Fabric Shopping

Our  road trips are filled with inspiration and this one to Whole 9 Yards in Portland is no exception. We have always claimed that throw pillows are a Stager's secret weapon. With our fabric selections and our Sewing Chicks we have the freedom to design away.

Shopping Portland

A stop in Manor Fine Wares is perfect Portland inspiration.

Shopping in Portland

Our most recent trip was more about focusing on our company and getting inspired and less about shopping. That said, we filled the back of the SUV we drove. Here were some of our stops along the way.

Located in the Pearl District. Great Home store.

Super creative owners. We saw how they added trim to an already cool light fixture and make it even better. Beautiful new and old furniture and accessories.

Manor has beautiful Farrow and Ball paints, lovely books, bedding and furniture.

This is where we hit the inspirational jack pot. Beautiful beautiful furnishings. Incredible pieces from Oly that we have always coveted.

Out of this world fabrics and trims for the home. We picked out a few for the Sewer Chicks to whip up some pillows for us.

It is completely unsightly... Look past the big box vibe, head straight to the home décor area and you will find plenty to inspire you. We purchased fabric for chairs and pillows.

Often worth a stop. The no tax situation makes it an even better proposition. Purchased an acrylic console table and a piece of incredible art that we used in the next staging job.

Bedford Brown-Portland

In search of inspiration, we were directed here: Bedford Brown. It stirred our creative juices and now we come back to Seattle rested inspired and ready to create beautiful spaces. 

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Road Trip

Off to Portland for a company meeting which involves hunting and gathering, fooding, shopping, talking, planning, laughing, and drinking.

The new and improved Open House Staging Company will return stronger, smarter and much much better. 

See you upon our return.

The Whole 9 Yards

Prepare to be inspired. I nearly fainted when I walked inside.

 Fabric for living room pillows

Also purchased luxurious fabric for staging. The throw pillows are being created as we speak.

Portland Road Trip

We have been to Portland many times and have skipped the hour wait for some Voodoo donuts. This time we persevered and were grandly rewarded.

And then it gets weirder...

and weirder... (see monkey mask on crazy man's head)

Portland

I kept refering to this as the International District but that is not what this neighborhood is called in Portland.
We walked through it on a Tuesday morning and it was beautiful but completely dead. I was expecting it to be something like Seattle's International District which comes alive very early morning with the outdoor markets setting up their fruits and vegetables. We used to ride our Vespa's around early moning and witness the city waking up. Very fun.