century Musings
  • Mid-Century Mahogany
• Category: Mudrooms
• Category: Neighborhoods
• Category: Past Events
  • The DeMuro Award: Celebrating Excellence in Preservation, Reuse, and Community Revitalization
  • Lan Su Chinese Garden Virtual Benefit: Under the Moonlight
  • Road Trip Through Restoration
  • Old House Revival Tour 2020: The Morris Marks Reveal
  • Short Term Rental and ADU Workshop
  • Architectural Home Styles of Portland
  • Designer Spotlight Series
  • Inspired by Family: Home Design Workshop
  • Great Gatsby-esque Party
    at The De Wolf House
  • RESTORE OREGON’S:
    Midcentury Modern Home Tour, Lecture/Panel and After Party
  • Whole House Remodel Workshop
  • Open House
  • Old House Revival Tour
  • HOME DESIGN WORKSHOP:
    Kitchens & Cooking
  • HOME DESIGN WORKSHOP:
    Changing Family
  • INSPIRED BY FAMILY:
    ARCIFORM & Christiane Millinger Party
  • HOME DESIGN WORKSHOP:
    Kitchens & Cooking
  • AHC:
    Old House Revival Tour
  • DESIGN WEEK:
    Midcentury Stunner
  • VWP:
    Open House Party
  • HOME TOURS:
    Midcentury Modern Homes
  • FUNDRAISERS:
    A Great Gatsby-esque
  • HOME TOURS:
    Irvington Neighborhood
  • WORKSHOP:
    ADUs & Short Term Rentals
  • HOME DESIGN WORKSHOPS
• Category: People
  • Anne De Wolf
  • Richard De Wolf
  • Bradley Horne
  • Marty Hegg
  • Adam Schoeffel
  • Joe Hoffman
  • Joe Mc Alester
  • Bri Johnson
  • Jamie Whitaker
  • Jack Ouska
  • Roger Muller
  • Noah Shultz
  • Don Golden
  • Tim Taunton
  • Stephyn Meiner
  • Jennifer Barrow
  • Sarah Crouse
  • Kirsten Crawford
  • Join Our Team
• Category: Postcards from the Field
  • Postcards from the Field Summer 2015 Edition
• Category: Press
  • Hotel Grand Stark
  • The Polished Prairie – An Architectural Gem One Hundred Years in the Making
  • Portland Shoe Baron’s 1880 Mansion Saved and Moved
  • Kitchen + Bath Makeovers
  • Refresh
  • Secrets of Getting Organized
  • All the Right Moves
  • Show House, Now & Then
  • Patience Pays Off
  • 5 Clothes Closets With Storage Ideas to Inspire
  • Whole House Remodel in Irvington
  • Colorfully Eclectic
  • New Twists on Salvage
  • Eclectic French Asian Country Style
  • Readers Remodel: Carol Scott Hess
  • French Bakery-Inspired Kitchen
  • Five Steps to a Colorful Kitchen Remodel
  • Home Remodeling 101
  • Kitchen Revival Tour
  • Champoeg Park Museum Move Comes with Big Challenges
  • Vehicle drives through dance studio in North Portland
  • Kitchen of the Week
  • Lake Oswego Marketing Agency’s Renovation
  • 5 Phenomenal Portland Kitchens
• Category: Refresh for Fall
• Category: Reviews
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church
  • Windows in a 1929 historic Portland home
  • 1916 Colonial Revival home in Irvington
  • Ammi S. Nichols House
  • A Southwest Evergreen Lane Kitchen Remodel
  • 1909 home in Portland Heights
  • 1909 cottage-style bungalow in Sellwood
  • A kitchen and pantry remodel
  • A 1929 Tudor Cottage Kitchen Remodel
  • Very pleased to have the opportunity to work with ARCIFORM
  • Complete Kitchen and Bathroom Remodel
  • A 1911 Colonial in NE Portland Remodel
  • The Dan Volkmer Team
• Category: Salvage Secrets
• Category: Sellwood-Moreland
• Category: Southwest Hills
• Category: Steal this Idea! Summer Design Contest
• Category: Things we Love
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Home Design Workshop: Changing Family
  • Dan Volkmer’s Kitchen Remodel
  • An Urban/Nature Fusion: The Eugenis & Amy House
  • A Night to Remember
  • Reimagining a Master Suite for Comfortable Style Now – and in Years to Come
  • 5 Kitchen Remodels We Love
  • The Morris Marks Diaries: Structural Development
  • A Kitchen for Cooking, Cats and Comfort
  • Linda’s Chewy Ginger-Molasses Chocolate Chunk cookies
  • The Holiday Party
  • The Morris Marks Diaries: Moving Day
  • Six Local Decor Shops for Interiors
  • Envisioning Your Basement and Bonus Room’s Potential
  • Understanding the Design Process: Final Steps
  • Understanding the Design Process: 2nd Steps
  • Understanding the Design Process: 1st Steps
  • Help Us CanStruct for the Oregon Food Bank
  • Give Thanks for All that Twirls and Tumbles in Arciform’s Custom Workshop
• Category: Wine Cellars
• Category: Winter Warming