Portland: Ink and Peat

I've been a fan of the blog Housemartin for years. It's just a great resource for beautiful flower inspiration, housewares and things happening in the Portland area. It was great to be able to visit their brick and mortar store, Ink and Peat.




As expected the shop has tons of great housewares that, in a lot of cases, I've only seen on etsy. I loved their blankets and wanted to curl up with these wooly cozy numbers.

And this chandelier!

The owner had it made using vintage style bulbs from Hippo Hardware, a Portland fave. It's a little like the classic from Jean Pelle but has more of a laisser faire quality to it.





Ink and Peat also carry fresh flowers and make custom floral designs. They're in the NE, find them here and check out their blog, Housemartin.

Portland Pistils Nursery

I didn't expect to find so much garden inspiration in Portland but the city is literally teeming with little boutiques, nurseries and beautiful gardens. I'll need to go back in the summer to experience their world famous rose gardens. Pistils Nursery in the NE is a tiny place chock full of interesting terrariums, indoor plants and, in the back, they raise chickens and have a whole selection (of largely dormant) plants. It was a sweet place that definitely inspired me to bring more plants inside, ater all, if they can grow inside in the middle of a winter in Portland then surely I can grow more in sunny Socal.










You can find out more info on the Pistils Nursery site and Sunset where they did a whole article on the nursery and their Urban Homesteading.