The Modern Beach House
Two new homes bring high design to the coast.
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Designer Spotlight: Stan Boles
During his forty-year tenure at Boora Architects, former principle Stan Boles designed a number of striking modern beach houses along the Oregon Coast—most recently, the 360 House, a glass and steel home with virtually 360-degree views.
Mad for Mid-Century
Whether you associate the Mid-century modern aesthetic with Mad Men or your parents’ living room, its clean lines and signature look have become iconic. Here, we admire two Mid-century homes that have been restored for the next era.
Designer Spotlight: Erez Russo
Oregon’s natural beauty is hard to resist. Just ask architect Erez Russo. “I’ve been all around the world but wound up in Portland because I fell in love with how big nature is here,” Russo said.
The Good Mod
As a kid in Indiana, Spencer Staley liked to tag along with his grandfather. “He would always take us to garage sales,” Staley recalled. “I really enjoyed it.” Staley kept up the practice when he moved to Portland in 1998, spending days off from his restaurant job cruising estate sales. On these outings, Staley was repeatedly drawn to Danish and Mid-century modern furniture. Over time, he taught himself to recognize key designers and restore damaged pieces, then selling his restored finds from his garage. By 2006, he opened his own storefront called The Good Mod. photo by Arthur Hitchcock Today, Staley’s shop has expanded to a 20,000-square-foot space downtown, complete with a showroom for his vintage furniture and a studio where he fabricates his own designs. “A lot of the things I make are not traditional,” Staley said. “I really like to experiment.” In 2013, this led to the creation of his first chair, called .001,…
A Clean Slate
Whether you prefer old world details such as a freestanding tub or a more minimalist and modern palette, these two bathrooms take a fresh spin across the style spectrum. We’re stepping inside for inspiration.
Red Pig Tools
“This is a dibble,” Bob Denman said on a recent tour through his store, Red Pig Garden Tools, housed in a 1,600-squarefoot barn in Boring. “It’s the oldest garden tool in the world.”
Designer Spotlight: Jenny Baines
“POWDER ROOMS ARE an opportunity to do something a little more glam, a little more fun and just experiment,” said Jenny Baines, the principle interior designer at Jenny Baines Interiors in Portland.
Steel Life
In 2011, Shannon Lester was floating down the Rogue River when she hit upon the idea for her first outdoor planter. Lesterhad been working as a landscape designer in Bend, at the design/build firm that she started with her husband, Andrew.