4 | Oregon Home EDITOR’S NOTE ON MY SHELF Find Yourself at Home: A Conscious Approach to Shaping Your Space and Your Life by Emily Grosvenor Chronicle Prism Love Shacks: Romantic Cabin Charmers, Modern Getaways and Rustic Retreats Around the World by Susan Redman Images Publishing Living Wild: How to Plant Style Your Home & Cultivate Happiness by Hilton Carter CICO Books SUMMER IS A TIME when we ask ourselves the big questions about how we really want to live. The joy of house projects looms large. Slow evenings on the porch beckon. The garden is calling — but so is that hammock over there in the corner. We experience that gentle pull to do or not to do for three full months. It’s a glorious time, isn’t it? For this issue of Oregon Home, we’re sharing stories of people who have gone all in on shaping their lives at home — whether it’s through courageous design, considered architecture or thoughtful backyard planning. You’ll read about a young couple who pursued their ideals for a sustainable lifestyle (“Dreaming in Green,” p. 43) and about newlyweds who pumped their entire wedding budget into a backyard community space (“Backyard Bliss,” p. 52). Or maybe you just want to tag along on fabulous mid-century modern house tours (“Rummer Has It,” p. 21). You don’t always need to make big changes to have an inspired home life. Sometimes elevating a side-yard garden is a giant win (“Gaining Ground,” p. 64). I’m also exploring these ideas in my new book, which I hope you’ll enjoy — Find Yourself at Home: A Conscious Approach to Shaping Your Space and Your Life, out now from Chronicle Prism. The book collects an entire lifetime of studying how people interact with their home spaces. However you take to summer, we wish you a season shaped to your vision, filled with big and small desires, whatever calls to you in the moment. Emily Grosvenor, Editor editor@oregonhomemagazine.com @emilygrosvenor Inspired LIFE PHOTO: KAREN OLSON
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