No design suggestions but by all means have an espresso at Stumptown if you love coffee.

Have a doughnut from VooDoo Doughnuts while you are there. You'll need energy for your shopping!
http://www.voodoodoughnut.com/

Sadly no quirky flea markets, but if you like funky interiors/gift stores, you should go to Cargo @ NW13th & Flanders - it's a warehouse-sized Asian-themed import store. You could spend a whole afternoon there. SO amazing.

Sorry, I don't have a lot of interior design suggestions, but what I miss most about Portland is food! Definitely go to the Lovejoy Baking Company and get a deluxe breakfast sandwich!
My favorite shop for unique gifts is Tilde, in Sellwood. They also have a great antique row closeby.

Portico on SE Division has new and old home furnishings on the arty side.

STARS antiques in Sellwood

Both Alberta St and Mississippi Ave are funky hip areas with restaurants, galleries, stores, thrift etc. I especially like Porch light and The Land (features NW designs) on Mississippi.

If I think of anything else I will let you know.

Check out this website I used last time I was in Portland - http://www.pdxinteriors.com/profile/vintage-hawthorne.php

Planned the whole shopping portion of the trip using that site - found lots of funky shops, MCM shops and while in those areas found good eats too. Enjoy - Portland is a blast!

http://www.pdxinteriors.com/guide/sellwood.php

This neighborhood was good for shopping too.

See also:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/portlandia-put-a-bird-on-it-know-your-chicken-137921

Canoe at Adler and 12th is my favorite design shop downtown.

Pigeon Toe Ceramics is also always fun. They are right on the east side of the Morrison Bridge.

Not design related but I highly recommend the hot chocolate at Cacao.

portland ore seems to be on fire right now. it's having its 15 minutes of fame. i just finished a large commissioned painting of all my clients fave scenes in portland and shipped it out to him. from the pics he sent me, i'd say Powell's bookstore is one of the "must see" places...

Flutter Clutter on N. Mississippi is one of my favorite shops in town.

http://www.lookmodern.com/

http://www.hippohardware.com/index.htm?lmd=40243.458704

http://www.rejuvenation.com/company/portland/index.html?ipb=RD0080
(especially their salvage/2nd hand side)

http://craftywonderland.com/

House of Vintage on Hawthorne. Take good walking shoes, it's big.

The Saturday Market is a great place to find inspiration.

Check out the Saturday Market down by the Williamette River. It's pretty cool

I visited my sister in Portland a few years ago and loved this place:
Vintage Pink on Hawthorne
http://www.ilovevintagepink.com/

Sadly nothing would fit in my suitcase to take on the plane home!

Check out the whole Pearl District. A great area of galleries, shops and coffeehouses. Fun mix of high and low end, with a sprinkling of bookstores.

Eat breakfast at the Screen Door...OMG...it is the best place EVER!!!! Order the farmer's grits and the "chicken and waffles"...I am drooling just thinking about it right now.

Great stores to check out:
Alder & Co (SW 12th & Alder)
Canoe (SW 12th & Alder)
Artemisia (110 SE 28th)
Noun (3300 SE Belmont)

SE Hawthorne has a lot of vintage furniture stores, but it's really hit and miss in terms of quality. The best of the bunch is Hawthorne Vintage at SE 47th & Hawthorne. I snagged a wonderful Arne Vodder nightstand there last year. The Sellwood area of town has a lot of antique stores. The "STARS" antique mall always ends up having few things I end up buying. Tilde, (a great gift shop) is just a few blocks away.

Cosign:
Tilde in sellwood (also the antique store on that same street (13th?) by the starbucks.. 1804 house? cool shit).
and CANOE.
Alberta for wandering and good foods.

check out hippo hardware, rejuvination, and the rebuilding center for architectural salvage and inspiration!
(http://www.hippohardware.com)
(http://www.rejuvenation.com/index.html)
(http://rebuildingcenter.org/refind-furniture/)

Noun (3300 SE Belmont) is a nice (but small) store. It has the added benefit of having St. Cupcake located in it, which sells fantastic cupcakes.

You have to go to my favourite place to eat in Portland; Pok Pok. WOW!!! Get the spicy chicken wings.

Also, there's a couple of great vintage stores in NW Portland, on 21st, near Glisan or Hoyt. One is more clothes, the other home stuff.

This bakery is just amazing, Saint Honore Boulangerie. (http://www.sainthonorebakery.com/)

This post came at the perfect time as I'll be on my vacation in Portland in exactly one month!
I've been there once before and the one thing on my MUST DO list is to visit the Japanese Garden again. It's a wonderful place to spend an afternoon.

I love living in Portland. In terms of flea markets, House of Vintage on Hawthorne is pretty close to a flea market. Basically it's a giant store populated by several smaller sellers who sell primarily fun vintage goods. Likewise, Hawthorne vintage and Vintage pink (both on Hawthorne) are fun vintage stores. Have a great trip! Be sure to drink some amazing NW beer & coffee, and enjoy at least one meal from a food cart.

I second Lovejoy Bakery. Great coffee and the egg and tapenade breakfast sandwich is killer.

Head to peacock. on Hawthorne. Vintage clothes and housestuffs. It's a relatively new shop but it's really well put together and the prices aren't too crazy.

You must go to Hair of the Dog brewpub, 61 SE Yamhill. The owner is not only the brewer, but also a trained chef. Cause you have to eat in order to fuel all that shopping. And drink.

