Name: Cindy Epping
Location: Portland, Oregon
Size: 1,800 square feet
Years lived in: 2 years
We had the fortune of visiting Rip City during its most beautiful week this summer and this renovated midcentury vacation home/part-time residence owned by Cindy Epping of One Stop Modern (remember her Eichler tour?) was our happy home for the all-too-short stay…

The structure was designed to take advantage of every ounce of sunshine available, and during our time at the colorfully decorated home, we nearly forgot we were staying in a city normally characterized by the gray skies of the Pacific Northwest, whether inside or out.

Apartment Therapy Survey:
My style: I love mid-century modern design and décor, as exhibited by my home and also my business, One Stop Modern. I like mixing vintage pieces with contemporary designs and see what happens. I art direct in the commercial film business, so I am always finding new places to shop that I obsess about at least until the next job.
Inspiration: I wanted to furnish most of my home with the very wares I offer on my site...a 60's, 70's and some 80's vibe.
Favorite Element: I love the sunroom. When I bought it it was just the laundry room, with fun carpeting, a bright color and a little inspiration its now my favorite room,
Biggest Challenge: Biggest challenge was the addition. Sunroom, master bedroom and master bath were a disaster when I bought the house. With a simple remodel of the bathroom and an update in the sunroom, it flows nicely now.
What Friends Say: That it's hip and cozy and retro! Correction, not retro, just fab!
Biggest Embarrassment: The big green defunct water tower next door. At least it's not a loud neighbor, just an big ugly green one!
Proudest DIY: The paint job. It's a love/hate proud moment as I keep finding weird streaks. I'm embracing it.
Biggest Indulgence: The vintage wallpaper in the kitchen and the grass cloth wallpaper in the Living Room. Both by Astek Wallpaper. The film business' best friend for all things vintage and fabulous!
Best advice: "Relax, Cindy it's not like you are on a job. it doesn't need to be done this weekend." But it actually did. I had a vacation rental and was working on a deadline for that coming week.!!!
Dream source: CB2, West Elm, OneStopModern.com, and the vintage stores in Portland. Lawson Fenning, Cisco Home, and HD Buttercup when I'm back in Los Angeles.

Resources:
Appliances: All came with the house.
Hardware: CB2, OneStopModern.com
Furniture: West Elm, Overstock.com, CB2, OneStopModern.com
Accessories: CB2, West Elm, Urban Outfitters, Lawson Fenning
Lighting: Various vintage shops from around PDX, eBay finds, and of course, my very own shop.
Paint: Lowes Paint, Astek Wallpaper in Los Angeles (my guy for amazing stuff).
Rugs and Carpets: Dwell, Target, Linoleum City (LA)
Window Treatments: Overstock.com for the blinds
Beds: All custom from OneStopModern.com
Artwork: All custom from OneStopModern.com

