Ace Hotel + Mid Century Shopping Portland

So if you follow us on facebook, you already know we stayed at the Ace Hotel on our weekend trip to Portland. The entire hotel is a lesson in vintage minimalism decor. Check out the amazing lobby – layering vintage rugs, terrariums, hotel in vintage letters…

They have a true black and white photobooth. We couldn’t resist so yes we did this on 2 different days.

I honestly felt like I was staying in a hotel in 1920. I mean they still use real keys. It’s crazy awesome. We got one of the larger rooms, but it is still small. The art installation on the wall is a diagram about pushing off the wall while swimming. They sell the Pendleton Elk blanket which is totally awesome, but we weren’t about to drop $360 on it.   (If only we won the Oregon lottery – Nick is obsessed with their logo.)

So we headed out to do some antiquing because that’s what we always do. Antiquing on the west coast is a completely different experience than good ol’ Texas. There is a huge selection of mid century modern items. Our first stop was The Good Mod. Besides the people being not so friendly (read: did not say 2 words to us even though we were there for 45 min), the selection was amazing.

It’s basically a warehouse full of awesomeness mid century, danish and industrial furniture.

They make these awesome coffee tables in house. I would love to have 1 in the formal living. They are gorgeous. The prices vary, but you can shop all their stock online here. (See I told you their stock was amazing.)

I definitely wanted to take this MCM credenza home with me, but it was $1680. It’s more expensive in their online shop. Of course I could totally see it lacquered and stained in the formal dining. They know what they have, and it’s in good condition so it’s a great resource when you are looking for a specific piece. Also if you are in the Portland area, stop by. It was totally worth it.

We headed to Hawthorne for more vintage shopping before our dinner at Apizza Scholls. We hit up Hawthorne Vintage first. The window display was calling us…

They had like 3 Eames loungers. They were knockoffs, but seriously 3??? Come on West Coast share some with the South.

These chairs had such an interesting shape. If I lived in PDX, I would have bought them even though I don’t need any chairs. (Seriously I don’t. need. any. random. chairs.)

I saw credenza. It was $850 which I thought was a great price. I was actually a little mopey the rest of the day because I wanted to take this guy home. I know I’ve said that like 4 times this post, but it’s true. I considered moving to Portland to justify everything. Seems a bit rash though. However there is no sales tax so good argument Portland.

Apizza Scholls did not disappoint in case you were wondering. Wish I had a picture but we waited 2.5 hours, so once we got our pizza it was pretty much devoured within a few seconds.