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SIGNS OF SPRING Portland floral designer Kailla Platt celebrates the arrival of spring in the Northwest with sweetlycolored blooms and botanicals sourced from local flower farms. Her painterly arrangements are both timeless and fleeting.

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LIFE ON THE COVE Seattle architect Stuart Silk and interior designer Amy Baker transform a 1940s Cape Cod cottage on Lake Washington into an open and light-filled masterpiece that meets both strict building codes and the homeowners’ love of fresh, neutral colors.

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SOMETHING TO SEE A Portland couple with no intention of moving abruptly changes course when they find an empty lot with incredible views of downtown Portland and Mt. St. Helens. In just 14 months, they build a 6,500 square feet stunner that frames those views from nearly every vantage point.

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EYE ON DESIGN Whether your palette is the bright green of a swimming hole or the warm buff of a wheat field at sunset, we’ve selected the latest in furnishings and accessories for your home. Check out our top picks from our favorite lines.

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SOAK UP THE SUN A family with eclectic taste and a willingness to push traditional boundaries hires Seattle’s RHO Architects and interior designer Janice Viekman to design a contemporary lakefront home that showcases both the lake and their unique collection of art and furniture.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ALEXA HAMPTON A perennial A-list designer at Architectural Digest, House Beautiful and Elle Décor, Alexa Hampton talks with us about her rigorous training, the untimely circumstances of taking over her late father’s design firm and her love of classical art, interiors and architecture.

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WEST HILLS COOL Frances Virden and her husband were just starting their family when they bought their new house, so child-friendly fabrics and furniture were a must, but so was a crisp, modern mid-century vibe.

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A PLACE IN THE SUN A grand estate in Washington wine country travels back in time and to the Pacific Islands when Seattle interior designer Doug Rasar oversees its monumental renovation. The new, yet old, residence is a gorgeous blend of local and exotic materials and an homage to old-time Hawaii.

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A GARDENER’S ISLAND PARADISE Garden designer Tish Treherne shares her sunny, shoreline garden on Bainbridge Island.

The garden is now a lovely four-year work in progress filled with sun-loving color and form.

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TRAVEL: WINE TASTING IN SOUTHERN OREGON Wine Enthusiast recently named the Rogue Valley a top 10 wine destination. We visit the region’s outstanding wineries, restaurants and hotels to plan the perfect wine-tasting weekend. Situated a day’s drive from Portland and Seattle, the Rogue Valley is a perfect weekend destination.

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Recipe Index 129 Grilled Head-On Spot Prawns with Garlic, Green Onion, and Sumac 130 Grilled Asparagus with Herbed Dungeness Crab and Crispy Capers 131 Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken with Grilled Figs, Manouri Cheese, and Lentil Chimichurri

AROUND THE FIRE Chefs Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton of Ox Restaurant in Portland have just written a new cookbook about openflame cooking. “Around the Fire: Recipes for Inspired Grilling and Seasonal Feasting from Ox Restaurant” is inspired by both their love of cooking over a crackling fire and the Northwest’s bountiful whole foods.

on the cover Seattle architect Stuart Silk and interior designer Amy Baker transform a lakeside cottage into a contemporary light-filled masterpiece. photography ©Aaron Leitz

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PUBLISHER Claudia M. Brown EDITOR/SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Kiki Meletis STAFF WRITER /

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PASSION FOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE IS THE HEART OF PORTRAIT OF PORTLAND. We’ve discovered a seemingly endless community of talent in the Northwest – not only designers and architects, but also growers, winemakers, artisan makers of all things interesting, chefs, and fabulous places to visit for a long weekend. And so we’ve dedicated our pages entirely to these pursuits.

This issue of Portrait of Portland features two waterfront homes. Architect Stuart Silk and designer Amy Baker transformed a 1940s cottage into a stunning and stylish new home on Lake Washington. RHO Architects and designer Janice Viekman collaborated to design a contemporary lakeside home for a family to showcase their eclectic art and furniture. Designer Doug Rasar teamed with KDF Architects, Conard Romano Architects and Artisan Inc. to renovate a grand wine country estate, blending local and exotic materials with an homage to old-time Hawaii.

We also visit garden designer Tish Treherne’s lovely gardener’s paradise on Bainbridge Island.

Since she was working on her own half-acre waterfront garden instead of a client’s, Tish had the luxury of time to observe her property’s existing plants before creating a stunning palette of fourseason color, texture and form.

In Portland, a couple happened onto an empty lot with amazing views of Mt. St. Helens and downtown Portland and hired Scott Edwards Architecture to design a new house that frames the views from every angle. The home’s floor-toceiling windows are breathtaking.

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Travel adventures take us to Southern Oregon wine country, recently named one the “Top 10 Wine Destinations in the World” by Wine Enthusiast. The allure? The region’s hot, dry summer days, cool evenings and soil composition are ideal for growing one of the widest ranges of grape varieties: Tempranillo, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Viognier, Chardonnay, Grenache and Pinot Gris to name a few. They will tell you it’s the climate, but the fact is, many of these winemakers are sweeping the awards in California and throughout the country. When you go, be sure to check out the world-class entertainment of Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Britt Festival.

Thanks for joining us. Now we’re off to more adventures.

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PORTLAND FLORAL DESIGNER KAILLA PLATT USES WOODY STEMS AND DELICATE BLOOMS FROM BUTTERCUP WINTERHAZEL AND FLOWERING CURRANT AS THE BACKDROP FOR CREAMY TULIPS AND DAFFODILS TO HERALD SPRING’S ARRIVAL.

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A SIMPLE VESSEL IS ELEVATED TO AN ELEGANT CELEBRATION OF SPRING WITH A LUSH BLEND OF PLUM ANEMONES, TWINKLING SPRING SNOWFLAKE BLOOMS AND BOLD BEGONIA LEAVES.

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WHAT BEGAN AS A 1940s CAPE COD REMODEL BECAME ONE OF THE MOST CUTTING-EDGE NEW HOMES ON LAKE WASHINGTON - THANKS TO STUART SILK ARCHITECTS’ AND AMY BAKER INTERIOR DESIGN’S HARMONIOUS MARRIAGE OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY STYLES MIXED WITH A TWIST OF WHITE, WOOD AND STEEL

LIFE ON THE COVE written by DONNA PIZZI photography by AARON LEITZ

TUCKED IN A QUIET COVE ON LAKE WASHINGTON STANDS AN ELEGANT NEW HOME THAT GLOWS IN SWEET LIGHT. Its white wood v-groove exterior, traditional gables and contemporary two-story steel frame windows create an unexpected yet harmonious architectural marriage that catches the eye of most passersby.

During Seattle architect Stuart Silk’s first visit to the former 1940s Cape Cod home that once stood on this slice of lakeside heaven, he recognized the challenges that lay ahead to turn a summer cottage into a unique home on an awkward 60’ x 200’ property.

“Once you walked around the house that had been remodeled multiple times,” says Silk, “the sweater started to unravel: low ceilings on the main floor, wobbly flooring, nonsensical room organization.”

“Like lots of smaller homes built in that generation,” says the homeowner, “the windows, bathrooms, and closets were small, but charming, and although I thought it was likely we were going to have to redo most of it, I was hoping we might not. When I looked in Stuart’s eyes, I knew I needed to take the blinders off my optimism. In the end, my wife and I realized the site, which is such a gorgeous piece of property, deserved more.”

One of the first hurdles Silk faced was the stringent City of Seattle regulations regarding site lines of neighboring properties.

Since one neighbor’s home stood back farther from the water than his client’s, Silk was prevented from moving the home forward, making the project challenging.

The next hurdle was a design issue. How do you build a four bedroom, 5,356 sq. ft. home on a property that abuts a dead-end street whose right away is more like a 10’ wide alley way? “When you’re driving down the narrow alley,” says Silk, “the front of the house is actually the side of the house, which creates a real challenge aesthetically.”

Silk and his team of architects, Michael McFadden and Mike Troyer, resolved the issue by designing a house whose side becomes the entrance, featuring three striking two-story bay windows interrupted by an heroic textured stainless steel entry with glass elements that provide the home’s unique identity. They also distract the eye from the three car garage which has a laundry room built over the center bay that features a windowed gable.

Navigating the minefield of design versus zoning was a challenge that Stuart Silk Architects overcame with remarkable originality.

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To fit the 38’ x 97’ home onto the lakeside property, Stuart Silk Architects situated the living room at the back, facing the water. A stone chimney rising up into the master bedroom overhead is finished with Marmorino plaster, a flatter finish than Venetian. Interior Designer Amy Baker sets off the Mattaliano sofa with a custom-sized Tibetan rug from Driscoll Robbins, which picks up wisps of blue found in the fresh palette. Art by Phillippe Cognée via Winston Wächter Fine Art.

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“To satisfy zoning laws, the gable housing the master bedroom above and living room below protrudes more than the other bay,” says Silk. “Normally, you would not have the north part of the house stepped back, depriving light, but that was part of the negotiation with the City.” The architects counteracted this with large panels of south-facing glass that bring natural light into the whole bottom floor. A signature floating staircase, located to the left of the textured steel entry doors, is set against a structural partition clad in steel that faces the alley end and is lit by the two story south-facing windows.

“We were drawn to Stuart’s work because of the quality and elegance of the product that he designs,” says the homeowner. “Initially the exterior was going to be stone, but I wanted something lighter than that. Bringing in the white wood and painted steel frame windows made it pop.

I really appreciate someone who can take something with a traditional feel and add a contemporary element to it, because melding disparate elements is not easy to do.”

Seattle interior designer Amy Baker, who was brought into the mix later than what she is accustomed to doing when collaborating with architects, was recommended to the homeowners

by Schultz Miller Construction, who by all accounts did “an exceptional job of building the home.”

“My role was to familiarize myself with the building, existing specifications and review them with the owner and partner with the architects,” says Baker, “in order to refine the colors, plumbing fixture package, decorative lighting, window coverings, all of the furniture and soft goods under the umbrella of interior design. I was also the purchasing agent, in charge of installation and follow up with any problems that needed rectifying after installation.”

“The architectural anchor for this design’s materials packet,” says Baker, “are the impressive wood floors supplied through Elliott Bay Hardwood Floors by Arnold Sabsowitz, who sources beautiful European materials. He has developed a multi-layer process of finishing woods with natural oils that is spectacular.”

Following the wife’s love of a fresh, white palette, Baker created a gray wash for the oak trim and some of the cabinets and a creamy gray white for the general wall color.

By setting dark against white - the stone chimney against the white exterior - Silk says he was paying tribute to the crisp, clean, gorgeous work of New York architect Richard Meier, who celebrated his award-winning 50 year career in 2013.

“We did struggle with the exterior in the beginning,” says the homeowner, “But Silk melded the volumes and dimensions, along with the steel frame elements to give the house a different sort of feel as to how it reads on the site.”

Because of the narrow zoning envelope, the dining room and kitchen are joined together to capitalize on space. A custom Scott Chico Raskey glass chandelier crowns the Holly Hunt table and chairs. Custom stained rift cut white oak kitchen cabinetry echoes the kitchen and nearby living room ceilings and flanks the LaCanche Delft Blue Cluny stove. Baker ties the stove to a Blue Celeste mosaic tile backsplash. Radiant heated Flint Hills limestone floors by Quarry SE, Inc.

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“God is in the details,” agrees Silk, who references such touches as the sheared off gables at the eaves making room for an integrated gutter system, the zinc roof with interlocking shingles, and steel fabrication of the entry door and stairs by Decorative Metal Arts. He adds that he cannot praise Schultz Miller Construction enough for their work on “a tricky house to build technically.”

He also has high praise for the interior design. “The home with its white walls and plaster chimneys has a minimalistic feeling without being institutional,” he says. “And Amy really nailed the color variations for the wide plank floors, which are gorgeous with a wonderful finish.”

Baker, in turn, marvels at the joy of working with the sophisticated homeowners, construction team, metal workers, custom light fixtures and architects.

“Stuart Silk Architects created one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve ever worked in,” says Baker.

Her own preference in creating furnishings is to have seamless harmony with the architectural envelope, which in this instance was also her clients’ preference as well. One preliminary step she usually takes is to visit local showrooms with clients to determine their physical reactions to any given piece of furniture.

