OUR MISSION

The Preservation Artisans Guild Mission is to preserve our material culture through a community of artisans. We encourage best practices in traditional building crafts, interior design, architectural design, and the decorative and fine arts.

ALLEN’S ANTIQUE LIGHTING

Chris and Cindy Allen

If you are thinking about breathing life into an old room, or creating a new space, consider how a special light from Allen’s Antique Lighting can enhance your project.

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN

Jack Bookwalter

Jack Bookwalter serves as an Architectural Historian for the Preservation Artisan’s Guild. His depth of knowledge and experience is reflected in his articles in the Guild on-line library and future education program development.

ARIEL GRACE DESIGN

Karla Pearlstein and Gwen Jones

Founded in 2019 by Karla Pearlstein and Gwen Jones, Ariel Grace Design specializes in beautifully crafted, custom-designed floorcloths and plans to produce collections that span design eras from the 1800s to the present.

ART FIRST COLORS FOR ARCHITECTURE

Mary McMurray

Mary improves both new and historic properties with customized interior and exterior color design for paint and other materials. A color expert in the field of historic preservation, Mary has overseen the restoration of many significant buildings with appropriate color designs.

AURORA MILLS ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE

Mike Byrnes

Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage are dedicated to providing their customers with everything they need for any project whether it’s residential or commercial, big or small.

BOLLING & COMPANY

Bo Sullivan and Gwen Jones

Bolling & Company is the country’s singular source for rare, surviving, museum-quality original American wallpapers from the 1880s through the 1930s. Click here to take a closer look at Bo and Gwen’s work.

CASCADIA ART CONSERVATION CENTER, LLC

Robert Kreuger

Robert Krueger is an object conservator and the proprietor of Cascadia Art Conservation Center, LLC (CACC). CACC works to ensure the longevity of important objects such as national treasures, fine works of art, public monuments, or objects of family or personal importance.

COMMISSIONED DECORATIVE PAINTING

Rachel Hibbard

RACHEL HIBBARD creates considered designs that enhance architectural features in both private and public settings. She is an artist with an M.F.A from the University of Michigan, and a B.F.A. from PNCA, and over 18 years of experience as a decorative painter.

DAVID SCHLICKER STAINED GLASS STUDIO

David Schlicker

David Schlicker Stained Glass Studio has been in business for over 40 years. The studio’s work has covered an endless range of design themes and has produced windows for homes, businesses and churches throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

ELECTRIC SPAGHETTI NEON

Nigel Barnes

Erickson also breathes new life into stoves that are damaged beyond use, by adding new components, to allow them to work in new ways. For clients who want the beauty and elegance of one of these old stoves in their home, without burning wood, or coal, David will do a custom conversion so his client can simply turn a knob to cook with electric or gas.

ERICKSON’S ANTIQUE STOVES

David Erickson

FULL CIRCA INC.

Andrew Curtis

Full Circa’s founder, Andrew Curtis, has preserved and restored historic home in the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years. Curtis states that each residence is a work of art, with history worthy of study and a unique story to be honored. Our custom millwork shop Circa Works all Full Circa to produce a wide range of hand-crafted, historically accurate materials.

GKA LIGHTING

J.R. Vaderburg

GKA Lighting, Inc. works on projects ranging in size from rewiring small table lamps up to custom fabricating large fixtures for commercial buildings. It’s a small company that gives personal attention to clients’ needs.

GOLD LEAF RESTORATION

Bradley Streeper

Gold Leaf Restoration provides extensive expertise in the conservation and restoration of frames, furniture, art objects and more. They use traditional water gilding and mordant gilding techniques and materials historically appropriate to each object.

GOLD LEAF STUDIO

Nancy Thorn

For over 30 years, Gold Leaf Restoration has been at the forefront of bringing the medieval art of gilding into the modern age. Gilding, which is the painstaking application of a thin metal “leaf” or film to a wide variety of surfaces, is often valued for reasons of historical accuracy, as well as the uniqueness it imparts to modern objects.

GOODMAN APPRAISALS

Terra Goodman

Terra Goodman is a highly trained professional with years of experience in the industry. She will reduce the time, effort, and cost of the appraisal process, so our clients not only get accurate valuations but they also receive first-class customer service.

GREENLINE FINE WOODWORKING

Patrick O'Neil

Greenline Fine Woodworking is a southwest Portland-based general contracting business. Greenline assembles a team of dedicated artisans to deliver a high quality, handcrafted environment that will endure for generations.

HERMAN SILVER RESTORATION & CONSERVATION

Jeffrey Herman

Jeffrey has repaired, reconstructed, and hand polished everything from historically important tankards, tureens, and tea services to inexpensive disposal-damaged and dishwasher-dulled flatware.

HISTORIAN AND EDUCATOR

John Goodenberger

John E. Goodenberger grew up in Astoria where he has spent most of his life documenting the history of its buildings and the people who occupied them. Educated in architecture, he has also guided the restoration of many Astoria buildings.

JOANNE MEHL PAINTINGS

Joanne Mehl

I’m a fine artist specializing in portraiture as well as equine subjects. Much of my work is commissioned portraits of individuals, families and the animals they love; as well as scenes offered for sale by galleries or myself.

LAVENDER’S GREEN HISTORIC CLOTHING

Kay Demlow

Kay Demlow created Lavender’s Green Historic Clothing in 1991 in Hillsboro, Oregon to bring the romance and beauty of the past to people living today. Through the business she designs and creates custom garments for museum docents, Civil War reenactors, and Living History participants in the United States and Canada.

