I was very excited and honored to be featured on the 360 Modern website recently. The in-depth interview covers everything from my love of modern architecture to the what it’s like being a Portland native to the current state of the real estate market.
Here is an excerpt and read the full article here:
What are the benefits of living in Portland?
In Portland, we have access to so many things. You can get to the beach, mountains, desert, the Gorge, and wine country in under two hours. We also have access to great farms that I love visiting with my kids. It is fun to show them where their food comes from and the flavors are incredible. We have great art, museums, theater, and are now a touring destination for performers, so we don’t have to travel to Seattle as much. The people of Portland are pretty friendly, too. You can walk into a coffee shop and strike up a conversation with a stranger. It has great small-town vibe still even with all of our recent growth.
Tell us a little about the Mid Century Modern home that you live in.
After spending my whole life living in the city core, we ended up moving out to the suburbs because we found this incredible 1960 Northwest Regional Style/mid-century modern time capsuled house on a lot that was much larger than a city lot.
When we found it, we were not planning on moving but I felt like I needed to protect this incredible home. It just felt like it was meant to be. That feeling proved to be true when shortly after we moved in, the city sent us a letter saying they had conducted a historic survey of homes in our area and that ours might be eligible to be placed on the cultural landmarks list as a historic home. We were thrilled at this prospect since I try to draw attention to the preservation of unique homes of this period. We were just officially placed on the historic registry a few months ago.
