Builders
Big Mountain Company
The grandson of a logger, Kip O’Connor is a builder of timber frame, log and hybrid custom homes, who prefers to harvest trees locally for his projects. One of his small cabins, used as a media room at a Zig Zag, Ore., multi-cabin compound that ...
Dave Warneking
In the trades for 32 years, Dave Warneking launched his own business 24 years ago. He works on kitchen and bath remodels, additions and whole-house remodels. His transformation of a small 1890s Victorian, which resulted in it gaining a new second le ...
David R. Eldredge Construction Co.
In the construction business on Mt. Hood since 1977, David Eldredge is a general contractor who builds custom homes and spec homes, as well as works on remodeling projects, too. If you’re looking for a builder who knows from mountain conditions ...
Don Tankersley Construction
This Portland contractor puts as much passion and craftsmanship into a kitchen or bath remodel as he does into a double-loft renovation in the Pearl District. In business for 18 years, Don Tankersley works with some of the most persnickety designers ...
G.A. Vendrame Construction
In the trades for 33 years, Bend, Ore.-based Greg Vendrame builds houses that some of Central Oregon’s best architects design.
Green Gables Design & Restoration
This design-build firm builds high-end homes for clients who appreciate good architecture and exacting construction techniques, whether the project is a glassfronted beach house or an inglenook-filled Old World country home.
Hammer and Hand Inc.
Remodeling (both additions and whole-house projects), new construction and historic home restoration are all part of the Hammer and Hand Inc. full-service mix.
Hudson Construction Inc.
Buddy Hudson tackles kitchen and bath remodels along with whole-house renovating. The authentic Japanese bath that he put in for one Southwest Portland family was featured in the July-Aug. 2003 issue of Oregon Home.
James Frank Construction
This family-owned, 53-year-old business is still doing the work of James Frank Sr., a cabinetmaker who emigrated from Europe to Oregon in 1949. The company, which Frank Sr., two sons and a grandson now run, takes on remodels and new construction. An ...
Jim Doherty Construction
In the trades for more than 35 years, Spray, Ore.-based Jim Doherty is a Lewis and Clark College-educated contractor’s contractor whose last big job was the custom home he built in Kimberly, Ore., that was featured in the Jan.-Feb. 2007 issue o ...
John Harper Design-Build
This custom home-builder is behind some of the best architecture going up on the Southern Coast of Oregon. He built the contemporary Gold Beach, Ore., home—and two-bedroom guest house with its own incline car—that is scheduled to appear on the co ...
New Energy Works
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For over twenty-five years, New Energy Works has been one of the nation's preeminent timber frame builders. They offer a rang ...
Petrina Construction Inc.
Since 1977, Joe Petrina has been in the remodeling and custom home-building business. Together with architect Michael Dowd, Petrina’s team restored the Ladd’s Addition craftsman on the previous spread that was the cover story for the Sept ...
Prestige Cedar Homes
lindal.comA Lindal Cedar Homes dealer since 1972, Prestige Cedar Homes Inc. specializes in post and beam houses from the world's largest manufacturer of top-notch custom cedar homes in classic, contemporary and not-so-big styles. If living in a cedar home ...
Scott Sorensen Construction Inc.
Scott Sorensen, a Hood River, Ore.-based avid wind surfer who’s been in business for 10 years, likes to build not-so-big houses that are easy on the earth.
Terra Firma Building Inc.
In business since 1990, builder-developer David Hassin combines good craftsmanship with modern technology and green building techniques to create custom homes, oftentimes on infill lots in some of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods.

