Eclectic Classic
Whole-Home
Furniture & Decor

ARCHITECTURE | Colonial Revival

LOCATION | Grant Park, NE Portland

This Grant Park home in NE Portland was already impressive in size and presence, but the interiors did not reflect the architecture or the client’s taste. Furniture was largely out of scale, layouts felt unresolved, and many of the rooms lacked definition. The project involved a full whole-home refresh across ten spaces, focused entirely on layout, furniture, and decor, without renovations, fixture changes, or finish updates.

DESIGN & STYLING: WENDY COMBS STUDIO
KITCHEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: EVERGREEN RENOVATION
PHOTOGRAPHY: HANNA VARGAS

Living room with hardwood floors, light green walls, three windows with blinds, and a beige sofa.
A spacious bedroom with a bed, side tables, a dresser, and windows letting in natural light. The room has white walls, beige carpet, and simple modern furniture with a minimalistic design.

before

Grant Park Portland living room design with custom furnishings by Wendy Combs Studio
A living room with a wooden coffee table, beige sofa with pillows, two white chairs with wooden arms, a black side table, and a modern ceiling light fixture. There is artwork of a leaf on the wall and a staircase in the background.
White modern kitchen with wooden accents, a white countertop with a faucet, a vase with pink flowers, wooden chairs, a stove, open wooden shelves with decorative items, a bowl of fruit, and a large window with a view of trees outside.
Dining room with wooden table, six chairs, a black vase with white flowers, three windows with blinds and beige curtains, a colorful abstract painting on the wall, a modern glass chandelier, hardwood floor, and a rug.

THE ASK

Although the house itself was substantial, the interiors felt tentative. Existing furniture, primarily from mainstream retailers, didn’t suit the scale of the rooms or the way the spaces were meant to be used. Several pieces needed to remain, including sofas, a coffee table, and a dining table, which required working within real constraints rather than starting from scratch.

The request was straightforward: make the home feel intentional, using furniture and layout alone, so that it functioned for everyday living as well as large family gatherings.

DESIGN APPROACH

The work began with proportion. Each room was evaluated for scale, circulation, and hierarchy before any new pieces were introduced. Layouts were adjusted first to clarify how the rooms should function, then furniture was layered in to support those decisions.

Where existing pieces could be integrated successfully, they were kept. Where they undermined the space, new furniture was introduced to correct imbalance and establish visual order. Decorative elements were used selectively, reinforcing the furniture and layout rather than driving the design.

THE RESULT

The home now reads as confident and resolved. Rooms feel proportionate to the architecture, layouts make sense, and the overall experience of the house is more intentional. This project demonstrates how a whole home can be meaningfully transformed through furniture, layout, and decor alone, without renovation or cosmetic updates.

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