The Studio is a really cute and conveniently located home away from home, just a couple of miles outside of downtown Portland. Laurelhurst is a beautiful, quiet, tree-lined neighborhood with a lovely park for jogging/exploring just down the street, and two major bus lines just steps away that will take you downtown or pretty much anywhere you want to go in a straight shot. If you can walk 10-20 minutes or grab a quick and affordable Lyft/Uber, there are several charming neighborhoods like Belmont and Hawthorne to explore, with lots of coffee and restaurant options.
The Studio itself is very comfortable with a cozy bed and comfy living space. The full kitchen is great and we really appreciated the organic coffee beans, French press, and other coffee and tea options to get our days started right. The space can get cool at night and the little gas fireplace does a terrific and quick job of warming it up. We never heard any noise from the attached house where the hosts live, and having off street parking for our rental car was very convenient. WiFi was reliable and the big TV was nice for vegging out next to the fire with some tea after long days of checking out Portland or hiking out at the falls. We did wish we’d gotten one of the cute welcome baskets with wine, local goodies, and coupons mentioned in the listing and raved about by other guests, as those special touches were one of the reasons we picked the Studio - but aside from that and a small snafu with the door lock codes while checking in, we really enjoyed staying here and it was a great home base for us as we experienced Portland for the first time.