Charming Craftsman Home

Family-friendly Arts & Crafts Era Bungalow

A traditional Craftsman-styled home with its customary wood framing, gabled roof, and columned front porch, this cheery, two-story family home showcases hardwood floors, striking semicircle detail windows, and plenty of sunny, double hung panes that fill the space with natural light. 

Each room presents its own color scheme, there are multiple outdoor decks, and kids will love the “secret room” that connects the whimsically decorated kids’ zone, all of this located in a leafy, family friendly neighborhood with sidewalk cafes, food truck pods, farmers’ markets, and parks.

Located just a quick, 15 minutes from the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon, in a walkable, family-friendly neighborhood full of lively businesses and pretty parks, this charming Craftsman home offers a great base for families exploring Portland and the surrounding area.

At the heart of the ground floor, a well-equipped kitchen with subway tiles, farmhouse sink, eating area and island opens into the bright TV/family room with a door out to the backyard deck. The home's more formal, sitting room-styled living room is furnished with double couches and features a wide, art-lined hearth. French doors flanking the fireplace open into the kitchen on one side, and a sunshine-yellow dining room with seating for 10 on the other. There is a large and sunny first floor office with a wall-to-wall desk, which could be used as a first-floor bedroom if needed. One fun note is that the downstairs powder room is a full bath, with a deep clawfoot soaking tub.

Upstairs, a large “parents’” bedroom has its own private deck (perfect for morning coffee), en-suite bath, walk-in closet, and soothing, Wedgewood blue walls. Sweet children’s bedrooms next door are set under the gables and furnished with queen-sized beds. Cute crescent windows fill the dormers, and the two kids’ rooms share a secret, 4-foot high, carpeted passageway between them, as well as a bathroom.

The home’s green backyard is gated, with a trampoline, basketball hoop and deck swings for youngsters, a vegetable and flower garden available to guests and an outdoor dining area outfitted with a grill, built in rotisserie and infrared. The home’s front garden is lush and pretty, with native shrubs and flowers as well as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries for the picking.