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On p. 23 in “The Green Living Issue,” (June 2008) there’s a photograph of a wonderful kitchen for a child. Do you know where the kitchen came from? I’d love to have one like that for my grandchildren.
—J. Roberts, Via E-Mail
Assistant editor Margaret Foley says: “I’m glad you liked the kitchen; I also think it’s wonderful. As to where you can get one, well, that’s a bit tricky. The kitchen is a one-of-a-kind piece! My father, John Foley, a nuclear engineer who’s also an amazing woodworker and furnituremaker, made that for my daughter when she was three. When I was a child, he made me and my sisters a kitchen to play with, and he wanted his granddaughter to have something similar. “He pulled out all the stops when he made this one. (He made his daughters’ kitchen from plywood and painted it blue. It was functional but not as aesthetically pleasing!). If you happen to have a woodworker in your family, here’s how to get one for your own grandchildren.The kitchen is made of scrap solid cherry with a leftover piece of Formica as the countertop. The ‘sink’ is an 8-inch cakepan and the ‘burners’ are made from aluminum that my dad bought at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s salvage yard. An Alessi creamer doubles as a teapot, and my mother cut down a dishtowel to make the potholder that hangs on the side.“I’ll be sure to pass on your compliment on to my father!”
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I work at Floor Factors Inc. in Portland. I have to tell you most of us here are homeowners and we love Oregon Home.
That said, October’s issue just blew me away. The article on designer Noëlle Penn ("Chartreuse is Her Muse”) was so lovely. I’ve always known that I had to have been a Victorian at some point in time; Penn’s beautiful antiques and use of color just inspired me in a huge way. A co-worker and I both have an ugly corner fireplace and I’ve said many times that I’d love to have a mantel built in front of mine. Penn’s use of the Victorian mantle was absolutely beauteous. When I turned the page and saw it, I just beamed with joy. It was above and far beyond what I’d ever imagined.
My mother once told me my decorating style was “over the top.” She’s right! Thanks again for such a beautiful issue.
—Elizabeth Deal, Portland
Editor Sheila De La Rosa replies: “You’re every editor’s dream reader! I, too, have a couple of DNA twirls of Edwardian envy, so it was great to find Penn’s house amid all the bungalows and mid-century moderns in Portland. I love that it was a good read for you, too.“You definitely need to do the faux fireplace thing. That Eastlake fireplace is such a focal point as you enter Penn’s place. While writing this issue’s “Shop Talk,” I learned that Old Portland Hardware & Architectural (4035 S.E. Division St.) has some fabulous Eastlake mantels for good prices. Check it out!”
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Please tell me the color name and brand of the wonderful green paint that Amie and Steve Eggerts used in their bedroom that appears on p. 82 in "The Mid-Flip Upgrade!" (Aug. 2008). Thank you.
-Robert Brewer-Wallin, Via E-mail
Amie Eggerts says: "That's a Sherwin-William swatch called Wheatgrass custom-mixed in Miller Paint."
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In "Home Front" in the Aug. 2008 issue, writer Margaret Foley feels sorry for folks who had to leave their homes to go watch the Hood River Fourth of July Fireworks display while she and her husband could sit in comfort on their deck and see the display ("A Deck With a View").
Oh wait, they weren't comfortable on their deck. They had to "huddle in a corner and tilt our heads at odd angles." Their solution was not to join the rest of the community down on the beach or up on a hill. No, their solution was to cut down an offending fir tree which blocked their once-a-year view.
We must not be so willing to substitute convictions to protect the beauty of the land we live for our comfort and convenience. Trees, as you have written about many times in your magazine, provide great benefits to all of us in addition to majestic beauty.
-Jack Danger, The Dalles
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I'm sure most people don't write you asking where to find a book, but I was looking through some back issues of Oregon Home last night, and I really enjoyed the "Design Matters: Bedrooms" section in the Jan.-Feb. issue. In addition to getting lots of ideas for my bedroom, I enjoyed looking at all the titles of the books you used as props.
One of them, in particular caught my eye. It's called The Betsy-Tacy Companion. It seems to be difficult to find. Do you have any idea where to get it? I'd like to own a copy of a reference book about one of my favorite childhood series!
-Cynthia Ashler, Portland
Design Matters editor Margaret Foley responds: "It's always a pleasure to connect with a Betsy-Tacy fan! The Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace were favorites of mine, too. I still have a complete set. The Betsy-Tacy Companion can be purchased from the Betsy-Tacy Society in Mankato, Minn. The website is betsy-tacysociety.org."
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