“I like to watch my clients sit in chairs,” says Baker, “because I can tell immediately whether or not they are comfortable in them. If a client reacts

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The master bathroom’s Waterworks tub enjoys a lake view and landscape by Land Morphology; the Carrara marble shower features two shower heads, one hand held, and a rain head. Steve Hirt Studio built the tubular sconces. The sliding vanity mirror is by Metal Solutions.

positively, then I put together a short list of favorites.”Using a spread sheet, and a master plan, she looks for solutions for the exact size each item needs to be and then moves on to fabrics, finishes and detailing.

The master bedroom furnishings were a custom design collaboration between the homeowners, Baker, Jonathan Pauls, Inc. and Village Interiors, Inc.. The custom bed has superior wood craftsmanship. Custom metal pulls by Metal Solutions adorn the night stands and chest.

“I create the construction documents for the furniture, and then we make cardboard mockups so the clients can see them in the space to assure that the width, depth and proportions are exactly the way they want them,” says Baker.

The master suite is the homeowner’s favorite place in the home.

“It feels like a really cool lodge hotel room because of the height and feel of the ceiling, the way the light reflects off the Marmorino plaster and the TV that pops up like a toaster,” he says with a laugh. “The chairs out front are my spot. My wife loves the big bath, and double shower, and the master closet, which is already filled.”

The kitchen is also her domain, he says, because she loves to cook. “It’s interesting how when you build a new home, you learn to compromise and work together. Most of the time we’re in agreement, although she likes more color and I like the muted palette and prefer to bring in color with art and glass and pillows, which we’re beginning to do now.”

All agree, the project was a puzzle worth solving with more than gratifying results.

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR: Schultz Miller schultzmiller.com ARCHITECT: Stuart Silk Architects stuartsilk.com INTERIOR DESIGN: Amy Baker Interior Design amybakerdesign.com RUGS: Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets driscollrobbins.com Landscape Contractor: Nussbaum; Landscape Architect: Land Morphology; Kitchen Appliances: Albert Lee Appliances: Sub-Zero, Miele, Dacor, Thermador, Lacanche; Bath Plumbing Fixtures: Seattle Interiors: Dornbracht, Waterworks, Hansgrohe; Countertop Materials: Oregon Tile & Marble, Pental; Wood Flooring: Elliott Bay Hardwoods; Kitchen Plumbing Fixtures: Seattle Interiors: Blanco, Gesse, Waterstone; Tile Fabricator: Marmo e Granito; Tile & Stone Materials Source: Quarry SE, Ann Sacks, Pental, Dal Tile; Custom Metal Work: Decorative Metal Arts, Metal Solutions, Mayer Designs; Custom Venetian Plaster: Studio C; Interior Doors: Pacific Rim Door & Sash

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The soaring gable roof is finished with a white oak support beam that is also structural to the roof. Baker works with local manufacturers for such custom pieces as the master night stands, bed and chest at the foot of the bed containing the television. “That way,” she says, “we’re getting the highest quality American made furniture product at a relatively competitive price, with one person working on it from start to finish.”

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written by DONNA PIZZI photography by PETE ECKERT

THE BIRTH OF THIS MAJESTIC HILLSIDE HOME, DESIGNED

BY ARCHITECT PETER GRIMM, A PARTNER AT SCOTT EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE, WAS TOTALLY ACCIDENTAL. The homeowners had no intention of leaving the home they built 20 years earlier. In fact, they joked about staying there until they had to be carried out in boxes. But then, fate intervened.

“My niece, who had been working for me, moved to Seattle and wasn’t having any luck finding property on which she and her husband could build,” says the homeowner. “So, I went online, widened the scope of the search and up came this lot in Portland Heights.”

She emailed the link to her husband, who thought she was crazy to think of building again.

“Three days later,” she says, “he went to look at the lot without telling me.

Twelve days later, we made an offer on the property. Six weeks later, we closed.”

contractor Ed Valik, then of Rainier Pacific, and interior designer Lauren Miller of Lauren Miller|Design to complete the house in time for her to prepare Christmas dinner for the family.

While viewing a nearby contemporary home on the market, they found Peter Grimm’s name on the sales brochure, contacted him, met on a Sunday at a Starbucks near his office and talked for two hours.

Grimm designs homes suited to homeowners’ needs and not a set stylistic design. “I like to draw from many sources,” he says, and, thus, begins by giving his clients what he calls a “Rorschach Test.”

“We clicked immediately,” says Grimm. “They are great communicators and I just felt I could read them and design something for them that would meet their needs.”

“I start by asking them for a wish list, which helps me to quickly identify the direction they like. Then, I show them images from our own catalogue, as well as ones based on specific designers they may have liked,” he says.

“My husband and I agreed,” says the homeowner. “We just said, ‘Let’s do it!’”

Using that information, he forms a plan. “My primary motivator,” he says, “was to capture and frame those wonderful views from as many interior spaces as possible, and to create clear circulation. When you enter a home, it should have

And that is exactly how decisive this professional couple remained for the next 14 months, which enabled the “dream team” they assembled, including

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Aluminum Fleetwood residential storefront windows frame the sweeping views of downtown Portland and Mt. St. Helens. Exterior features cedar soffits, integral color stucco finish and metal panels at the fascia. The fire pit area on the terrace has outdoor furniture by Jensen Leisure Opal collection from Fishels. Pillows by Elaine Smith.

nicely proportioned spaces, good spatial relationships between rooms, so you understand what it’s all about, and don’t have to wander around.”

“My husband and I know how we like to live,” says the homeowner. “We knew the color and feel we wanted, but it was more about the size of the rooms, the openness and its functionality. Peter put a lot of thought into the design and engineering, and it came out perfectly.”

One of the greatest challenges, however, was the site preparation for the 6,486 sq. ft. home Grimm designed.

“It looked like a fairly level site,” says Grimm, “but a lot of the soil was fill, so we had to do a deep pile foundation system to respond to all the structural and seismic issues. Ed Valik did a fantastic job with that.”

Valik, who escaped from the Czech Republic in 1985 by being smuggled out in a car, landing in an Austrian refugee camp, emigrating to Canada and later the U.S., recalls the 300 trucks of soil that had to be removed from the site, and the more than 100 trucks of concrete that were poured into it.

“We joked that we were building a highway project instead of a house,” says Valik. “The deepest pile was 57’.” They had to support the south side of the hill first with a long wall with piles. “It was like two different projects,” he says.

“Ed is an incredibly thoughtful builder, who brought great ideas even during construction,” says Grimm.

Sometimes, in fact, Valik will grab a cup of coffee and head to a construction site early on a Sunday, when all is quiet, and just contemplate what lies ahead.

“I believe in a lot of preparation,” he says. “This project’s foundation was like building a 20 floor skyscraper in the Pearl on a complicated site. We went over the submittals for the great Fleetwood window and door system, again and again, checking the dimensions many times so there would be no error. The more you plan, the more successful you’re going to be.”

“Windows are what started our design originally,” says the homeowner. “You walked into the home Peter designed and saw floor to ceiling windows, which was the look we wanted.”

“The kitchen,” says the homeowner, who loves to entertain family and friends, “is the heart of the home. So, the first thing I did was find a cabinet designer, Mel Archer of Pacific Design, who was recommended to me by a good friend.”

Archer still recalls how enthused she was about the project. “She chose African quarter figured Anigree she saw in our showroom for the kitchen cabinetry, and actually drew out the entire kitchen on graph paper, with great detail, including the number of cabinet drawers, as well as their design and size.” By noting the measurements of each platter, she was able to accommodate them and other utensils as well.

She was equally as meticulous with the height of her ovens. “I’m not very tall,” she says, “so when double ovens are stacked one atop the other, they’re too tall for me on top and too low on bottom.” Thus, the horizontal layout that suits her physique.

So as not to have a sink facing a blank wall, Grimm oriented it toward the view.

A knee hole where a cabinet might usually reside allows husband and wife to dine side-by-side at night, while enjoying the view.

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A trip to the Light in Art Gallery in Los Angeles yielded several hand-cast light fixtures, including this living room one from Israeli artist Shimal’e Peleg. Individual glass pieces had to be carefully constructed upon arrival. Miller recommended finishes: Montauk black slate and translucent onyx behind the TV. Fireplace from Fireside Distributors; Brazilian walnut flooring from Emerson Hardwood Floors; furnishings from Parker Furniture. Living room area rug is from Tufenkian Artisan Carpets.

“The Brown Antico counters feature a blacksplash with multi-sided custom color blend tile by Oceanside known as Muse in a ‘Crescendo’ pattern,” says Miller, who studied interior architecture and segued back into the workplace with Scott Edwards Architecture when they were in need of interior design work. For this project, she sourced 30 different tiles for six bathrooms, the laundry room and kitchen.

“Peter and Lauren are awesome designers to work with,” adds Valik. “He is like a rock. You can bounce ideas off them both, and get answers right away, which is how we were able to get the project done so quickly.”

Thanks to hours spent haunting online architectural sites at night, the homeowner came across a front door design that was exactly what she pictured as a welcoming entrance to their new home.

“I told Peter, ‘This is what we want’, she says, “then we had to find the right color paint, finish and the company to build it.” Fleetwood made it happen.

Valik says the couple, with whom he still has coffee every Friday morning, also wanted the north-facing upper floor master not to get over heated. “We went through three different options, and chose a zoning system for every floor, which keeps the home very comfortable. Because the house is so tightly and efficiently built, they only run one furnace at a time.”

Similarly, the couple knew the path they would take upon returning home each night, and which lights should illuminate when. “It was incredibly complex to work out the electrical wiring, home

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Travertine tile flooring grounds the kitchen and adjacent prep kitchen and pantry. Vicki Enger of Parker Furniture adds a dash of red to fun fabric on stools, which slip tidily under the counter, thus tying them to red knobs on Wolf range. Cabinetry by Pacific Design. The adjacent living room is located two steps down.

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PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR PROJECT MANAGER Eduard Valik ARCHITECT: Scott / Edwards Architecture seallp.com INTERIOR DESIGN: Lauren Miller Design laurenmillerdesign.com CABINETRY: Pacific Design pacific-design.net WOOD FLOORING: Emerson Hardwood Floors emersonhardwoodfloors.com WINE CELLAR: Stellar Cellars stellarcellars.com Kitchen & Bath Plumbing Fixtures: The Fixture Gallery Decorative Plumbing Showroom: Native Trails, Stone Forest, Waterstone, Victoria & Albert, Altmans, Toto, Jado, Newport Brass; Kitchen Appliances: Sub-Zero, Miele, Venta-a-Hood, Wolf; Tile and Stone Materials Sources: Oregon Tile & Marble, Intrepid Marble & Granite, Pental; Countertop and Stone Installation: Carranza Marble and Granite; Doors: Western Pacific Building Materials; Karastan Carpeting: Atiyeh Bros; Fireplace Supplier: Fireside Home Solutions; Living Room Rug: Tufenkian Artisan Carpets; Furniture: Parker Furniture; Outdoor Patio Furniture: Fishels

automation, and programming of the lights,” adds Valik. Grimm notes that to make room in the lower level for two full guest room suites, wine cellar, and ample four car garage was equally as challenging.

“We still love everyone we worked with,” says the homeowner. “Lauren came up with great ideas, textures and feel for the spaces. Peter is very bright, doesn’t impose his design, and picked up on our style immediately. When I told Ed I wanted to be in by Christmas, he said, ‘OK’ and delivered.”

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1) The Camden Lounge Chair by Kelly Wearstler, composed of wire brushed cerused wenge, available in a variety of fabrics and leathers. The Griffith Cocktail Table offered in blackened or burnished bronze is adorned with hand-selected half moon pyrite stones in an elegant bronze bezel setting. kellywearstler.com 2) In burnished bronze with a subtle overlap shape, the Alta Mirror by Kelly Wearstler. kellywearstler.com 3) The Cruz Bench from Cisco Brothers in mixed dark blues. Available through www.sesameandlilies.com 4) High-style tile from Pratt and Larson, two selections from the Scraffito line. www.prattandlarson.com

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Stylish and substantial, this lounge furniture from Gloster is a handsome way to soften your hardscape this summer. Created by acclaimed Danish designer Henrik Pedersen, the Grid line is a totally flexible seating system with multiple combinations. Shown with meteor frame and granite fabric. Through www.parker-furniture.com

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The southern and western sides of the building are dominated by windows, including expansive French doors that can be opened to create a virtually seamless transition between the interior and exterior of the home. The windows are steel-framed with very narrow mullions, giving them a light feel and thin profile that further minimizes the transition from inside to outside.

