For the first time, the NW NATURAL STREET OF DREAMS is going urban. This year’s show will take place in the Pearl District of Portland and will feature approximately 10 high-rise condos priced between $1 million and $4 million. Most of the homes include eco-friendly construction, materials and furnishings.
DATES: Aug. 1 to 30.
LOCATION: Various condominiums in the Pearl District.
HOURS: Noon to 8 p.m., Wed., Thurs. and Fri.; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. (The tour is closed on Mon. and Tues.)
ADMISSION: $15 for adults during peak hours (4 to 8 p.m., Thurs., Fri. and Sat.; and all day Sun.); $13 for adults during off hours (all day Wed. and Thurs., and noon to 4 p.m., Fri.); $6 for children 6 to 14 years old; kids younger than 6 are admitted free.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Go to streetofdreamspdx.com.
Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery is very pleased to have Dawn O'Shaughnessy and Debbie Melville use our furniture in the overall interior design in Block 90 PH 401.
Bev & Mike
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The Summer Sale is on now at Greentea Design. We are offering 10-30% off all of our collection pieces. This includes popular stock items like our Big Burl Step Chest, Lattice TV Stand and Maru Coffee Table and more.Greentea is a friend of the environment by using reclaimed woodfor their new pieces.
We are also taking 10% off all Antique Pieces from our latest selection. You can check out these unique, hand-picked pieces in our new Antiques Section. We update this section regularly and always consider requests from our valued customers.
Sale ends September 6th, 2009.
“We are committed to providing creative cabinetry design solutions for every room in the home,” remarks Wendy Anderson, general manager. “Utilizing environmentally responsible products with careful attention to detail, we work with clients to match their room with their vision and budget.”The new Craft & Design Pearl District showroom is located at:
kymo is a German label for contemporary floorwear. In keeping with the brand's philosophy 'Go on. And create.' the kymo collection is characterized by a stylish, young, fresh and cutting-edge approach.kymo's newest creation is 'SG AIRY PREMIUM'. They call it the perfect Lounge-feeling for every room! They are creating that relaxed atmosphere of a lounge, or laid-back cosiness.
Founded in 2005, kymo is now present in ambitious high-end design and home furnishing stores in over 50 countries worldwide. Numerous well-known brands and companies such as HUGO BOSS, Mercedes-Benz, MTV, or Montblanc have all used kymo rugs for their own shop projects or product presentations
Today’s crafting community is online, connected, and blissfully blogging about their work and ideas. Blogging is hot in this highly creative world—and here is the only how-to book aimed directly at them. Everyone from knitters and beaders to scrapbookers and altered artists will find the practical information and visual inspiration they need to create an artful online journal.You may say crafting isn't interior design, but you would be wrong to pass. Here you will meet some of the web's most successful bloggers.
| Home Accents Today hosts the blog The Landfair Retail Focus written by Mike Landfair. Mike looks at a tremendous number of design blogs for information about latest trends, colors, fashions and furniture that he shares with his readers and he links to your blogs and stores. Here are a few of his latest posts with links to the articles. His articles are flavored with his experiences of supporting his wife Beverly who owns and operates Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery in Portland, Oregon. In addition Mike posts at The Landfair Furniture (Blog) where he comments on a variety of issues of interest to interior designers and their clients. We welcome any link exchanges and encourage you to add us to you blogroll, if you like our content. Do The Design Mags Feature Good Design? - We've had a great discussion about design or shelter magazines showing bad design. "Sutton's Law" - Go Where The Money Is! - The article says that the affluent are on the internet more than ever: Top 10 Activities Of Moms Online - Research reveals moms of all ages use the internet a lot. What they are seeking? Dimethly Fumarate (DMF) May Be A Problem -Even small levels of exposure can cause serious skin sores, blisters, rashes and eye irritation. The Resort Effect And Outdoor Lighting - The hottest trend in the home is outdoor living. Rammed Earth Is Stunning! - Rammed earth is used to build homes and the interior walls are magical. Who Is Eileen Kathryn Boyd? -…pictures of her design at the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse. What Is Pyrolave? - Pyrolave, also, makes indoor/outdoor furniture and here are some examples of their work. Women Who Blog - …eMarketer has a column about not just moms but women and their internet habits.. Contemporary Lighting for the Modern Style Apartment – When nighttime approaches, the lighting of your home should not only highlight the beauty of your modern furniture, but it should also encompass the overall modern theme of your room's décor. Video Tour Of Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery - Beverly gives a tour of Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery in Portland's Pearl Sofa's Durability Depends On Fabric - How exactly is a fabric's durability measured?
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Rammed earth, also known as pisé de terre or simply pisé, is a type of construction material. It is an ancient building method that has seen a revival in recent years as people seek more sustainable building materials and natural building methods. Traditionally, rammed earth wall buildings are common in arid regions where wood is in scarce supply.
The mixture for rammed earth walls is compacted in layers between forms. Each layer of the rammed earth wall is approximately 6 inches deep. As each form is filled, another form is placed above it, and the process begins again. This is continued until the desired rammed earth wall height is achieved.
Every designer aspires to be invited to partake in the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse....It's definitely the Superbowl in the interior design world. When I found out in February that I was selected as one of only 30 designers, I was simultaneously thrilled and terrified. Thrilled to exercise my creativity in such a prestigious forum and terrified by the pressure to execute my vision in such a short time frame.
A little research and I found it was a process developed by a French company of the same name. Extracted from the Nugere crater at the heart of Auvergne's volcanoes, Volvic lava, this consistent and dense stone has exceptional qualities created by time. The extremely resistant blocks are extracted by hand from open-air quarry. They are then cut into slabs, processed and glazed. The expertise of the Pyrolave engineers allow them to select enamels not just for their beauty but for their resistance and resilience after being fired at more than 1000°C. Delicate crazing appears on the surface during cooling. Being more or less prominent – subject to the colour, these fine lines are the inimitable signature of the glazed lava stone.This leads me to my next discovery. Pyrolave makes indoor/outdoor furniture and here are some examples of their work:
The schmear or dab-on paint job that's done by a handyman or a day laborer to give a wall three coats of paint and pronounce the job "done." In an apartment, this is often accomplished "on the cheap" when tenants move out and you freshen up the place before the new tenants move in. We sometimes call the paint job "landlord issue" when white paint has been amateurishly applied to the walls of an apartment or new home.The author writes about skim coating, which I see was an option for us or we could have used a taping system on the cracks.
Skim coating is a great way to make walls uniform in a room, particularly when you're mixing new drywall surfaces with existing, older walls. In skim coating, you take a fine plaster compound and you actually plaster the walls. The skim-coated wall surface feels cooler to the touch than sheetrock and it's smoother than bare sheetrock. It gets sanded between coats. It's very dusty to do this, but once the dust settles and the room is cleaned up, the paint is beautiful when applied.If you click the link to skim coating there are a whole number of comments about whether skim coating is necessary.
A good outdoor kitchen designer will offer expertise on functional kitchen design, appliance selection, and suitable outdoor lighting and finish materials. They will listen to your needs and offer creative solutions resulting in an outdoor space that compliments your lifestyle. A designer will also offer invaluable knowledge regarding local code and safety requirements. For instance, an experienced designer will know to confirm that all fixtures meet UL safety standards, and that most outdoor outlet receptacles need to be specified as Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) to protect against electric shock and fires.
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