Tilde on SE 17th, Hippo Hardware, The Rebuilding Center, and definitely the downtown breweries Bridgetown and Deschutes. If you are feeling like a paradigm-shifting experience go to Goodwill by the Pound on SE 17th and Ochoco.

i don't have a ton to say that hasn't been said except that you should avoid st. honore bakery. it's unremarkable.

the others (which include important reiterations) as follows:

(by neighborhood)

close in northeast and southeast-
noun, heart coffee, grilled cheese grill, the farm (get the goat cheese salad), screen door for brunch (if you are a carnivore, please order the chicken and waffles...share it with a friend...one of the best things i've ever eaten), waffle window, laurelhurst park.

north-
flutter, the meadow (salt, chocolate, wine and flowers shop), and the liberty glass (have the triscuit nachos/great music there).

enjoy. text me with questions...50.3.73.7.56.30. i'm julie.

I know it's been said, but I'm putting in another vote for Noun, on Belmont. Also Diggs, on Alberta -- the inventory changes entirely every few months, the owner is awesome (I don't know her) AND they offer you free espresso when you come in! How awesome is that service!?! If you're hungry at Diggs, check out the Tin Shed. It's crazy busy on weekends, but good food.

Other places: the ReBuilding Center -- eat at Muddy's across the street -- check out Porch Light, two blocks up Mississippi from the ReBuilding Center and Muddy's. The whole Mississippi neighborhood is pretty fun. Definitely visit the salt store just a block up from the ReBuilding Center. Very pretty.

What else? There's a great antique store out at 82nd or 83rd and SE Stark Street that I like better than the Stars stores in Sellwood. More diverse inventory, way better prices.

Have fun! Portland's a blast -- definitely take advantage of awesome food-happy hours all over the city. If you pay attention, and can eat at off-hours, you can get small plates from the best restaurants in town for just a few dollars.

Two of my favorite stores are Monograph Bookwerks and Ampersand. Both amazing for design and art books, objects, and paper items. Last trip there I picked up a vintage telephone from a portland fire station, vintage telephone message pads, original 1918 christmas children's abc book that I split apart and framed, and a 1959 christmas card holder with great graphics. So many wonderful items at both places.

This past summer my bf and I drove down to Portland from Seattle every couple of weeks and here are a few places that I loved.

relish: Lovely interior design store, where I got a beautiful terrarium and everything inside of it is still alive! http://www.shoprelish.com/store/pc/home.asp

And, cielo home, is simply a pleasure to walk through. If you are in the Pearl District, just walk around, there is an abundance of neat homey shops. http://www.shopcielo.com/

Eleni's Philoxenia: Greek that can be enjoyed tapas style and it's near Powells Books! Win, win. http://www.yelp.com/biz/elenis-philoxenia-portland

Andina: Peruvian/Latin American food. Yum. Make sure to make reservations! http://www.yelp.com/biz/andina-portland#query:peruvian%20food

And just to tip you off in the right direction, Stump Town Coffee is where you should get your caffeine fixes. it's simply the best choice.

Bon Voyage!

Nationale: thenewnationale.com

Ink and Peat: inkandpeat.com

Stop by Coava Roastery and Coffee Bar on
1300 Se Grand Ave. Fantastic single origin pour over coffee (roasted on site) with a store front that will amaze! Very open and industrial. Coava shares space with Bamboo Revolution's design showroom.
http://coava.myshopify.com/
http://www.bamboorevolution.com/

vtbear said it....83rd and stark is called moticello...my fave. lots of stuff. great deals.

Another vote for Canoe! You will love it. The owners and staff are very knowledgeable. You will want to ask about the "story" on several items!

Hope you'll visit a few outdoor spaces there too. They are innovative and pretty amazing: Jamison Square, Japanese Garden & Chinese Garden just to name a few!

Noun on Hawthorne is great, it already has its items tailored to fit vintage styles, however if you like to search for that rare gem rather then having it handed to you the "bins" on ochoco street is great! (goodwill outlet store) plus it is right by the pendelton mill outlet store which has great wools. Personally I would choose the rebuilding center over hippo hardware, hh is just too overpriced. Check out city liquidators (the old office furniture one not the dollar tree one, they are right across the street from one another) great old furniture from buildings going out of business. I got a full length double us coast guard locker for only $30, and on water street right near there is restore which is the habitat for humanity housing materials outlet store. For local crafts there are many pop up shops and different stuff like that but on sundays at the doug fir lounge is a craft sale (I think it might only be certain sundays)

noun is on belmont not hawthorne sorry for the mistake

I lived in Portland for years before moving to Nashville--oh, how I miss it so! I've never left disappointed (or empty-handed) when shopping STARS Antiques in Sellwood. Also, I'm dying to check out Lodekka, a double-decker bus converted into a vintage dress shop. If you do board the bus, please report back. I'd love to live vicariously! Here's the link: http://www.lodekka.com/p/about-bus.html

cargo!
noun!
all of hawthorne street!
ink and peat!

yes to all of the above. my favorite restaurants are Lauro Kitchen (SE 34th and Division) and Ned Ludd (NE MLK between Failing and Shaver).

yay portland!

Moved to PTown from the East coast 4 years ago, and here are the "must experience" places I take our guests:

1. Powell's and Pearl
2. Forest Park
3. Downtown and River Path Under the Bridges
4. Hawthorne
5. Alberta

(Would have listed Saturday Market but it's not open now.)

Whoops. Forgot Mississippi...

I love this place: http://www.officepdx.com/

And there are some really great independent shops all along NE Alberta.

seek the unique @ 931 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

stopped in there recently and found it to be inspirational! lots of (actually) unique, reclaimed, cleaned up stuff.

I bought THE most amazing metal chess set at CANOE. The owner is a really nice guy - you're almost guaranteed to see him there.