Thanks, Cindy!
Images: Gregory Han


Shaw's Original Fir...
What a beautiful home you have! So light and spacious. Pretty please, explain how you affixed the wood to your ceilings. Thanks!
I am in LOVE with your home. The colors are spot-on, and the artwork is amazing (not to mention the fabulous architecture and furniture). I think I pinned just about the whole thing. Thank you for sharing!
apparently i can't have any of the fabulous furniture because they're hoarding it all in portland.
As someone who lives in a house with wood ceilings I have to say your house is an inspiration. I would never think that yellow walls could work with what looks like pine ceilings, but yours look great.
loving it, now looking again for idea's to steal ;D
looks great! we too have a sunroom that we're rehabbing. your home is an inspiration!
The cableknit deer mount is hysterical (and cozy!) all at the same time! Love it.
I have been coveting a deer like that forever...is it Rachel Denny?
this is a beautiful house. but my main premise of this comment is: i just want to take a moment and record my appreciation for the people who find out these beautiful houses to review. sometimes i get scared that you will run out of beautiful houses, and we will see an article in The Onion on the lines of, "apartment therapy closes down, says no more beautiful houses to review." so a big thank you for your relentless pursuation of beauty in and around our homes.
Cactina is right ... thank you for bringing these beautifully decorated homes to us ~ I am addicted.
Is that VCT (vinyl composite tile) flooring throughout? I'm having trouble coming to terms with it in my own rental but it looks great here!
I’m very pleased to have found this website. Definitely enjoyed reading and I have bookmarked to check out new stuff that you post. http://googleredirect.info
apparently i can't have any of the fabulous furniture because they're hoarding it all in portland.
My thought exactly. Next time I'm in the thrift shop and find nought but five year old junk from Target, I'm going to know that it's because Cindy Epping is hoarding it all in her many houses!
I love your home. I really dig the bathrooms. I like the modern faucets with the rest of the vintage funk. The architecture is super awesome and I really like your wall sculptures and light fixtures! The wall coverings add such a punch of personality too!
the house is beautiful, but it looks staged. Maybe I'm not getting it but I feel like some of the accessories don't match the house.
i had reservations at first but fell in love quickly. it's not really stagey though the "art" is really getting kinda matchy-match with the style...i understand budget constraints but would rather see nothing than something that fills space
Its lovely.
love your house!!! can you tell us about the dining room table... looks like it has black iron legs? where did you buy it?
Love the whole place, top to bottom. Not surprising, I'm sure. Not a fan of the faux animal head craze, but love, love, love your knitted deer.
I love your house! It's an inspiration; just gorgeous.
Love this so much! I like how you're so committed to the midcentury style but it manages not to look like a set for a period show.
Also even though I see pretty much zero reason for anyone to have a landline any more, I like the modern telephone table.
God I love that ceiling.
Where did you get that round (is it marble?) coffee table??
Where did you get the couch in the living room?
What a wonderful mixture of Eichler architecture, MCM pieces and modern pieces. Lovely colors, too.
I used to live near Reed college (just off Holgate blvd, to anyone familiar with the Portland area), in a neighborhood of very plain Cape Cod saltbox houses, but on the edge of an odd Eichler-style encampment - blocks of these mid-century houses, seemingly dropped in from California amongst the pines & rain.
thanks for all the wonderful comments. here is the first round of answers to your questions.
the wood ceilings were there when i purchased.
however, the could easily be replicated by a finish carpenter and slats to create the same feel.
the 12' square flooring is lino flooring newly found that they used in the 60's-70's, available at linoleum city in los angeles.
the deer head is indeed from rachel denny in portland.
the "yellow" wall is actually a chartreuse green grasscloth, available for purchase at astek wallcoverings in los angeles.
yes the house is a bit over the top or "staged" as one put it. it is a vacation rental. no one actually lives there full time and it was intended to be a sort of show home.
the dining room table is from west elm. it is the industrial dining table with steel legs in the medium size.
the travertine coffee table was a score from portland craigslist a few years back.
all the sofas are from www.onestopmodern.com
the neighborhoods that reflect the eichlers are called rummer homes. apparently robert rummer's wife visited the northern california eichlers in the 60's, fell in love with them and told her husband (builder/developer rummer) and he built little pockets of them in SW and beaverton areas of portland.
whew:) thanks again for all the lovely comments.
if you see anything on the site you like, please don't hesitate to write me an email at store@onestopmodern.com and i can work out an apartment therapy discount.
cindy
I love this house! So colorful, yet sophisticated! I could move right in and not change a thing...except maybe that green sweater animal head.
After many house tours, I've begun to suspect that the Pacific Northwest has the best houses... and this confirms it!
Absolutely beautiful.
anyone have any info on purchasing a rachel denny animal head?
just curious, are the sales tags still on the dining room chairs???? Beautiful house~
I visit Portland often. If I understand right, the home is available to rent? How can I find out more?
T
hose beds are fantastic!
YES!! the house is available to rent for a location, vacation rental or corporate rental. please check out http://www.postlets.com/rtpb/3252353 the link or email me at store@onestopmodern.com for details. thanks for your interest:) cindy
Very lovely indeed!
wow! what a fabulously styled house!
hi. in the first image that come up under the traditional look, there is a green pouch on the floor that looks like it could be where someone can sit. where did you find that? what is it called?
I've always felt that a deer head is nothing if not cozy-looking. What's the point in owning a deer head that doesn't remind one of a jello salad!