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BLENDING DISPARATE AESTHETIC ELEMENTS TO CREATE A COHESIVE, ENGAGING WHOLE IS ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT CHALLENGES IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. BUT AT SEATTLE’S SOUTHPAW HOME, ARCHITECTS CHRISTOPHER OSOLIN, JIM REPLINGER, AND TIM HOSSNER TEAMED UP WITH DESIGNER JANICE VIEKMAN TO CREATE A HOME THAT DRAWS FROM INFLUENCES HUNDREDS – EVEN THOUSANDS – OF YEARS APART: CLASSICAL TO INDUSTRIAL, CONTEMPORARY TO ANTIQUE, RESULTING IN A HOME THAT ARTFULLY STRADDLES YESTERDAY AND TODAY. Situated on a lake shore, this 5,000 square foot home was built in 2005. Owned by a couple with eclectic tastes and a willingness to push established boundaries, the home is a treasure trove of unique design concepts and striking juxtapositions.

Even the siting of the building itself is unusual. Many houses on its street face the lake directly, creating a physical and visual barrier between the entry of the home and the water view – something Osolin calls a “visual dam.” The Southpaw home, on the other hand, is oriented perpendicular to the lake on its nearly one-acre site, making the water visible from the street while opening up the feel of the lot.

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turning the broad side of the house towards it, but then you cut your entire site off. So we took the whole house and turned it sideways. It created three distinct zones: An entry court/parking area, a formal entry garden to the south, and the front of the home that faces the lake. You can walk down the site and enjoy the lake view from its whole width.”

The design phase for the Southpaw house was unusually long, and unusually complex. The home’s owners, a couple, brought a lot of different design preferences to the table, and it took careful, thoughtful planning to integrate those preferences into a cohesive whole. A strong preference for British Regency architecture, which favors rec-

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The dove gray concrete wall on the north side of the house does an amazing job as a reflector, bringing bright but diffuse natural light throughout the home. The shelving in this work room was custom-designed by RHO Architects, and a blue desk chair from Knoll provides contrast against a warm, salmon-colored area rug from the homeowners’ collection.

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The bison image behind the main kitchen sink is one of the most striking design elements in the Southpaw home. Made from custom-printed wallpaper, the image posed some challenges. “It was a pretty interesting process to get ready. I had to track down the photographer in Germany to get the rights to use the photograph,” says Osolin. “And we had to use a slide to get proper resolution for such a large size.” Wallpapers are used throughout the home, bringing drama and impact to small spaces like entryways and powder rooms.

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OPPOSITE The bathroom lavatory was also custom-designed by Janice Viekman, using solid surface construction that mimics Corian cabinetry. Vola plumbing fixtures were sourced from Best Plumbing, and the wall sconces came from Century Lighting. The overall effect in the bathroom is simultaneously soothing yet visually engaging thanks to the custom-cut shutter and its reflection in the mirrored antique wardrobe.

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tilinear structures, symmetrical layout, and classical design motifs was expressed early on in the design phase, as well as a desire to integrate contemporary industrial materials like concrete and steel. “The house is really an amalgamation of those ideas,” says Osolin. “In its structure, it’s the combination of a French villa and a contemporary modern house. To make it work we had to distill out the key components from both of their different ideas, and marry them together so it wouldn’t look like a collision.”

In addition to these strong, linear components, the homeowners brought a love of color, texture, and pattern to the design table. One of the homeowners is a collector of antique textiles, and is particularly interested in Moroccan design.

Both loved bright color deployed with a whimsical approach, and both needed the home to serve as a backdrop for their existing collection of antique furniture. “I had a tour through their existing home early on, and their desire for an unexpected juxtaposition of old and elaborate with new and modern was immediately evident,” says designer Janice Viekman.

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“In Palladian architecture, you’re drawing on history, so in the interior I looked for a way to include that alongside modern elements. In the master bathroom, the floor tile pattern ignores the big walk-in shower. Instead of breaking at a curb and making the shower its own pattern, I made the floor pattern absolutely contiguous and unbroken, as if it was the entire room and the shower had been put in later. It’s a way of creating historical stories that aren’t entirely real, giving the house some instant history even though it’s brand new. There was a bit of storytelling about that.”

The northern wall of the home is anchored by an interior-exterior concrete wall. “It was very challenging to build,” says Osolin. “It had to be made in one big pour, and it took something like 14 hours to pour that wall. It was a big challenge for us and for the contractor, and they did a spectacular job.” The concrete is a statuesque visual and physical anchor for the home, and also acts as a reflector, capturing light that enters the house from its south side and diffusing it throughout the home.

That massive concrete wall also delineates one edge of what the architects called “the Slot,” a glass-enclosed structure on the north side of the home that houses a truly remarkable staircase, fabricated by Tod Von Mertens. During the design phase, the staircase was one of the more difficult elements to resolve. Inspiration from the Viennese Secessionist movement, an artistic movement inspired by the early industrial era that took advantage of new methods of forming concrete and working with metal, finally pointed the way to a design that fused elements of industry and craft.

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ABOVE The long dining table in the living room was custom designed by Janice Viekman and fabricated

by Decorative Metal Arts. It’s wired to accept vintage table lamps to provide illumination, rather than candles, and it’s mounted on wheels for easy mobility.

New Moon Rug was sourved from Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets. LEFT Osolin loved working with Tod Von Mertens on the staircase fabrication. “He was quite an amazing craftsman to work with. We got to work with so many elemental materials – steel, glass, concrete, bentwood – it’s really remarkable.” Illuminated from above by a large-scale skylight, the staircase is a focal point for the home.

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To complement the strong architectural lines, the homeowners selected a vibrant palate of orange, yellow, peach, and red to extend throughout the home.

“I’ve never had such a big paint schedule!” says Viekman. “The architecture made it easy to have a lot of color. There are no ambiguous transitions. Between each room are these very architecturally designed, cleanly defined portals that transition to secondary hallways as well as other rooms. So it’s very easy to begin and end different colors, since you don’t normally want to just end a color on an outside corner and then pick up another.”

texture and rhythm into a room otherwise characterized by a soothing color and material palatte. After sourcing straight panels from a company in England, Viekman designed a shutter and hardware system. The shutter also provides filtered light into the tub area while also preserving a sense of privacy.

Inspired by the homeowner’s love of textiles, pattern and repetition also play a central role. In the master bathroom, a custom-made laser-cut shutter brings

The main dining table was designed by Viekman after some surprise inspiration from part of the construction process. To apply the stucco on the exterior

On the main floor, the living room was carefully designed to maximize flexibility. A modular approach to design, including embedding power outlets in the floor throughout the space, was important to the homeowners, who wanted to be able to reconfigure furniture and layout for holidays and entertaining.

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of the home, the architects subcontracted to a well-established stucco firm in the Seattle area. The boards they used in their scaffolding were coated in decades of concrete dust, creating a weathered patina that contrasted beautifully against the industrial scaffolding frame.

Inside, Viekman created a table built on a pipe system and mounted on scaffolding wheels. The homeowners wanted a table that was large enough for entertaining, easy to move, and integrated technology so they and their children could use it for computer work. The completed table was pre-wired for power, making it easy to use technology as well as electric lamps, instead of candles. Like so much of the house, the ultimate design sprung from the fusion of seemingly disparate elements. “It was a complicated set of circumstances that led to a very specific design direction,” says Viekman. “The design came out of a desire to throw in an industrial element, to mix together Palladian architecture with a working environment with a factory/industrial look, some functional requirements, and the desire for an eclectic mix of things within the home.

“Compatibility as a team – client, architect, and designer – is really critical to a project working,” says Viekman. And while it’s not always easy to combine disparate elements into an integrated whole, the Southpaw home shines as a testament to the power of collaboration.

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR: Lockhart Suver LLC, lockhartsuver.com INTERIOR DESIGN: Viekman, viekman.com ARCHITECT: RHO Architects, rhoarchitects.com LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Allworth Design, allworthdesign.com Rugs: Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets, Stacy Logan, Tufenkian; Kitchen Appliances: Albert Lee Appliances; Windows: Hope’s Steel Windows & Doors; Solar Panels: Puget Sound Solar; Plumbing Fixtures: Best Plumbing: KWC, Dornbracht, Vola, Duravit; Kitchen Appliances: Miele, Wolf, Sub-Zero; Tile Flooring: Ann Sacks Tile

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Save the Date Thursday May 19, 2016 Meet Alexa Hampton Keynote Speaker 10:30 and 12:30 16th Annual North Carolina to Parker’s Spring Market Show RSVP 503.644.0155 Alexa’s book will be available for purchase at Parker Furniture.

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Exclusive Interview Alexa Hampton is the president of Mark Hampton, LLC in New York. A perennial A-list designer, she is the author of two decorating books, and has lines at Kravet and Hickory Chair. We talk with Hampton about her rigorous training, the untimely circumstances of taking over her late father’s firm and her love of classical art, architecture and interiors.

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Hampton’s living room in New York blends European antiques, Grand Tour artwork and her own furniture designs.

Your late father, Mark Hampton, was recently lauded as one of the 20 greatest interior designers of all time by Architectural Digest. What was it like growing up with him and did you always want to be a designer?

Yes, I always wanted to do it, and because I could draw, I would look at my father and think, ‘Hey, he’s a person I have things in common with. I should look at what he’s doing.’ So that’s what started the ball rolling.

What did you study in school? Art history?

No. I went to Brown and I studied literature and history because I knew I was going to go to grad school. Both my parents went to grad school and got their master’s. We were a very education focused family and I knew my father would not have let us approach it as a finishing school. It was to be taken seriously and in a scholarly way.

After Brown, where did you enroll?

I went to the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. It’s where my father got his master’s. It’s where John Pope-Hennessy taught. It’s THE PLACE. But you cannot say that you’re going to be a

decorator if that’s where you want to go. It’s all art and architecture, and is certainly not a trade school, which I actually found really sobering.

However, if you are me or my father, or anyone else who loves art and architecture and is planning to be a designer, then you couldn’t be more inexplicably connected. If you love Caravaggio, and you see deep shadows and contrast, those are the things that inform your understanding of color and composition. You can’t dismiss the meaning of art.

So I took those classes, obviously, because I had spent my life looking at those paintings and buildings. I mean the first slide they showed in class was of the Brancacci Chapel, and I was like ‘Oh yea, you walk in the door and that Masaccio fresco is on your left.’ I knew them backwards, forwards.

So graduate school was great, but it was incredibly demanding. The German was just a killer. It was part of the demise of my pursuit of my master’s. I’d grown up learning French.

I pretend to speak Spanish and bits of Italian, neither of them successfully. But if you’re going to get your master’s at the Institute, you have to

learn German. You can’t be an art historian and not learn German. So I realized that, for good or for bad, I wanted to be working.

What a fortunate decision. Not only did you work closely with your Dad during the last part of his life, but you transitioned quickly into a leadership role. What was that like?

There was so much love for my father in the industry, and so much goodwill, that I was afforded the luxury of figuring it out. And you know when people say, ‘You are so fortunate. You have a beloved parent in the field.’ You know, I really was. I mean, it was so unfortunate, his death, but yes, I had incredible good fortune in that I was given that room, that faith, that encouragement and love, just on the basis of people’s love for him. It was a really wonderful thing.

Let’s talk about style. We are becoming so casual as a society, yet some of us still yearn for those classicallyinspired formal rooms. What does this say about us?

Well, it’s important for me to be able to say that I like those things without saying that that is the person I need to be. I’m still a slob, and I

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Hampton’s 10th anniversary furniture collection for Hickory Chair debuted at the Spring Market Show in 2015. She also designs woven fabrics and trims for Kravet Fabrics and carpets for Stark Carpet.

ROSY COMES TO PORTLAND Hampton has a Portland connection. Her great grandfather, Austin Flegel, was a Portlander who lived in Thailand as an economic adviser. In 1953, he and his wife donated a female elephant from Thailand to the Portland Zoo and named her Rosy in honor of the city’s signature bloom.

More than 100,000 Portlanders lined the streets to greet Rosy when she arrived.

eat on top of my bed wearing my husband’s boxer shorts.

But I really love a lot of fancy things and I feel comfortable indulging my love of certain looks.

