Old House Journal

Juicy with Imagination

his kitchen is in a 1906 Craftsman house in the northeast Portland neighborhood of Irvington. The house had suffered neglect. Windows were hidden behind layers of vinyl “lace” that had mildewed; pulling the panels aside revealed broken panes covered with cereal-box cardboard. The kitchen had gotten a

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