When I first lived in Portland proper, back in the early 2000s, North Williams Avenue was not a place to hang out. There just wasn’t much there, aside from industrial buildings, and one of the first iterations of SCRAP (I remember lots of empty lots nearby). So it was pretty early in the street’s development when Ink […]
Field Trip: SCRAP PDX
Scrap is one of my favorite places to find craft supplies, and to get inspired. It’s a non-profit art supply warehouse that sells used materials of all sorts. But this was actually my first visit to this location. Until last year it was very close to my house in North Portland, and then they moved across […]
Field Trip: Pistils Nursery
Pistils Nursery has been one of my favorite places to buy plants ever since I moved within walking distance two years ago. Indoors, they’ve long had a great selection of houseplants, terrarium supplies, and gifts, and in the back, there were lots of outdoor plants, and even a flock of fluffy chickens. But this past winter they […]
Field Trip: Work/Shop
One of the reasons I started this series was to give me an excuse to visit new places. I’m a homebody, so even though I’m surrounded by cool shops, it often takes me a long time to check them out in person. Work/shop* only opened last November, but I’m glad this column motivated me to make […]
Field Trip: Schoolhouse Electric
Schoolhouse Electric has been pretty well-known in the interior design world for years now. You practically can’t throw a rock in a design-blogger’s house (who would even do such a thing!?) without hitting a couple of their lights. It’s one of the first places we looked for lights when we were updating our house, and we have their […]
Field Trip: Mississippi Rebuilding Center
For today’s Field Trip, I’m taking you to a place that’s in some ways the opposite of the very well-curated Beam & Anchor. The Mississippi ReBuilding Center is probably the one of the least photogenic, most useful places I’ll feature here. They’re a non-profit that accepts donations of reusable building materials, and sells them to the […]
Field Trip: Beam & Anchor
This is the debut entry in my new weekly Friday column, Field Trip, where I plan to share pictures from my visit to a nearby shop, restaurant, or sight. These parts are just full of gorgeous scenery, cool shops, and you may have heard about the amazing food. (The Washington Post named Portland the best food city in […]