Yes, I find inspiration everywhere, whether it’s a crown moulding on a building or some cool textile, or a Tory Burch dress, or a travel book.

It seems like there is a long trend in interior design moving away from formal interiors. Do you agree?

There came a point in my life, when I was so young and so concerned about being serious that I confused seriousness of purpose with a lack of amusement. Then when I got old enough, I realized, ‘If I’m not having the most fun I can have on every single project, then my work suffers.’ I do much better when I’m excited. So, I really am available to be inspired. I’m looking for fun. I’m looking for the interesting thing.

Well, for me, I went through a big period where I didn’t want to use trim. I didn’t want fringe. I didn’t want tassels. I just was like, ‘Enough already!’ I had to cleanse my palette and go off the decorative saw. I wanted everything sleek and graphic.

That coincided with the New York espousal of mid-century modern, then beige, which then became gray. First it was avant garde when Axel Vervoordt did it in Belgium and now it has become synonymous with Restoration Hardware.

But I’m hoping that the pendulum will swing back like it always does. It has for me. I’ve gone from a much more graphic look to embracing maximalism again. And it’s probably a little more than the normal person, because I’m in the industry, and I know what the outer edges of that can mean.

But I do think, culturally, that we are on the path back. Then we’ll go back and forth. Because when it hits the masses and it’s ubiquitous, don’t you want to go home and have things be different?

Your Instagram feed, @alexahamptoninc, is so much fun. You delight in everything from the Sargent paintings at the Met to bright blue lamps at a HomeGoods in D.C. Is there design inspiration all around us?

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Is there anything that’s got you fired up right now?

I’m always in a state of being fired up. I’m working for a couple right now who have a ridiculous modern art collection. It’s the world of art in which I’m the least comfortable or knowledgeable. So I’m loving learning about it. And the interiors that they most adore and are inspired by are Georgian interiors. We’re going really, really traditional -- in a way that is faithfully traditional -- so this is just so much fun I can’t stand it.

Wow. That art is just going to pop.

Isn’t it? It’s going to be astonishing. It’s like they were teleported from the Georgian era into the contemporary art scene. They have such great taste.

I attract people who have very serious interest in design, whether they learned it in class or have had a bunch of houses and love doing it. These people are knowledgeable

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about art and architecture. And I’m so grateful because it makes it so much more interesting.

We know you fall hard for decorative antiquities, architectural souvenirs and other neoclassical treasures from stores like Piraneseum in San Francisco and John Rosselli Antiques in New York. What other stores are your top picks for furnishings and accessories?

On the West Coast, I would say Therien & Co. It’s in Los Angeles. In New York, I love Niall Smith.

We know from your Instagram feed that you travel a lot. You were recently in China and Europe. Are you working on any projects overseas?

Well I have worked in China. And I’m considering a hotel project there.

And I’m working in France. And I’ve got great projects in New York. I do travel a lot. The travel is a little crazy.

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What is it like to work in China?

I think what’s happening in Chinese design right now is fascinating in that they had this pause button put on them during the Cultural Revolution. They have this great historic Asian design history. And they have the great Speakeasy Era of Deco China. Then they paused. America is the closest thing you have to having a clean slate, and we all try on different styles all the time, but we have much more fluency with those styles, whereas in China, you see a lot of false French design in China. You see a pseudo Palladian villa with an oculus that’s 15 feet in diameter. So their traditional design is emergent, but their modern design is developing at a much more rapid clip.

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My idea of a perfect weekend is being with my kids and my husband just because I travel enough the rest of the time. Also, it includes a lot of sleep.

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I want to do everything. I don’t need to triumph at everything, but I want to do everything. Porcelain. Flatware. I really want to do paint colors.

Really, really. And I want to do some building materials, some structural stuff like hardware or crown mouldings.

When you finish a huge project, what’s your favorite way to celebrate it?

Well, it’s never, “Oh, it’s over.” The evolution is more subtle. But heavy drinking always seems to work for me. And cheese -- cheese is great for all kinds of moments. I love it when people say, “I’m an emotional eater.”

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BRIGHT SPACES, SCULPTURAL PLANTS, AND OPEN LAYOUTS MAKE FOR A FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOME WITH A GROWNUP SENSIBILITY IN PORTLAND’S WEST HILLS

Frances Virden and her husband were just starting their family when they bought their new house, so child-friendly fabrics and furniture were a must, but so was a crisp, modern mid-century vibe.

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WHEN FRANCES VIRDEN AND HER FAMILY BEGAN SHOPPING FOR A HOME IN THE BRIDLEMILE neighborhood in Portland’s West Hills, they knew they wanted to give it their own special touch. At first, they thought that meant finding a fixer-upper and giving it a complete update. But then, a stroke of good luck pushed them in another direction – at exactly the right time.

“I was seven months pregnant and we’d just gotten a puppy,” says Frances. “My husband and I both like clean lines and light, airy, open rooms, and we looked at this house that already had a lot of the aesthetic we like. It was a flip, but the inspector said he’d never seen a flip done this well – great brands, amazing windows. We were so lucky to find it.”

Strong midcentury bones and a recent remodel meant there were no major updates needed. Yet Frances and her family were confronted by another conundrum: a beautiful, empty, blank space, the design equivalent of the blank page that triggers writer’s block.

“There are so many places to see awesome ideas – Houzz, Pinterest – sometimes it’s overwhelming,” says Virden. “I’d end up pinning five different styles of home.”

So they reached out to interior designer Courtney Nye. Courtney, a design veteran with a background in commercial interiors, began offering residential interior design services in Portland four years ago. Her modern, naturalistic style was a perfect fit for the updated midcentury look the homeowners were hoping for, and they connected with her laid-back attitude and functional approach to interior design.

“We started by figuring out how they wanted to live in their new space,” says Courtney, “and then we moved on to furnishing it.” After several meetings, Courtney and the Virden family settled on a clear vision: streamlined, modern midcentury featuring natural materials,

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lots of white space, and an open, family-friendly layout. Furniture pieces were selected for durability, rounded corners, and toddler-tolerant features like scrubbable finishes and stain-resistant fabrics.

“There are a lot of different styles in the midcentury world,” says Courtney.

“Some more retro, some very vintage. The Virdens had a really modern aesthetic that’s bright and fresh with a little bit of a pop feel. So we went in that direction: modern, crisp, bright, and light.”

Aside from a few pieces of art, the homeowners weren’t wedded to using many particular furnishings from their previous home, giving Courtney the opportunity to work from a truly blank slate. She sourced furnishings from a variety of places, including Jonathan Adler, Design Within Reach, Restoration Hardware, Etsy, The Good Mod, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, EWF Modern and other trade sources.

The unique shape of the home’s living room meant placing furniture was a bit of a challenge. “The living room is kind of a bizarre shape,” says Courtney. “It has a lot of angularity to it so, so we had to look through a couple of options to find a seating area that felt good. Since the floor plan is so open, we also had to make sure that the furnishing selection for different rooms felt continuous without being too matchy.”

Sometimes, that meant making selections the homeowners might not have thought of, such as pairing the sectional sofa with a round coffee table. “I would have done square,” says Frances, “but round broke up some of the aesthetics without being polarizing.”

The home is also filled with plants, which contrast dramatically against the mostly white surfaces. “They have so many windows and so much light,” says Courtney, “so it’s really conducive to plants. And many of the plants we chose have really sculptural lines, so they add additional interest.”

An abundance of windows meant that lighting could be chosen for its ability to create intimacy, not just illuminate a dark space. An arched floor lamp provides a directable light source, while the dining room chandelier can be dimmed to set the mood for dining.

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A restful palette of whites, greens, blues, grays, and browns mirrors the colors that define the Pacific Northwest landscape. As new parents to a daughter and a puppy, the Virdens wanted an open, functional, uncluttered layout where kids and dogs could comfortably play without sacrificing an adult space for socializing and relaxing. All of the furniture in

the living room can be easily cleaned or wiped, including the Eames chair. Even the arched floor lamp was chosen to make the space more comfortable for the real needs of living; its low angle minimizes glare while watching television, making it possible to kick back with a movie without plunging the house into darkness.

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TOP Both Frances and Courtney name the dramatic brick fireplace as one of their favorite parts about the home. An adjacent firewood storage cubby keeps fuel at arm’s reach while incorporating the natural sculptural qualities of split hardwood into the aesthetic of the living area. LEFT Designer Courtney Nye.

The brick fireplace serves as a central anchor for the living room. Virden and her husband both love the look of painted brick, so Courtney chose a brilliant white for the exterior of the fireplace, highlighting its architectural lines while avoiding too much visual weight.

“I love our dramatic brick fireplace, and how the black area of the fireplace contrasts against the white brick,” says Frances. “That’s probably my favorite feature. And I love that every space in our house is very functional. There’s no awkward space where we have it designed or decorated just because.”

Now, as their young family grows, the Virdens’s home is keeping up every step of the way.

PROJECT SOURCES Living Room Sectional: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, mgbwhome.com Dining Buffet: EWF Modern, ewfmodern.com Media Credenza: HIP, hippdx.com Eames Chair: Design Within Reach, dwr.com

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When Seattle interior designer Doug Rasar was asked to help with the monumental renovation that would turn his long-time clients’ former Washington wine country home with contemporary interiors into an estate with more traditional sensibilities and a colorful Hawaiian style cabana, he took the job.

“They once called me their quarterback,” recalls Rasar, referring to his job of coordinating with architects, contractor and numerous subs in addition to his design work. “The house was originally designed by a very well-known San Francisco architect. This time, however, the owners wanted to use as many ‘Local Favorite Sons’ as possible. They, therefore, engaged Rod Knipper of KDF Architects of Yakima, who became the primary architect on the project.”

“We conceptualized the interiors,” says Knipper, “including the stone arrangement of the entry, and fireplace, living room panels, staircase, bridge to the

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upstairs bedrooms, and master shower, as well as creating a theater out of a low attic space.”

“The footprint of the house didn’t change, however,” explains Rasar. “While the rest of the world is wanting blackened steel and Venetian plaster walls, they had already lived with that for 20 years. So, they wanted something more timeless and traditional.”

The entire estate was transformed by adding a carriage house at the end of the driveway, symmetrical arbors, reflecting pools, and the removal of the large porte cochere that dwarfed the original small entry door.

“The porte cochere was very distracting from the overall classic look of the house,” says Knipper, who also interfaced with the landscape architect to create the design for the reflecting pools seen from the newly widened two story copper clad living room windows.

PREVIOUS SPREAD Four inch cobblestones from Ibison Stone of Oklahoma, which match the stone used in the home’s original façade, were placed in a fish scale fan pattern the whole length of the 1/4 mile long driveway. A large fountain was replaced with an exterior “tile carpet” that defines the entry. Sevigny built a temporary mezzanine to help finish carpenters and mason John Taylor, who installed the heavy stone fireplace blocks from China. Some of the stones were cut from water troughs in which well-worn rope holes used to tether animals are still visible. A Flemish antique bench from Obsolete in Santa Monica; entry credenza from Therien & Co. in Los Angeles. RIGHT Blue jewel tones found in the Holly Hunt sateen sofas, India rep fabric walls and silk curtains enliven the living room.

Rasar’s signature “Kenny G” sofa design sits on a Driscoll Robbins flat weave rug. Custom chandeliers camouflage recessed lighting.

TOP Step down reflecting pools draw the eye toward the arbors.

Richard Rhodes, founder of Rhodes Architectural Stone in Seattle, procured the stone relics, dating from 600-2000 years old, used in the granite floor tiles, and relic fireplace, which also features “Antique Yangtze Limestone”. Rhodes, a former actor turned stone mason, spent seven years, from 1999-2006, negotiating with the Chinese Army, local officials and villagers to rescue the granite roadways, and limestone from 17 villages that would soon be lost forever, owing to the flooding of the Yangtze River for The Three Gorges Dam project.

Given the vastness of the project, Rasar recommended Jim Romano of Conard Romano in Seattle to work with KDF on some of the interior detailing.

“Our involvement began after the concept had been more or less determined for the overall scope of the work. The home was completely gutted at that point. There were elements of interior configuration, but no details pulling the spirit together,” says Romano.

“Rod at KDF was the prime architect, whose work I completely respect. Doug and Josh Sevigny of Artisan, Inc. are both great. It was all about collaboration - what each team could bring to the project - which was very successful.”

Romano designed the new 14’, 1,500 pound entry door, which took several men to install.

