The Design Angle

This year’s urban Northwest Natural Street of Dreams in Portland has many unique challenges not seen in past years shows because of the location and nature of the featured homes. What door was it? The project requires meeting many vendors at the penthouse to see...

Angela Todd Designs is giving away five pairs of Northwest Natural Street of Dreams tickets for the August 1st through August 31st show. How do you enter to win your two tickets? Send an email here and tell us all about: Your current remodeling or...

Each year designers in the Portland metropolitan area clamor for the opportunity to design and style a home in the Street of Dreams. Participation provides opportunities for awards, great portfolio additions, new clients, and design prowess. This year the Portland Home Builders Association unveiled the...

How do you choose a design concept for a penthouse in the Pearl District for the 2009 Street of Dreams? First, I knew the timeline of only weeks leading up to the show would create challenges, so I selected two talented interior designers with unique...

If you are looking to embark on a remodeling or redecorating project and lack direction, here is a step-by-step process to get underway. 1.) First, start with what inspires you What inspires you is probably in your home. Perhaps even in the room you want...

The Home Builders Association’s Ultimate Open House April 18th-19th and 25th-26th was a tremendous success. The Interior Design Society of Portland worked with several of the home builders to stage and style their homes. The following property built by Westlake Development recieved an offer the...

The way we live today is more complex than even 10 years ago. Multi-use furniture is getting more innovative than ever in 2009. Check out Ty Pennington’s collection at Howard Miller launched at High Point market. The line has some great features: storing drawers in...

If you are a listener of Around the House with Handyman Bob on KXL 750am and listened to today’s show, we would like to welcome you to our blog. My Design Angle segment on Bob’s show each week is a preview to the design tips,...

It’s official, the Home Builder’s Association’s Remodelers Council (RC) is changing its name to PRO – Professional Remodelers Organization. The name isn’t the only thing that is changing, though. The roll-out of the name, unanimously approved by the HBA Board of Directors and announced to...

Is it just me or is it getting harder to identify real life photography from architectural renderings? I admit I sometimes long for the days of hand drawing. I love my pencils and watercolors, but I find most project budgets don’t warrant this type of...