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Property Watch: An Eichler-Inspired Stunner Overlooking the Columbia

The custom Washougal home celebrates California modernism while adding nine-foot ceilings, an in-house sauna, and sunset views all year round.

08/08/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Lake Oswego Summer Cottage Gets a Studs-Out Remodel

When a developer threatened to tear the house down, the city's preservation society found it a buyer.

08/01/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: High Design Meets Secret Tiki Bar in Northwest Portland

You had us at tiki bar, but there's a plethora of design-forward finishes in every room.

07/18/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: Pristine Midcentury on the Market for the First Time

Built in 1950 and exquisitely restored 70 years later, everything from the original woodwork to the new Lacanche range shines.

07/11/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Mayor’s Laurelhurst Mansion Gets a Makeover

The revamp, which took five years, blends artistic statement and pristine historic detail. And have you seen the English-style gardens?

07/03/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Custom-Designed Rummer 'Unicorn'

Attention, midcentury nerds—the revered builder put a skylit atrium at the center of this one.

05/23/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A 'Portland Bungalow' Just Off Hawthorne

Behind a symmetrical facade, find a sweet blend of bungalow charms and modern updates.

05/09/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Jewel of an English Cottage in Eastmoreland

Whimsical detail, colorful tile, and a fairy tale of a front facade.

04/25/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Textbook, Mostly Untouched Midcentury in Hillsdale

It's on the market for the first time in 46 years.

03/28/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Wade Pipes Original Filled with Cheerful Color

And a tower, for ultimate whimsy.

03/14/2025 By Melissa Dalton

On and Off Broadway

The Theater Designer Who Designed a Theater

After The Lion King on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, Taylor Swift stages, and Super Bowl halftime shows, Michael Curry wants a bigger stage.

03/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Jason Hill Illustrations by Michael Byers

Real Estate

Property Watch: In Celebration of Robert Rummer

The game-changing developer and builder, who died in January, brought modernism to the Oregon middle class.

02/28/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: Will This Historic Northwest Portland Home Be Saved?

The previous owners started a remodel on this house designed by architect Van Evera Bailey. Will new ones finish it?

02/21/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Queen Anne Victorian Full of Povey Glass

Give us all the rainbow floral stained glass.

02/14/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: An Artist-Designed House in Oceanside Plays with Shapes

Some of which are meant to evoke ships at sea, or submarines breaching the surface.

01/17/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Fixer-Upper Steiner Cabin on 10 Acres for $599K

Looking for a restoration project in 2025? Henry Steiner built about 100 log cabins, and this one near Mount Hood needs some love.

01/03/2025 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: An Old-School Estate Perched High Above Portland

The lavish home was built in 1887 as an advertisement for Portland Heights, then owned by the Pittock family for almost 60 years.

12/20/2024 By Melissa Dalton

Real Estate

Property Watch: Is This Portland's Most Expensive Home?

The recently overhauled West Hills property, known to real estate agents as the "Great Gatsby mansion," can be yours for a cool $25 million.

12/06/2024 By Melissa Dalton

Travel

9 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

For every season, there’s a dream destination.

11/07/2024 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Portland Monthly Staff

Real Estate

Property Watch: An Ornate Early Craftsman in Portland Heights

Do you like stained glass and window benches? What if you put them together?

11/04/2024 By Sarah Anne Lloyd