Resources

I thought it would be good to list some of our favorite places we have shopped at for various parts of our house project. We're not getting any endorsement $$ for this, just want to give credit for some good businesses that excel in customer service and in many cases are just good people. In no particular order:

Wood/ceramic/stone flooring and accessories: Stone-Wood Outlet. We bought our Ipe' flooring there, for $2.99/SF, and paid the same price for the 12x12 glass mosaic stuff we used for the upstairs bathroom vanity top; and also bought our Baltic Brown mini-slabs there for a good price.

Good products, very helpful/knowledgeable: Emser Tile. Natural and ceramic/glass tiles and accessories.

Lots of natural/ceramic surface material, helpful: Portland Direct

Used/surplus building materials and antique/funky items. Great folks: Building Material Recycling This is where we got our fir doors! They also sell new doors with manufacturer warranties for about 75% off list, and can get the doors pre-hung for a pretty good price too.

Lighting: the Globe outlet store in Portland. That's where we found our nice art-glass lights for a very deep discount. They were very helpful, despite the fact that they weren't making much money on that part of the job.

Metal fabricator for the window well covers: Alameda Metalworks

Stone for the exterior and fireplace: Avison. They are now owned by Weyerhauser. Maybe they were amused by our toiling over the "pit run" for our rock, or just took pity on us, but in any event they would often bring up some good stuff to make it easier for us.

I'm sure I will think of more but these folks really stand out. YMMV but that's always the case.