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Bungalow, craftsman, foursquare, victorian — with over 150,000 houses in the city, Portland features a variety of unique and beloved home architectural styles. Our design and remodeling team has been updating and constructing Portland homes of all styles since 2002....

We’re back on freshome and this time we’re talking galley kitchen design trends and best practices. Regular readers of the Mosaik Blog know we love sharing our expertise and what we’ve learned over the years. We’ve been featured on freshome before and are excited to...

Oregon Millennials aren’t just about that van life! Young people today care more about buying a home than getting married, paying off student loans, and even traveling! But in the Portland area’s hot real estate market, younger home buyers can’t be too picky. In fact,...

Exciting news! If you’re a regular reader of the Mosaik Blog, you know we’re always happy to share our interior design and remodeling expertise. So we’re thrilled to share that we were featured in a recent article over at freshome.com. Freshome is THE hub of online...

There’s nothing quite as daunting as the task of choosing an area rug for your home. There are just so many sizes, colors, patterns, and textures to choose from — how do you even know where to start? I recently shared some great tips on how to choose an area rug and...

The key to proper kitchen organization is to store everything while keeping your kitchen looking great and functioning smoothly. Seems simple, but with the grind of daily life and the realities of running a home, bad habits can form and messy kitchens can materialize....

While many view oddly shaped attic or loft bedrooms as a difficult design constraint, really they should be viewed as an opportunity! These character-rich spaces offer a number of possibilities to truly make your bedroom one of a kind! In this post, we’ll take a look...

Today, the average newly-constructed American home is almost 3,000 square feet! But here in Portland, many homes are much smaller. The average home constructed in the 1950’s (like many of those in Portland’s most desirable neighborhoods) was less than 1,200 square...