“NorthStar Woodworks of Bellingham built it,” says Romano.

“They brought in craftsmen from other trades as well to help engineer it. The whole door pull mechanism was custom designed and cast by local tradesman. NorthStar then coordinated putting it together.”

Rasar’s interiors feature a rich, dark palette that began with the homeowners’ love for blue.

“Everything blue came from the two rugs we found in Los Angeles that are on either side of the enormous limestone fireplace,” says Rasar. Coordinating the blue in the living room with that found in the adjacent sitting room was key. Native American artist, Leo Adams’ striking chevron adds contrast. Lighting designer Brian Hood helped Rasar with his custom designs and fixture selection.

Rasar calls an extraordinary armoire found in New York at Amy Perlin Antiques “a killer piece.”

There were several unique directives from the homeowners that helped to drive the architectural detailing and interior design, including the edict: “no recessed lighting.”

LEFT David Smith & Co. supplied the millstone table and chairs beneath the arbor. BELOW LEFT Paul Ferrante chandeliers hang from coffered ceiling above a Therien & Co. dining table; chairs from Dennis & Leen; flooring by Exquisite Surfaces. Sevigny’s team painstakingly coped hundreds of intricate pieces needed to keep a tight fit for the coffered ceilings.

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Richer tones and a darker color palette extend to the coffered walnut ceilings and custom lighting designed to aid the homeowner’s sensitivity to light in a bright climate. The inside backs of the wing back chairs in the adjacent living room feature embossed leather. Rasar recommended Romano create large shutters for room-to-room continuity. “We built them as a door with a louvered shutter inside it and carefully aligned the pieces to coordinate with the rest of the paneling,� says Romano.

Doug Rasar and Rod Knipper worked with Josh and James Sevigny of Artisan, Inc. to turn a very utilitarian garage area into the colorful Hawaiian style cabana, tying it to the main estate by facing a concrete block wall with the same Oklahoma quarried limestone found on the home’s facade. Mammoth Douglas fir logs are wrapped in hemp rope; Jeld-Wen bi-folding doors close off the cabana in winter. Peter Millet bronze statue.

“Normally, in Seattle,” says Rasar, “it is a priority to find light either by facing the house south to get as much light as possible, or via sky lights, etc. This area of Washington is very different from Seattle with intense light year round, which influenced the color palette, and decorative light fixture design.”

Knipper agrees. “Both owners had good design ideas and were always on top of things. They were also exceptional at reading and understanding architectural drawings, and enjoyed being involved in the selection of materials, mockups, and even the placement of engraved antique rocks.”

To avoid using recessed cans in the ceiling, Rasar incorporated them into the custom living room fixtures, and then directed the light toward artwork or other elements of the design.

“I did some of the overall concept sketches for the cabana,” recalls Knipper, “noting which material should go where. Doug put it all together, including designing the cabinets.”

An intense period of demolition was required to gut the home and install the complex heating and water systems throughout the house. “We built a tunnel from one end of the house to the other, and used an excavator to haul out the concrete and gravel,” says Sevigny. Following the owner’s desire to keep the home at an even 70 degrees, Sevigny installed 18 dampers to the various zones of the house, and with the extensive gutting, eventually wound up reframing the whole interior.

“The cabinets near the stove,” says Rasar, “are fir, made from trees similar to the fir found in Japan. The panels are keyaki, a Japanese figurative wood.” Authentic Japanese hardware and Shoji type doors give it a Pacific Rim look.

“One of the great aspects of this project,” says Romano, “was the tremendous commitment to design the owners made and their active engagement throughout the process.”

Rasar designed the game table so that with the push of a button, from as far away as the sectional, the table top pops up to reveal the TV. “Too small to be noticed in a photo,” adds Rasar, “are the tiny

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The fireplace is made up of pineapple textured stone from China, chosen in a range of soft colors. The plinths beneath the pencil columns were designed and cut in China. The large block limestone flooring echoes that found in the main house.

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tile petro glyphs from Hawaii’s First People: a pregnant woman, a fisherman, etc. The hammered black metal stove hood features a medallion and antique brackets from Japan.

Collectible cabana items include Hawaiian Koa paddles, and framed vintage Royal Hawaiian Hotel menus with artwork by artist John Kelly. During the hotel’s heyday, it issued different menus for each day of the week.

The cabana’s pièce de résistance are its Koa walls with center matched seams. “Steve Stusser of Stusser Woodworks, who installed the woodwork, was very possessive of this wood,” says Knipper. “He cut the leftover pieces in a triangular pattern, inverted top-to-bottom for the wainscoting, without wasting a single piece!”

Knipper says, “The whole experience, which lasted two to three years, was action packed. We made lots of full-sized mock-ups supplied by the contractors, who built them and brought them to the site from around the world.”

Sevigny recalls a few “exciting” moments - like pouring 3 yards of concrete weighing 12,000 lbs for the living room concrete chimney cap while being 45’ off the ground. Or taking 30 corn cob blasted 16’ x 16’ dead standing fir posts and setting them on a thermaled stone base, and then sliding the nearly 700 lb. posts with their bases, one-by-one, under the existing shored roof.

“It was a fun project in terms of design,” adds Romano. “When it was all said and done, it came together like a symphony of pieces, which I take back to the clients, who graciously allowed this project to be created, and to Doug Rasar, who held it all together like glue.”

“In a heart beat, given the chance to work with anyone who was on this team,” adds Rasar, “I would do it again, no question.”

PROJECT SOURCES CONTRACTOR: Artisan Inc. artisaninc.com PRIMARY ARCHITECT: KDF Architecture kdfarchitecture.com ARCHITECT: Conard Romano Architects conardromano.com INTERIOR DESIGN: Doug Rasar Interior Design rasarinteriors.com RUGS: Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets driscollrobbins.com LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Allworth Design allworthdesign.com PLUMBING FIXTURES: Kohler Signature Store by Keller Supply kohlersignaturestoreseattle.com STONE FROM CHINA: Richard Rhodes now of Rhodesworks Design Studio rhodesworksdesign.com OKLAHOMA STONE: Ibison Stone Supply ibisonstonesupply.com

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The former garage/utilitarian space is now a beautiful retreat, with precious Koa wood walls and wood-saving wainscot that add drama and warmth. A Himmel sectional pairs with a blue area rug

by Hokanson. Table lamp by Gregorius Pineo. Large Douglas fir logs were laid on the ground, and then shaped with a motorized hand planer to resemble the sketches that Rod Knipper provided, before wrapping the ends in hemp rope. Mahogany beams are interrupted by ceiling bamboo mats.

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A GARDENER’S ISLAND PARADISE written by MARGARETT WATERBURY photography by BLISS GARDEN DESIGN

If the Pacific Northwest is the best place to garden in the United States (yes, we’ll say it), then Bainbridge Island might be Eden. In the heart of Puget Sound, Bainbridge has managed to retain some of its bucolic character while being just 20 minutes by ferry from downtown Seattle.

The island’s maritime climate, mild weather, meandering coastline, and mountain views around every corner make it an irresistible backdrop for naturalistic gardening.

Wandering Aengus sources apples from a range of orchards, including their own small orchard in Salem. Their orchard stock comes from cuttings made from a historic apple orchard in Washington County, at that time one of the only repositories of traditional cider apple genetic material in our region.

GARDEN DESIGNER TISH TREHERNE HAD DESIGNED OTHER PEOPLE’S GARDENS for many years through her business, Bliss Garden Design, before she found the perfect sunny, southwest-facing parcel on the Bainbridge waterline to call her own. With a background in fine arts and a great passion for horticulture, she’s spent the last four years designing and creating this perfect island garden retreat, complete with vibrant four-season color and a sun-soaked patio that makes those rainy Puget Sound winters seem just a little more tolerable.

Tell us a little bit about your home – what’s the site like?

CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT A mass of Euphorbia characias wulfenii anchors one side of a slate patio; gold spikes of Libertia ixioides ‘Goldfinger’ bring a dynamic feel to a planter vignette; Sedum and sempervivum create a living carpet; vibrant plants like salvia and barberry contrast strikingly against the soft grey of Puget Sound. OPPOSITE PAGE Tish loves to use soft grasses like Sesleria autumnalis in plantings to soften the edges of perennial plantings.

It’s a great site – a little under half an acre and right on the water. We were actually planning to move out of the area when this house went on the market. It faces southwest and it’s got this really open, sunny site. I really needed that. We were in the forest before this, and I was struggling in this climate. We lost the sun at 1:30 in the afternoon. Every year it never felt like summer actually happened, or that it was time for fall to arrive. Now we just get baked in the summertime – that courtyard is routinely in the 90s.

This site presented an opportunity to work with pretty much 100% sun, with a few great pockets of shade.

We’ve got really rocky, sandy soil, but it’s well amended and drains very, very well.

What kind of impact does all that sun have on the plants you chose?

Well, I’m able to push the limits a little bit, and I have irrigation, so that affords me a little more leeway. I’m able to use non-hardy succulents, and I only had to cover them a few times this winter because all that corrugated metal siding is a great heat sink. Blue Gamma Grass ‘Blonde Ambition’ is another one that does well here. It’s a slow-starting grass, but all this heat gives it a boost. In another garden, it might be June before it gets going. Salvia, Philomath, Jerusalem Sage, Libertia, and Euphorbia all do very well here with the longer, hotter season.

What’s it like designing your own garden versus designing a client’s garden?

With your own garden, you have the luxury of time. I spent more time observing my garden before I did anything, and I don’t have that luxury at client gardens.

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OPPOSITE The shady side of the house doesn’t have to be drab. In this low-light planting, Tish mixes Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ and Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ with Ophiopogon planiscapus RIGHT ‘Nigrescens,’ Polystichum munitum, and an unknown Rhododendron cultivar. Behind, Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ softens the edge of the gravel driveway.

hurry to deal with the outside because we were doing some work inside.

I got on top of the weeds, cleaned up the overcrowding, kept what I wanted to keep, and then stepped back. I didn’t really do a design on paper for this garden; it was more a matter of improvising.

The other thing about working in your garden is that you can experiment. I don’t experiment in client’s gardens anymore. There’s a plant palette I like to work with because I trust the plants to perform, even for my clients who aren’t gardeners.

So once you were ready, how did you get started?

With this garden, I really tried to understand what the former owners had done, what they were trying to achieve. There has been a house here for a while, and three layers of people (or more) kind of built this garden.

There were some wonderful things here. A really cool Harlequin Glorybower that smells amazing with these great big leaves and blossoms that perfume the entire house in the summer (and feeds the hummingbirds).

There was a Crabapple tree in the front yard that I love, and some nice established large shrubs that screen the neighbors.

And I don’t always do that when designing a garden. Often, there’s just not much to work with and you’re starting from scratch. But here, I was willing to be patient and watch, and to salvage what worked well and take away what wasn’t working.

Also, I created a nursery bed – I almost always create nursery beds. It’s a place to put things I think we can reuse, or I’m not sure about. There were so many plants it was like a game of Tetris – I didn’t want to throw plants out if I could move them around to be healthy and beautiful.

What colors and textures did you gravitate towards?

The previous homeowner had chosen a tangerine/peach/orange base, with plants like Firefly Heather, Libertia, and this Willow hedge that’s just shocking orange sticks coming out of the ground in winter. I love all the colors, but you can go overboard with bright colors and tons of foliage combinations. It looks really cool in close-up shots, but in a larger garden, you don’t get that sense of harmony and balance. My natural inclination is to calm things down visually. I want gardens to be calm and restful, with clean lines. The colors, I think, follow that. They tend not to drive my decision process.

Tell us a little bit about building a garden that relates to a landscape like Bainbridge Island.

If you just plop a garden down without considering the surrounding landscape, it doesn’t work. If you’re in an urban environment you have more leeway. All that concrete and other buildings are like a stage, and you can stage your garden to make it whatever you want it to be. But if PortraitMagazine.com

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you have a forest around you, or you’re on the water, the garden needs to have a sense of place.

For example, if I’m dealing with a larger property with surrounding natural places, plants near the house tend to be more ornamental. As you get farther away from the house, the plantings become more natural, more native or native friends that work with the native landscape, and lower maintenance.

How do you go about selecting plants for a site?

