The Rug Lovers’ Lair
Christiane Millinger (on cover at left), the textile aficionado behind MadisonMillinger, and her husband, Anton Pardini, bought a dated 1929 villa-like home in Southwest Portland six years ago. After years of TLC—peeling off layers of wallpaper, replastering the walls, modernizing the home’s original galley kitchen, and restoring the terraced gardens and accenting them with sculpture—the couple can kick back with their daughter in the family’s now beautiful, art-filled eclectic spaces.

Meet Neen, the Vintage Queen

If you live near Portland’s Alameda neighborhood, you know the home of Neen and Steve Fitzwalter: Dubbed the Holiday House, it’s often decked out to commemorate a special day. Thanks to Neen, who’s never heard of a holiday that didn’t merit feteing, the fun carries on inside the stately home, too. After wrapping up a just-finished kitchen remodel, the Fitzwalters are back in entertaining mode for the holidays, from dressing up Fifi, a life-sized mannequin that greets you in the foyer, to turning on the flock of electrified pink flamingos that illuminate the couple’s tiki bar and built-in pool.