No other flooring provides the beauty, warmth, value, easy maintenance, earth friendly, and healthy benefits that wood does. If you are contemplating putting new flooring in one room or the entire house, consider wood. Types of Wood Floors Solid flooring is 3/4” thick, is nailed down, and is in pieces that don’t run the full length of the room because typically they vary from 2’ to 8’ in length. The... more

Hardware in your home demands the human touch, from the entry doorknocker to your kitchen cabinets. Function is the first order of business for doorknobs, window latches, drawer pulls, and hinges. After function, design steps in and here’s where choices are placed on the homeowner. In today’s marketplace you can restore the charm of your vintage home with ornate Victorian style, basic hand-tooled Arts & Crafts... more

Scott Mumma cutting cabinet panels in Arciform’s fully equipped woodworking shop. Many of Arciform’s clients ask what exactly does “arciform” mean? According to Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Arciform is an adjective that means to deviate from a straight line. Anne and Richard DeWolf, co-owners of Arciform, agree that this definition is also an accurate description of how... more

McGee Salvage Can a person have a passion for hardwood flooring? Yes, and Tobey Parsons, owner of McGee Salvage located on the south edge of Scappoose, has it bad. Parsons’ main gig is reclaiming high-quality wood flooring from gyms, dance floors, old warehouses, buildings, and homes. Parsons also stocks old growth clear vertical-grain 3 1/2″ fir that graces most of Portland’s older homes. Parsons specializes ... more

We have all heard the stories about the professional painter who comes to a site, eyeballs it, and knows exactly how much paint to buy. Professional painter and author Jack Luts (The Complete Guide to Painting Your Home) claims to always know how much paint will cover the exterior of a home by counting the rooms and hallways inside a home. His single-coat exterior formula is to allow one gallon of paint for each room in... more

Eleek’s cast metal tiles are designed and manufactured here in Portland. They are made from 100% recycled aluminum (recycled bronze is also available) and are finished with a clear powdercoat finish that is non-reactive, non-toxic, stain proof, and amazingly durable. They are lighter than stone. Custom artist-applied patinas or colored powdercoats... more

  For this how-to we will be using the Squeeeeek No More kit. With this kit you can stop squeaks for wood, carpeted, and vinyl/linoleum floors. The kit comes with an alignment and depth control fixture, 50 special scored screws (extra screws can be purchased separately), square head driver bit with a stop, taped screw example for Berber carpet, (joist finding screw and fender washer used for carpet and vinyl/linoleum only). For wood floors you’ll also need a 7/64” drill bit and drill. This system... more

Tired of plain-looking walls? Do you want to make a room more cheery, feel larger, or just different? There are many things you can do to liven up a room and even create illusions of space — simply paint the walls a different color. Or just paint one section of a wall a different color. If you want to go beyond painting a wall a different color there are other options. A mural can provide a view of the colorful Mediterranean coastline from a villa on a garden-cloaked ridge or the mountain view... more