ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS COME TO LIFE

Owners and their designer celebrate the unique features of a 1912 Arts & Crafts Tudor.

- DONNA PIZZI

"The moment I walked up the stone steps, I knew I wanted to live here!" Mardee Malarkey recalls. She and her husband, Gregory, were on a long quest for a house to buy in Portland, Oregon. It ended with this historic Arts & Crafts Tudor built in 1912 in the Mount Tabor area. Noted Oregon architect Ellis F. Lawrence had left signature touches: walnut wainscoting in the foyer, cast stone for the fireplace, impressive chandeliers. Gregory, who is in the building-materials business, says, "It's rare to find a house that features so many take-your-breath-away details-in a family home that's not a mansion." Confronting a big, unused sleeping porch entered only through a guest room, the Malarkeys engaged Lloyd Martindale, of C&K Custom Remodeling, who turned it into a much-needed laundry room. Martindale recommended interior designer Angela Todd, who created a hallway to solve the entry-point problem in the room. She tucked custom cabinetry into the Tudor roofline and placed the washer and dryer below

architect Ellis Lawrence