Site conditions are so important. Almost any garden can look good for a year, maybe, but if you ignore the site conditions, your plants won’t thrive. You can have the most pedestrian plants in the world, and if they’re healthy, they’re beautiful, and if they’re not, no matter how exotic the plants, they won’t look beautiful. You have to honor the site conditions.

Do you have any favorite plants you find yourself turning to again and again?

Oh yes. I love Japanese Forest Grass, I think it’s somewhere in every single garden I’ve ever done. If you have shaded conditions and decent moisture, that plant is awesome. I use a lot of Black Mondo Grass, Sword Fern, Japanese Castle Fern, Hellebore. In the sun, it depends. Lavender, if the conditions are right, which they’re often not. Succulents are great for annuals. They’re so trendy, I’m sure their day in the sun will be over soon, but they make great annual arrangements.

Why is the Northwest so great for gardening?

We’ve got a really forgiving climate, so we can grow a broad range of plants. And it’s a true year-round gardening season. Even if it’s not always fun to get out into the garden in January, you could if you wanted to. It’s a forgiving environment for getting things to grow, and people get excited when they’re successful. In climatic terms, it’s not that dissimilar to England, and gardening there is a way of life. In Los Angeles, for example, people take care of other people’s gardens. Here, it’s much more of a pastime, something people really love.

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Tish’s garden is set against the stunning backdrop of Puget Sound. In the foreground, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Victoria’ blooms in front of a hardy Rosa rugosa and nearly pastel Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low.’ Purple Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ contrasts strikingly against the foliage of Phlomis russeliana and the sunset-like glow of Berberis thunbergii ‘Rose Glow,’ while rounded tufts of Anemanthele lessoniana and Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ provide soft movement.

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WINES OF THE Rogue Valley written by BY ERIC DEGERMAN and ANDY PERDUE, Great Northwest Wine

Valley View Winery Winemaker John Guerrero samples a barrel. Valley View was originally established in the 1850s by Oregon pioneer Peter Britt in the Applegate Valley near the historic town of Jacksonville. The Wisnovsky family restored the winery in the early 1970s and continues to operate it today.

WINE ENTHUSIAST RECENTLY NAMED ASHLAND AS NO. 10 ON ITS BEST WINE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS IN THE WORLD FOR 2016, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND THE REST OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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THE DRIVE ALONG INTERSTATE 5 FROM PORTLAND TO ASHLAND DOESN’T OFFER the stark geologic and cultural differences that Interstate 90 showcases in Washington state, but the styles, diversity and quality of wine created in Southern Oregon are reminiscent of a trip through Eastern Washington. And while wines from the Rogue Valley American Viticultural Area remain in the global shadow of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, there’s substantial history and acclaimed winemaking taking place in and around Ashland, the state’s southernmost city.

Visitors from Portland and Seattle will still find plenty of delicious Pinot Noir grown, made and bottled by Rogue Valley wineries. In fact, the prized red grape of Burgundy is the region’s No. 1 wine. Fruity and luscious Pinot Noir grapes from Southern Oregon routinely make their way into many of the state’s largest bottlings, particularly in cool vintages. About a third of the Rogue Valley’s 3,200 acres of vines are devoted to Pinot Noir.

One of the biggest early supporters of Rogue Valley fruit was Willamette Valley Vineyards near Salem. The Pinot Noir producer created its Griffin Creek brand 30 years ago so it could offer customers bigger reds such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah — grapes that do not perform as well in the cooler Willamette Valley but shine at Quail Run Vineyards.

There’s more remarkable history nearby. In the 1850s, Peter Britt launched Oregon’s first winery

in the Applegate Valley town of Jacksonville and operated it as Valley View Winery for more than five decades. The Wisnovsky family revived the brand in the 1970s and continues to operate it.

Today, there are more than 150 vineyards in the Rogue Valley, which also is generating awards with the robust Spanish grape Tempranillo, Rhône Valley varieties such as Grenache and Viognier, and the ever-popular Chardonnay and Pinot Gris.

The wine industry now drives tourism through the Rogue Valley. Winemakers with impressive international résumés moved in to make wine for themselves and clients. Multi-generation farmers such as the Naumes family have entered the wine scene. Pioneering growers Don and Traute Moore of Quail Run now operate their own brand: South Stage Cellars in downtown Jacksonville. Their wines are crafted by Napa-trained Linda Donovan as well as Joe Dobbes, who put Quail Run on the map while he was at Willamette Valley Vineyards.

Here is a selection of wines from Rogue Valley producers that were recently evaluated under blind conditions: DANCIN Vineyards, 2013 Tribute Red Wine Southern Oregon, $35 Dan and Cindy Marca reap awards for their work with small lots of Chardonnay and Pinot

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Noir grown on their Jacksonville estate and throughout the state, but this blend of Barbera, Sangiovese and Nebbiolo also shows artistry and imagination. And it’s a tip of the hat to Dan’s forefathers who farmed vineyards in Italy. The intense nose of black cherry, pomegranate, dark chocolate and brown sugar turns into a bold drink of Montmorency cherry and fresh cranberry with chocolatey tannins and a great finish. Enjoy with the Italian-themed pizzas at their on-premise café. (170 cases, 13.5% alc.)

L. Donovan Wines, 2013 Reserve Chardonnay Rogue Valley, $25 Linda Donovan trained at Napa Valley icons Beaulieu, Robert Mondavi and Schramsberg before arriving in the Rogue Valley in 2000.

She makes wines for a variety of clients at her Pallet Wine Co., in Medford, but she carves out some time and space for her eponymous brand.

This bottling from Hoyal Vineyard is what you might expect of a California-style Chardonnay, showing signs of 30 percent new French oak with 100 percent malolactic fermentation in barrel.

Big aromas of toasted coconut, butter and apple lead to pleasing butterscotch richness on the palate. There’s more of the toasted coconut with notes of fresh mango, dried pineapple and spiciness on the finish. Suggested pairings include grilled salmon, sautéed mushrooms or pork, and these wines are sold at her quaint tasting room within Valley View Orchard in Ashland. (200 cases, 13% alc.)

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Folin Cellars, 2013 Estate Grenache Rogue Valley, $34 This red, ripe and juicy Rhône grape is enjoying a renaissance in the Northwest, and Rob Folin has planted an acre of it on his Gold Hill property north of Medford. He allows for a fanciful nose of raspberry, cherry and cranberry with clove and spearmint. On the palate, expect a delicious and elegant approach of more raspberry and Rainier cherry. There’s no need for a corkscrew to get at this because the 1,500-case winery uses the stylish and effective glass Vino-Seal cork. Folin, who also operates a seasonal tasting room in the Willamette Valley town of Carlton, enjoys pairing his Grenache with grilled ratatouille. (200 cases, 14.5% alc.)

Harry and David Vineyards, 2012 Reserve Pinot Noir Rogue Valley, $30 This historic Oregon pear producer recently entered the wine industry and works with Linda Donovan and Pallet Wine Co., using quarter-century-old Pinot Noir vines. Last year, this merited a gold medal at two regional competitions because of its aromas of rhubarb, red cherry and a hint of moist earthiness, followed by elegant flavors of raspberry and pomegranate. (5,244 cases, 13.5% alc.)

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transition into a full-time winemaker and grower near the Rogue River in White City with his wife, Krisell. Their Sauvignon Blanc is a serious one that’s snappy and grassy with a racy theme of gooseberry, Granny Smith apple, quince and kumquat. Its bone-dry finish makes this a great oyster wine. (556 cases, 13.9% alc.)

Pebblestone Cellars, 2014 Ellis Vineyard Viognier Rogue Valley, $20 A decade ago, Richard and Pat Ellis chose Southern Oregon over the Bay Area, purchasing this decade-old Ashland vineyard in 2003. The first vines they added were two acres of Geneva and clone 01 Viognier at this 1,600-foot-elevation site, and those blocks have helped put Pebblestone Cellars on the map. Bryan Wilson crafts the wines for the family, and he uses oak on this floral white Rhône grape, which allows for a full expression of orange Creamsicle, white peach and Spanish almond. Tangerine acidity keeps it crisp and makes it friendly with a plate of artisan cheese and charcuterie, shellfish in cream sauces or Asian fare. Earlier this year, Pebblestone made headlines by winning best of class at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition — the nation’s largest wine judging — with this Viognier. And that was no fluke. The 2013 vintage grabbed gold at the Chronicle in 2015. Look for this in Southern Oregon at the Jacksonville Inn, Market of Choice in Ashland or Harry and David’s Country Store in Medford. (300 cases produced, 14.3% alc.)

Plaisance Ranch, 2013 Mondeusé Applegate Valley, $30 Are you in one of those “century clubs” where membership comes after having tasted 100 wine grape varieties? Here’s a fun entry. Joe Ginet’s farming and ranching heritage starts in the France region of Savoie — home to Mondeusé Noire — so he arranged for cuttings in a relative’s vineyard to go through quarantine at Missouri State University. He now grows these grapes, a product of the nursery operation and vineyard near his organically farmed ranch. The wine offers sweet aromas of blueberry and black currant with vanilla bean, black pepper and clove. On the pour, there’s a bold entry of blue fruit with raspberry acidity that leads to a fascinating finish of sandy tannins and milk chocolate. (100 cases, 14.1% alc.)

Quady North, 2014 Pistoleta Rogue Valley, $19 His family is famous in California for its dessert wine program, but Herb Quady continues to make his own mark throughout the Northwest, especially for his work with Rhône varieties. He and his mother farm much of the fruit for this blend of Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier and Grenache Blanc.

It opens with aromas of pear, pineapple, baked apple, fruit-cake, candy and minerality with flavors to match. Bright acidity and that ripe golden fruit profile make for a harmonious midpalate and a delicious finish that bodes well with Asian fare and

fish tacos. Look for his wines at Fred Meyer, New Seasons and Zupan markets around Portland.

(983 cases, 12.5% alc.)

Red Lily Vineyards, 2013 Night School Southern Oregon, $32 Rachael Martin shines with grapes native to the Iberian Peninsula, especially with her award-winning Tempranillo bottlings from her Jacksonville estate. Understandably, she focuses her fortified red dessert wine program on traditional Port varieties Tinta Cão (60%), Touriga Naçional (31%) and Tinta Roriz (aka Tempranillo). The proprietary name hints at the night-time winemaking often required to find the exact time to add the fermentation-finishing brandy, and she hit the sweet spot with the profile of dark cherry, dried plum, huckleberry, golden raisin and baking spice. Closing notes of milk chocolate and almond make for a plush and balanced finish. (150 cases, 18.6% alc.)

Schultz Wines 2012 Freedom Fir Crest Vineyard Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, $29 The Schultz family operates a vineyard and farm in Grants Pass, and partner with Linda Donovan in Medford on their wine program, but they

source this Pinot Noir from the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Affable aromas of raspberry, black cherry and blueberry are framed by lightly toasted wood and rich spices. The pour brings a rush of blueberry and Bing cherry flavors, backed by chocolate-covered pomegranate. Its length and intensity will marry nicely with duck confit or prime rib. (70 cases, 13.8% alc.)

Weisinger Family Winery, 2012 Malbec Rogue Valley, $28 Second-generation vigneron Eric Weisinger made wine throughout the New World before returning home and taking the reins on the winery his father founded in Ashland in 1979. He relies on Gold Vineyard for this red Bordeaux variety, and it produces remarkable aromas of cracked black pepper, dusty blueberry, Bing cherry and allspice. There’s nice elegance to the structure behind the flavors of plum and cherry as rounded tannins and acidity frame the fruit and transition to a finish of blueberry/pomegranate juice and spice. The Weisingers, among the first in Oregon to provide a guest cottage among Pinot Noir vines, pair this Malbec with their recipe for Chicken Drumsticks and Asian Barbecue Sauce.(124 cases, 13.9% alc.)

OREGON WINE EXPERIENCE

Jacksonville, Oregon – August. 22-28 Don’t miss the Oregon Wine Experience in Jacksonville Aug. 22-28. It’s a weeklong celebration of Oregon wines filled with competitions, classes, barrel auctions and private vintner dinners. The festival is held at the historic Bigham Knoll Campus and area wineries and restaurants.

The fun kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 24 with an award ceremony for the Best of Show medals in the Oregon Wine Competition. All entries must be commercially available and produced from 100% grapes grown in Oregon AVAs. Food is paired with each winning tasting.

Take workshops such as “Southern Oregon v. The Old World” taught by local oenophile, Dr. Peter Adesman, or “Riedel Class” to learn how glass shape affects flavor.

