Portland
The maker capital — furniture jointed by hand, backyard kilns, and a market under the elms. Here's where we'd start.
The whole city seems to be making something. Here's how to shop it without a plan.
Portland doesn't really do big-box, and it doesn't apologize for it. What it has instead is density — furniture shops that have been jointing the same drawers for forty years, ceramicists working out of backyard kilns, a farmers market downtown that runs the length of a campus. You could shop the good way here for a week and not repeat yourself.
What follows is grouped by what you're after — furniture, clay, home, or a Saturday market. None of it paid to be here; where we haven't been in person, we say so on the page. Start anywhere. The city rewards wandering.
3 to visit
The Joinery
Forty years of solid-wood furniture, jointed and finished by hand.
Studio Moe
Custom modern furniture from urban salvage and American hardwoods.
Milbourn Woodworks
A small crew building custom, sustainable furniture with soul.
3 to visit
3 to visit
City Home
Locally owned sustainable furniture and artisan decor, with a warm eye.
MadeHere PDX
An expansive showroom of locally-made goods, one roof over many makers.
Mantel PDX
Handcrafted goods from local and regional makers, warmly curated.
3 to visit
Portland Farmers Market at PSU
The crown jewel — a hundred vendors under the elms, Saturdays, year-round.
Hollywood Farmers Market
Every kind of produce, live music, and manageable crowds. Year-round.
Hillsdale Farmers Market
The Southwest standby — half farm produce, half very good prepared food.