Category Archives: Design

Use Pinterest to help organize your design inspirations as well as search out and share design images. Continue reading

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Times have changed. In years gone by I scoured the net, laboriously searching for headboard photos, living room layout ideas, Moroccan throw rugs and credenzas without much luck. Now it’s all I can do to keep my feet on the … Continue reading

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Guest Blog by Kristen Pender While helping out in the Portland Tradesmen office and in constantly surveying my favorite design blogs, I come across some pretty amazing innovations in the home remodeling world. Today I’ll try my hand at blogging … Continue reading

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Over the years I’ve found that there are five primary design elements or impulses that people tend to express and gravitate towards. Identifying the design elements that you are most drawn to helps to inform your design ideas and goals. … Continue reading

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Sustainability is a concept that has now been around long enough that technology implementation is a bigger hurdle than technology development. I know that sustainable technologies will continue to improve and multiply but by utilizing current technology intelligently we have … Continue reading

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Many people find themselves perplexed when it comes to the planning stage of a remodel project.  For most people the biggest questions relate to the design verses budget dilemma. Some approach a project by starting with a budget and working backwards, … Continue reading

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