Reserve a seat at an Ultimate Vintner Dinner, where vintners open their homes, vineyards and cellars for special tastings.

Or head to the Miracle Auction & Salmon Bake Saturday, Aug. 27. The Coquille Tribe will be plank-cooking salmon as part of an extravagant outdoor buffet and auction.

For details, visit www.theoregonwineexperience.com

Find out more, visit www.southernoregonwines.org

OPPOSITE The sylvan setting at DANCIN Vineyards is perfect for growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The tasting room at Valley View Winery is a lovely site to enjoy Southern Oregon wines and a picnic. ABOVE The Kriselle Cellars tasting room sits on the highest hill on the property. At Folin Cellars in Gold Hill, visitors overlook Sam’s Valley.

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12956 Modoc Rd. White OR Earl City, Jones, one of the organizers for the Oregon Tempranillo Celebration staged earlier this year in Ashland, said the success begins with the soil and the climate found in the Rogue, Applegate and Umpqua Valleys. His first commercial vintage at Abacela was 1997, and his wines earned immediate acclaim.

“I didn’t know how to make wine,” Jones said. “This wine won gold medals, and I think the point was that the climate made the wine. We just harvested what we planted.”

Southern Oregon has the benefit of being warmer and drier than the Willamette Valley. And its vineyards have the advantage of elevations stretching above 2,200 feet in attitude, which contributes to the nighttime cooling that’s necessary to preserving natural acidity in the berries.

In terms of growing degree days, Southern Oregon’s climate enjoys a sweet spot between the Willamette Valley and Napa Valley. Last year, McMinnville logged 2,810 growing degree days while compariitively Medford in the Rogue Valley checked in with 3,917 growing degree days.

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Soil scientist Scott Burns, professor emeritus at Portland State University, developed his taste for wine as a student at Stanford who spent his weekends touring Napa Valley.

“I find the soil diversity of Southern Oregon incredibly interesting,” Burns said.

“And Abacela has the most geologically diverse vineyard in Oregon.”

In the Rogue Valley, the north side of Interstate 5 features most tertiary weathered volcanic soils. “These are volcanic sediments that are 40-60 million years old,” Burns said. “Those years of weathering have created clay, clay and more clay, and you have to irrigate these soils - and it’s an art.”

On the south side, many of the vineyards are on alluvial fans of sediments - ranging from sandy to gravelly and sometimes cobblestones. Burns describes them as young soils without much clay, so they drain well.

“The absorption of heat off these rocks during the day and giving off that heat at night increases the ripening,” Burns said. “But the microclimate varies, and includes some cool-climate grapes.

Burns describes the soils of the Applegate Valley as “fairly homogenous. Almost all of them are on alluvial fans.”

He points out that some parts of the Applegate Valley, because of the winds and the lack of sunshine because of the aspect, struggle to grow grapes.

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OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

& THE BRITT MUSIC + ARTS FESTIVAL The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in downtown Ashland has long been a top destination in Southern Oregon. The Tony Award winning theater is now in its 81st year, and offers one of America’s oldest Elizabethan theaters to view Shakespeare dramas under an open sky. This year is an especially good time to visit as the theater is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death with five of his plays, some inside in the Festival’s two indoor theaters. But if it’s the outdoor experience you crave, this summer’s lineup includes “Hamlet,” “The Winter’s Tale” and “The Wiz,” all running from early June to mid-October. www.osfashland.org

STAY & PLAY in Southern Oregon written by LAURA BAUGHMAN

We aren’t surprised that Wine Enthusiast recently named Southern Oregon one of the top 10 wine destinations in the world. The state’s southernmost wine region is not only home to 150 wineries and tasting rooms, but offers a unique combination of world-class theater and music, a noteworthy restaurant scene, and miles of hiking trails, wild rivers and deep-water lakes for outdoor enthusiasts – all within a day’s drive from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.

Whether you visit for a long weekend or take more time to fully explore the region, consider mixing it up.

You can stay at the historic Ashland Springs Hotel and take in a play at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival one night, then raft the Wild and Scenic Rogue River and camp out under the stars the next. If you’re a foodie, don’t miss the Rogue Valley Growers Markets or the Southern Oregon Cheese Trail www.oregoncheeseguild.org/ regions/southern-oregon The ideal time to visit Southern Oregon is May 15-October 15, when its Mediterranean-like warm, dry days and cool evenings are most reliable. So pack your linen shorts and your favorite Patagonia, and plan a trip to this sophisticated natural paradise. Here are our top picks for the perfect visit:

WHERE TO STAY The premier hotel in Southern Oregon is the historic Ashland Springs Hotel. Opened in 1925 and restored to its original grandeur in 1995, this beau arts landmark offers nine stories and 70 rooms of gentility and oldworld elegance, all one block from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in downtown Ashland. The two-story lobby features a grand fireplace, terrazzo floors and a light-filled mezzanine. www.ashlandspringshotel.com The red brick Peerless Hotel in Ashland, once a roadhouse for Southern Pacific railroad workers, is now a lovingly restored bed and breakfast on the National Register of Historic Places. Owner Crissy Barnett handpicked handsome antiques and luxurious Italian linens for each room, and ordered hand-painted motifs for the walls and ceilings. Perfect for a romantic getaway. www.peerlesshotel.com

The Britt Music & Arts Festival in Jacksonville is one of the West’s premier outdoor concert venues, and offers dozens of summer shows June through September. Lyle Lovett kicks off the 2016 season, followed by seven orchestral concerts by the Britt Orchestra, composed of 90 musicians who travel to Jacksonville to perform every August. Guest artists joining the orchestra this summer include violinist Ray Chen, pianists Jeremy Denk and Yefin Bronfman and jazz vocalist Halie Loren. Both seated and general admission ‘lawn’ tickets are available. www.brittfest.org

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Another historic site in Ashland, the Winchester Inn Bed and Breakfast is just two blocks from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Visitors can choose from plush private rooms or suites in four different houses, all framed by a lovely perennial garden created by owner Laurie Gibbs.

The main house is also the site of the Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, one of Ashland’s best. www.winchesterinn.com

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For a spa-like retreat, try the Lithia Springs Resort, just three miles north of Ashland. The resort is built on warm springs rich in sulfur and other minerals, and offers a rejuvenating soak to all guests. The Waterstone Spa on site offers private soaks, facials, wraps and massage.

Accommodations include bungalows, suites, studios and rooms, all set amidst four acres of English gardens. www.lithiaspringsresort.com If you plan to tour the 18 wineries along the Applegate Valley Wine Trail or see a concert at the Britt Music Festival in Jacksonville, consider the Inn at the Commons in Medford. It’s a short drive to both, but also close to the wineries along the I5 corridor. The hotel is contemporary, and includes a breakfast buffet, parking and an outdoor heated pool. www.innatthecommons.com Another superb option near the Applegate Valley is the Jacksonville Inn in Jacksonville. This remnant from the town’s gold rush days was made from locally quarried sandstone, and specks of gold are visible in the mortar in the dining room walls. This highly acclaimed inn includes eight rooms and four cottages, all tastefully decorated with antiques and luxe bedding. President George W. and Laura Bush once stayed in the Honeymoon Cottage. The on-site restaurant offers three meals a day as well as picnics and late nite bites for Britt Music Festival goers. www.jacksonvilleinn.com A two hour drive from Ashland, Crater Lake Lodge is perched perfectly on the southern edge of Crater Lake. Operated by the National Park Service and on the National Register for Historic Places, the 1915 lodge offers rustic comfort – no TVs or phones – and a picture-perfect veranda with awe-inspiring views of the lake. Even those in a hurry will want to slow down and find an empty rocking chair to take it all in. www.craterlakelodges.com A great spot for RV travelers and water lovers is the Lake of the Woods Mountain Lodge & Resort, one hour east of Medford. This older, high mountain complex includes 34 rustic cabins, 12 RV hookup sites and a marina with 36 boat slips available for short and long term rentals. www.lakeofthewoodsresort.com

WHERE TO DINE

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Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, formerly known as the Winchester Restaurant, is at the Winchester Inn in Ashland. The restaurant serves traditional fine-dining fare – think filet mignon and lobster tail – and inventive cocktails in its handsome interior. Patio service is offered during the summer. Open Wednesday-Sunday evenings. www.alchemyashland.com Opened in 2000 by Erik Brown and Jamie North, Amuse is one of Ashland’s most established fine dining spots. Open daily, the restaurant places an emphasis on organic and seasonal ingredients, in what it calls Northwest / French cuisine. The menu includes a cheese course, which recently included Rogue Creamery’s Crater Lake Blue, mostarda, walnuts and honey. www.amuserestaurant.com

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Located in Ashland’s Railroad District, Coquina is the brainchild of Lynn and Daniel Flattley, who ran the Wild Rose Bistro in Bandon before moving inland. The chefs are often hailed for their creativity with local and seasonal ingredients, and the menu offers entrees for meat lovers and vegetarians alike. Recent entrees included a Cedar River ribeye, fresh scallops with Dungeness crab and local mushrooms served with marscapone and kale rapini cannelloni. Open nightly except Mondays. www.coquinarestaurant.com When you’re done visiting tasting rooms and antique shops in gold rush era Jacksonville, duck under the red awning at the Jacksonville Inn for a restorative meal. Locals will tell you it has one of the best patios in Southern Oregon, and it frequently wins awards for its wine list, which includes more than 2,000 wines. www. jacksonvilleinn.com/restaurant Larks Home Kitchen Cuisine at the Ashland Springs Hotel is led by executive chef Damon Jones, who also oversees Larks at the Inn at the Commons in Medford. Jones is highly regarded for his emphasis on food grown or harvested in or near Southern Oregon, and he has a devoted following. He recently offered braised beef from Novy Ranches, in the shadow of Mt. Shasta, and often cooks with produce from nearby Blue Box Farm, Whistling Duck Farm, Oneleaf Micro Greens and seafood from

Port Orford Sustainable Seafood. Pastry chef Terra Sharp’s creations will make you glad you saved room for desert. www.ashlandspringshotel.com/larks-restaurant Peerless Restaurant, inside the Peerless Inn, is now under the leadership of longtime Ashland chef David Taub. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Taub is well known locally for his 30+ years at Chateaulin Restaurant.

At Peerless, he has created a menu with both fine dining and casual offerings, and the wine list recently received the Oregon Wine A-List from the Oregon Wine Board. www.peerlessrestaurant.com Shop for seasonal picnic fare or handmade crafts at one of the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Markets throughout the region.

Farmers and artisans sell their wares 8:30-1:30 Tuesdays and Saturdays in Ashland, and 8:301:30 Thursdays and Saturdays in Medford. Locations vary each day. www.rvgrowersmarket. com Wineries aren’t the only foodie delight in the Rogue Valley. The Southern Oregon Cheese Trail boasts five cheese makers open to the public, including Pholia Farm, Rogue Creamery, Oak Leaf Creamery, By George Farm and Crushpad Creamery. Be sure to schedule a few visits on your winery tour. www.oregoncheeseguild.org/regions/southern-oregon/

ABOVE, CLOCKWISE Ashland’s restaurant scene is brimming with creative chefs and world-class sommeliers. Consider a special evening at Alchemy or a meal planned by Damon Jones, executive chef at Larks Home Kitchen Cuisine. The starter course at Amuse, open since 2000, might be a delicate smoked trout salad with pickled onion or grilled charcoal prawns with roasted fingerling potato.

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Crater Lake, high in the Cascade Mountains range, is Oregon’s shimmering blue gem. It’s a mustsee landmark during any trip to Southern Oregon.

OUTDOOR RECREATION When you need to burn some calories, ride your bike up the Cascade Siskiyou Scenic Bikeway, a 54-mile route that showcases the region’s spectacular diversity. You’ll start in Ashland, and climb up out of the oak savannah into the tall pines and Douglas fir so characteristic of the Cascades.

The total gain is more than 5,000 feet, so this isn’t a ride for novice cyclists. www.rideoregonride.com/road-routes/cascade-siskiyou-scenic-bikeway There is no shortage of natural splendor in Southern Oregon, but the undeniable granddaddy of them all is Crater Lake. The site of Oregon’s only National Park and America’s deepest lake, Crater Lake is a beautiful blue wonder.

