Aaron Leitz

Nov 20, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | David Foxley |Aaron Leitz

When LA resident Elizabeth Miller and her husband started looking for a home in Portland, Oregon, to be closer to two of their four adult sons, she envisioned a smaller property with some history and much of its original detailing intact. What she discovered—and ultimately fell in love with—delivered on the second two qualities, if, at nearly 7,000-square-feet, not quite the first.

May 8, 2024 | portraitmagazine.com | Donna Pizzi |Aaron Leitz

“It’s a ‘Renovation,’ not a ‘Restoration,’” say the new owners, describing the extraordinary undertaking to update Seattle’s once notorious “Pink Palace.” Built in 1910 and updated in 1922 by the noted Seattle architectural firm of Bebb & Gould for Elijah Grammer, a Washington State Senator from 1932-33, the home’s costly 1922 renovation added the stately staircase with bronze balustrade and enclosed the northeast terrace to become the library.

Apr 24, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | Mayer Rus |Aaron Leitz

Jessica Helgerson’s aesthetic sensibility is rooted in two distinct cultures. Born to an American father and a French mother, the Portland, Oregon–based interior designer grew up spending the school year in Santa Barbara and summering in Lyon, equally immersed in California surf culture and French savoir faire.

Feb 17, 2024 | admagazine.fr | Michelle Duncan |Aaron Leitz

La rénovation d'une maison des années 1970Dans l'Oregon au nord-ouest de Portland, une île émerge comme un bijou : Sauvie Island. Cernée par le fleuve Columbia à l'Est et le canal Multnomah à l'Ouest, elle est recouverte de buissons de baies sauvages, dotée de nombreuses plages de sable blanc et d'une réserve naturelle de 4600 hectares.

Feb 12, 2024 | portraitmagazine.com | Donna Pizzi |Aaron Leitz

When a pair of licensed leisure pilots were perusing an article found on a private airplane hangar magazine rack featuring Julie Kleiner’s elegant traditional interior design work, it was kismet. The couple had just sold their Montecito home, furnishings included, and purchased an exquisitely built shingle style home on Orcas Island that was empty.