LEE’S BETTER LETTERS

Lee Littlewood

Lee’s Better Letters is a result of the fine art of calligraphy hitting the real world of making a living. Started as a one-man shop in the basement in 1972, it has expanded to a one-man shop with a number of colleagues in an elegant warehouse space.

MIMI NEAR MOSAIC STUDIO

Mimi Near

Mimi Near was 13 years old when she first saw ancient mosaic art in the great cathedrals of Europe. Her Portland-based studio now produces Architectural and Fine Art Mosaics for residential, commercial and public spaces throughout the country.

MONITOR MILLWORK

Donovan Harding

With a passion and spirit for preserving the stories of old, Don Harding truly excels in his knowledge of the woodworking and window making craftsmen of the past.

MODVIC

Bruce Rosenbaum

ModVic repurposes and infuses modern technology into period antiques and salvage objects – creating inspiring, authentic, relevant, functional, fantastical and personal one-of-kind Steampunk objects and spaces for individuals, families, homes, offices, corporations, restaurants, hotels – for anyone and anywhere!

MPF CONSERVATION

Mitchell and Katie Powell

MPF Conservation combines decades of hands on practice, specialty training and extensive study with an ongoing commitment to understanding new information and treatment techniques.

OCULUS FINE CARPENTRY

Amy McAuley

McAuley is the owner of Oculus Fine Carpentry, Inc. Started in 2002, Oculus specializes in the conservation of historic windows and doors. Her emphasis is in working with traditional tools and techniques with historic structures.

OLD PORTLAND HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURAL

Bret Hodgert

Old Portland Hardware & Architectural is a showroom with 10,000 square feet of antique lighting, vintage hardware, stained glass windows, and a thousand other unusual finds from Portland and across the country.

OVERBAY HOUSEWORKS

Ed Overbay

With a rich background in furniture making, residential design, construction, and project management, Ed Overbay and his talented crew have been designing and crafting fine cabinetry and unique interiors in northwest homes since 1974.

PAGENWOOD FURNITURE RESTORATION

Tom Pagenstecher

Thomas Pagenstecher professionally repairs and restores furniture from his personal workshop in Portland, Oregon

PAINTING CONSERVATION STUDIO

Elzbieta Osiak-Heise

Elzbieta is highly skilled in the conservation of easel paintings, polychrome sculpture and wall paintings. She works for private clients, small museums and corporate clients, as well as on historic homes.

PIECE OF THE WIND

Steve Pancoast

Piece of the Wind is a wood carving/sculpting shop dedicated to the restoration/preservation of old and historic architectural and decorative items that are in some fashion related to the art of Old World wood carving.

PIANO FINDERS

Kendall Ross Bean

When restoring a piano, it is not only important to preserve and restore what was originally there, but also so far as possible to bring the instrument back to its former potential - not only as a musical instrument but also as a beautiful piece of heirloom furniture. Kendall’s goal is to restore the piano as closely as possible to what it was when originally created

PORTLAND FRAMING SPECIALIST

Deann Holtz

With nearly twenty years of hands on experience in the art and custom framing industry and a lifetime of feeding my passion for design, color and textiles, I am distinctively qualified to create masterpieces of display. Custom framing is a craft with all of the challenging characteristics of any other craft.

REGENCY PLASTER

Christian Wolstencraft

Regency Plaster specializes in historic lath and plaster and traditional stucco restoration. With over 25 years of experience, we can guide the client through the restoration process helping them understand plaster as a vital component to a true historic restoration.

RESTORING HISTORY, LLC

Karla Pearlstein

Restoring History, LLC strives to bring back the heart and soul of a building that has been silenced through thoughtless remodels. After all, anyone can remodel, but to restore a historic building to it’s original period is to make it timeless.

ROMAN DESIGN, LLC

Matthew Roman

Designer of houses, interiors, and landscapes in period styles from antiquity to modern. Matthew Roman gained a profound understanding of the fragile nature of our built environment growing up on an antique sailboat. This experience also gave him a great appreciation for the beauty of thoughtful design.

SCOTT SIDWELL DESIGNS

Scott Sidwell

Scott Sidwell designs, creates and repairs custom lighting and other metal objects from clocks to sculptures. He is a master of metal work. He has been creating light fixtures for more than 30 years.

SORIN GHIEA TILE AND STONE

Sorin Ghea

At the Sorin Ghiea Tile and Stone, our vision is simple: To bring you a world of unsurpassed artistry, craftsmanship and quality in a variety of unique designs, superior materials and timeless styles.

SULLIVAN'S WALLCOVERING

Stephen F. Sullivan III

Sullivan’s Wallcovering is a multi-generational Wallcovering installation business that began in 1977.

TICE INDUSTRIES

Scott Tice

Tice Industries has been manufacturing architectural hardware since 1947. Now in our third generation, we strive to provide a quality product that will stand the test of time.

THEODORE ELLISON DESIGNS

Ted Ellison

Theodore Ellison Designs is a nationally-renowned boutique firm specializing in crafting exquisite, custom mosaic and leaded glass.

VICTORIANA NOSTALGIC FASHIONS

LaRee Johnson

LaRee Johnson's private collection of Victoriana, numbering in the thousands of pieces, dates back to 1811 and is complete from aprons to wedding gowns. LaRee shares the contents of her closets and trunks with others through her Nostalgic Fashion Presentations.

OUR MISSION

The Hollywood Theater: The Restoration of Painted Surfaces on the Lower Façade

Hidden Stories of Iconic Lost Lennon-Ono-Green-Warhol Piano

Stained Glass Tour at Portland’s historic Victorian Belle Mansion

Karla Pearlstein’s Historic Portland Firehouse Featured in Old House Journal