Recently, we paid a visit to long-time friends Old Portland Hardware & Architectural to ask owner Bret Hodgert a few questions, explore the showroom, and found many one-of-a-kind architectural gems …
St. Johns Signal Gas Station: A Study in Successful Restoration
One of Portland’s most successful restorations in the past decade has been the Signal Gas Station in the St. Johns neighborhood. A number of years ago, developer Rob Phillips, owner …
Mail-Order Houses in Portland Oregon
Could your early-20th century home possibly have been one of the now infamous mail-order houses that was selected from a catalog and purchased by mail? As unusual as it might …
Fashion on the Edge of Change: A Fashion Show for Historians and Period Enthusiasts
Have you ever wondered what happened between the Victorian Age and the Roaring 20s that so drastically changed the way women dressed – forever? That’s exactly what the Preservation Artisans …
Preservation Artisans Guild Member Feature: Bolling & Company
Bo Sullivan grew up in a 200-year-old house in a 300-year old-town that had been forgotten by time. The son of a preservationist/antique dealer and a scientist-turned-old-time-hardware-store-owner, Bo spent his teen-age years digging up …
Preservation Artisans Guild Member Feature: Jim and Sharon Mackie | ArtCraft Silversmiths
When you think of the age-old art of silversmithing, you may first think of a lovely dining room place setting, a delicate mirror and brush set, a baby’s silver cup …
Historic Wallpaper Presentation
Check out this gorgeous video from our most recent event in early September, 2016. Preservation Artisans Guild member, and special presenter of the evening was wallpaper and history aficionado Bo …
Functional Art: The Beauty of Vintage Appliances
There has always been a blending of decorative arts with functionality in the design of domestic kitchen tools, everything from painted scenes in the glazes of ancient clay vessels to …