Formed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Mazama approximately 7,700 years ago, the lake is nearly 1,950 feet deep at its deepest point and has no inbound or outbound streams. Because the lake’s elevation is around 6,175 feet and snow covers it for most of the year, visitors typically have to wait until summer to drive its circumference, but the southern entrance to the park is open year-round. www.nps.gov/crla Spelunkers and those of you who are simply ‘cave-curious’ can drive west to the Oregon Caves near Cave Junction. This National Monument nestled in Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains is a fabulous place to learn about cave formation, fossils, and the unique flora and fauna that exist in subterranean caverns. Visitors can choose from different tours that include scambling over boulders, belly crawling and navigating tight squeezes – some with candlelight. www.nps.gov/orca White water rafting is one of the best ways to experience the rugged beauty of Southern Oregon close up, and there are expeditions and waterways for all levels. Thanks to Western writer Zane Grey who loved the Rogue River so much he bought a mining claim on its shores in 1926, the Rogue is the most popular of Oregon’s Wild and Scenic Rivers to raft. But local guides will tell you that one of the most exciting four-day rides is on the Upper Klamath and that the Lower Klamath is great for inexperienced rafters. Another option is to raft the steep-walled canyons and thick forests on the North Umpqua. There are dozens of outfitters to choose from. www.southernoregon.org/find-your-thrill-in-raft

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AROUND THE FIRE Recipes by Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton with Stacy Adimando Photography by Evan Sung

RECIPES FOR INSPIRED GRILLING AND SEASONAL FEASTING FROM OX RESTAURANT

Grilled Head-On Spot Pra wn s with Ga rlic, Green On ion an d Sumac

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“Grilling restaurantworthy fish barely requires any preseasoning, skinning or shelling,” write Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quinonez Denton. “All you really have to do is make sure the grill is hot.”

ON A SUMMER NIGHT, with close friends and a fire pit or charcoal grill, you can create lasting memories without even trying. But throw a choice cut of meat and some just-picked vegetables on the grate, and you suddenly have the fixings for a special occasion.

“All it really takes is heat, sometimes a grate and always good ingredients,” writes Greg Denton, chef and co-owner of Ox Restaurant in Portland. Greg should know. He and his wife Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton – both James Beard Award finalists – have just written a fabulous book about cooking over an open flame.

“Around the Fire: Recipes for Inspired Grilling and Seasonal Feasting from Ox Restaurant” was published in March by Ten Speed Press, just in time for summer evenings ahead. The cookbook is the latest accomplishment for the Dentons, who were named two of Food & Wine’s best new chefs in 2014 and opened a second restaurant, SuperBites, in Portland in 2015.

The recipes in “Around the Fire” are similar to the menu at Ox, with its focus on food cooked over a live fire and farm-fresh, seasonal ingredients. Many of the dishes are also inspired by Gabrielle’s Latin American heritage and her fond memories of eating her grandmother’s empanadas, ceviche and hominy stew in Quito, Ecuador. In fact, the Dentons cook on a 48-inch Grillworks brand grill modeled after an Argentinian grill known as a parrilla, and it is fully in view of the dining room at Ox for all to appreciate.

“Of course, there’s a reason a gorgeous crackling fire often lures people to gather around and stay awhile,” write the Dentons. “Besides being warm and giving nourishment, it’s relaxing and enchanting, something that can intrigue and mesmerize you for hours.”

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The book is divided into four sections: Beginnings, From the Grill, From the Garden and Sweets and Drinks, and includes a wide variety of meat, fish and vegetable dishes. In Beginnings, the authors detail how to properly cook with fire and gently suggest that readers might need to ‘unlearn’ how they currently grill. The Dentons explain the differences between cooking with wood, charcoal and gas, discuss grill sizes, and even compare cooking utensils.

RECIPE BELOW

“Around the Fire: Recipes for Inspired Grilling and Seasonal Feasting from Ox Restaurant” includes 100 recipes inspired by the open-fire cooking traditions of South America and the bounty of fresh and seasonal ingredients from the Northwest. Published

by Ten Speed Press, 272 pages, $35. Find it at www.powells.com

OX’S CHIMICHURRI In a medium bowl or jar, combine the onion, parsley, oregano, garlic, salt, black pepper, and red pepper. Add the oil and vinegar and mix well. Store covered for a couple of days and use before the herbs start to turn brown.

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The recipes in each section include both traditional summertime favorites such as “Grilled Artichokes with Espelette Mayo” and “Broiled Cantaloupe with Hand-Stretched Mozzarella Curds and Prosciutto,” as well as more adventurous dishes with hard-to-find ingredients like “Smoked Beef Tongue and Ensalada Rusa and Sweetbread Croutons” and “Grill-Roasted Leg of Goat with White Truffle, Button Mushrooms and Fresh Ricotta Salad.” The combination will satisfy both beginning home grillers and accomplished gourmet cooks alike. Or, when it’s simply too hot outside to cook, inspire readers to make reservations at Ox itself.

There is an entire chapter devoted to chilled seafood starters, and many of the recipes hail from South America, where fresh fish is frequently marinated with citrus juice and blended with fresh vegetables. The Dentons write that they like to start a grilled meal with food that is “light, cold and zesty” as a counterpoint to “all the heat involved in grilling.” Visit Ox Restaurant at www.oxpdx.com

MAKES ABOUT 2 CUPS

1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt

1⁄2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 teaspoon finely grated

1 cup extra-virgin olive oil

or minced garlic

1⁄2 cup red wine vinegar

TOASTED GARLICLEMON OIL MAKES ABOUT 1 1⁄4 CUPS 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1⁄4 cup thinly sliced garlic 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Combine the oil and garlic in a small nonreactive pot over medium heat; cook, stirring, until the garlic turns light brown and toasty, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove it from the heat and immediately add the lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Serve warm. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Toasting the garlic until lightly browned sweetens it and adds a nutty quality to the oil.

The two secrets to cooking tender chicken on the grill are indirect heat and willingness to wait. This recipe uses an indirect heat method that is one of the foundations to open-fire cooking in South America.

Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken with Grilled Figs, Man ouri Cheese an d Len til Chimichurri RECIPE ON PAGE 132

GRILLED BUTTERFLIED WHOLE CHICKEN with grilled figs, manouri cheese, and lentil chimichurri

GRILLED HEAD-ON SPOT PRAWNS with garlic, green onion, and sumac

SERVES 4

SERVES 4 TO 5

1⁄2 cup lentils du Puy (French green lentils), rinsed and picked through 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

20 large (U-10 count) head-on spot prawns (1 1⁄2 to 2 ounces each) (or substitute jumbo shrimp)

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 1⁄2 cups Chimichurri (page 130)

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 (4 to 5-pound) chicken

1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

8 fresh firm-ripe figs, halved lengthwise

1 cup Toasted Garlic–Lemon Oil (page 131)

1 (3-ounce) wheel manouri cheese (or substitute a block of halloumi, cut 3⁄4 inch thick)

1⁄2 cup thinly sliced green onions 2 tablespoons ground sumac

Put the lentils in a small pot and add enough water to cover by about 1 inch.

With a sharp paring knife or pair of kitchen shears, make a shallow cut on the back of each spot prawn starting under the head and ending near the tail (do not remove the shells). Using your fingers, pry the cut open slightly and rinse under cold water, then pull out the dark digestive tract with your fingers or a toothpick.

Cover the pot and bring to a boil over medium heat (you will see steam start to escape from the lid). Decrease to a simmer and cook until the lentils are just tender, about 18 minutes; drain. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the lentils and season with salt and pepper. Spread the lentils out on a flat dish and refrigerate until cool. Transfer to a small bowl and combine with the chimichurri; taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. Store covered at room temperature until ready to use.

Prepare a grill to medium heat, building the fire—or turning on the gas—on one side of the grill and leaving the other side open for indirect-heat cooking.

(If using charcoal, start with a larger batch since you need it to last a little over an hour.)

To butterfly the chicken, place the chicken breast-side-up on a cutting board.

Working from the tail end, insert a sturdy, sharp knife into the body cavity and make a straight cut through the ribs along one side of the backbone. Turn the chicken around on the cutting board so that the neck side is facing you (leave it breast-side-up). Starting at the neck cavity, cut along the same side of the backbone in order to connect to the previous cut and split the bird open down its back (but leaving the backbone attached on one side). Turn the chicken over so that the breast side is now against the cutting board. Carefully splay the legs open and apply strong pressure onto the inner cavity with your palms to flatten the bird as much as possible. Season the inner cavity with a generous amount of salt and pepper, then gently flip the chicken and season the skin side, being sure to season under the legs and wings, too.

Transfer the chicken, breast side up, onto the grill in an area that is next to the coals but not directly atop them. Cover the grill, either with its own lid or by placing a large metal bowl over the chicken. Cook for 5 minutes, keeping watch for any flare-ups, until you hear sizzling sounds and the underside of the bird begins to brown lightly. (If flare-ups do happen, move the bird a little farther from the heat and cover it again. If it is not beginning to brown after 5 minutes, move it closer to the coals.) Cook for another 10 minutes, then rotate the bird 180 degrees, keeping the breast side up. Continue to grill, rotating the bird every 15 minutes but never turning it over onto its skin side, until the chicken is just cooked through, 1 to 11⁄4 hours. To test for doneness, make a small cut where the thigh meets the breast and be sure the juices run clear; keep cooking if you see any pink. Remove from the grill and let rest for 15 minutes before carving.

Meanwhile, brush the manouri cheese and figs with some of the remaining oil and season with salt and pepper. Transfer the cheese and the figs, cut side down, onto the hottest area of the grill. Cook just until grill marks form, about 3 minutes; turn and repeat on the remaining sides. Gently remove from the grill and keep warm.

To serve the cheese and figs, place the grilled cheese wheel on a large round plate. Distribute the figs atop and around it, then spoon half of the lentil chimichurri on top.

To carve the bird, place it, breast side up, on a cutting board. Remove the legs at the thigh. Separate the thighs from the legs, and separate the two breasts by cutting down in between them through the chest plate. Cut each breast in half horizontally, just under the wing. Pile the pieces onto a large plate or platter and serve with a small bowl of the remaining lentil chimichurri.

Smoked sea salt, homemade or store-bought

Prepare a grill to high heat, leaving one area of the grill at low heat.

Season the prawns with salt and pepper and coat in oil. Place on a grill rack or in a grill basket if you have one, and transfer directly onto the hot coals or over the hottest part of the grill. Cook until the prawns turn from gray or light pink to a deeper, reddish pink, 30 to 60 seconds. Flip the prawns on the rack or in the grill basket and repeat the cooking on the other side. Transfer to the low-heat area of the grill and let rest for 2 minutes.

Serve the prawns whole and shell-on, drizzled with the garlic-lemon oil and garnished with the green onions, sumac, and smoked sea salt to taste.

GRILLED ASPARAGUS with herbed dungeness crab and crispy capers SERVES 4 AS A SIDE DISH OR STARTER Crispy Capers 1⁄4 cup neutral-flavored vegetable oil 2 tablespoons nonpareil capers Grilled Asparagus 1 1⁄4 pounds skinny asparagus, woody stems snapped off 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Herbed Crab 1⁄4 cup water

1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus 1⁄2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 1⁄2 teaspoon ají amarillo powder (or substitute 2 pinches cayenne pepper) 4 ounces Dungeness crabmeat (or substitute blue crabmeat), picked clean of any shells 3 tablespoons thinly sliced chives 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill Kosher salt (optional) To Serve 16 fresh tarragon leaves

To make the crispy capers, heat the vegetable oil in a small pot over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350°F. Meanwhile, place the capers on a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Gently drop the capers into the oil and fry until they have opened slightly and dried out, about 2 minutes. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and let cool on a paper towel.

Prepare a grill to medium-high heat.

Place the asparagus on a flat surface and drizzle with the olive oil. Season lightly with salt and pepper, and toss to coat evenly. Grill, turning frequently, until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish and keep warm.

To make the crab, warm a skillet over medium heat on the stove. Add the water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, then add the butter, piece by piece, swirling the pan to emulsify. Once all the butter has been added and the sauce is thickened, add the lemon juice and zest, the ají amarillo powder, then the crab, swirling the pan constantly. Let cook over low heat until the crab is just heated through, about 1 minute; remove immediately. Stir in the chives and dill. Taste and add salt, if necessary.

To serve, spoon the herbed crab over the warm asparagus. Garnish with the crispy capers and tarragon.

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