My new favorite place to stay in Portland! I live just under 15 minutes away and just needed to stay a night or two due to an unexpected power outage. It only ended up being one night, which was really a bummer, because this little guest house was SO much fun! In one of my favorite Portland neighborhoods, close to all the shops and things to do, but tucked back just a hair, in a quieter spot just across from a little park. Chris and Banning (and their adorable, super-friendly, well-behaved dog baby!) were SUPER nice and SO welcoming, and this beautiful little oasis they have created is one of my favorite places I've stayed. Tucked behind/beside the main house, with another little garden and patio and string lights and shady vines behind it; feels like just the right size, spacious but cozy, perfect for 1-2 people, and quite private. Highlights, of which the overarching theme will be "they thought of absolutely literally everything" and "I could totally stay here forever" 🙂:
-- great light, windows on all four sides
-- homey, well-designed, good quality materials and finishes, leaning relaxed vs. fancy -- I think just about everyone would be comfortable (no sense of being over- or under-dressed! ;)
-- very comfy bed (from someone with moderate to severe back issues); lovely, soft linens; cozy blanket (if it's not hand-knitted, it FEELS like it is, in a good way); excellent (feather/down?) pillows
-- plenty of outlets, well-placed, and spare chargers!
-- lots of thoughtful, eco-conscious choices, and nice contemporary art
-- mini fridge with freezer and ice cube trays (was surprised and delighted to find ice, having been too wiped to stop and buy a bag)
-- little two-person fold-down breakfast bar
-- coffee (grounds AND instant), SIX kinds of tea, cocoa mix, boxed AND bottled water, delicious snacks (especially fun for people sadly not near a Trader Joe's, I bet!)
-- two different scents of hand soap, in case you like variety or one is not your jam
-- makeup mirror
-- tiny things you almost certainly forgot, including cotton swabs/balls/rounds, tampons, and a LINT ROLLER. I died. 🙂
-- and outside on the patio, on cute little tables...citronella candles, a lighter, and bug spray
See? Thought. of. Everything. I am exceedingly Type A, a perpetual overpacker, can't stand the idea of needing something and not having it...and this place is very soothing to us slightly-tightly-wound kind of people. :) Truly, it's like staying at your favorite aunt's house, if your favorite aunt is SUPER chill. My #1 spot for future visitors if they don't want to/can't stay at my house, and...man, it's just all the very best parts of not being in a hotel, you know?