You can definitely grow kiwis in Portland. I live in NoPo and planted two kiwi plants about 15 years ago. They grew quite vigorously. However, I got no fruit. A friend was cutting back her male at the time it was flowering, and I took some cuttings and simply dragged the flowers over the flowers on my kiwis, and - voila! - that fall I had a bunch of kiwi fruit. So - the Hayward kiwis that I bought from Freddies were not one female and one male, but were both females. I bought another - very scrawny - male from Portland Nursery, and have had lots and lots of fruit. I have a 16 foot tall by 5 foot wide trellis/arbor that I built on the south side of my garage. The kiwi took that over with-in a couple of years. Now they have taken over the garage roof and the neighbor's trees. Good luck!

I love small homes! Posting a floor plan on graph paper of the whole house will get you some design ideas. Bonus points for pictures; just snag them from the real estate listing if you need to.

I would take advantage of the bookcases and incorporate your desk there, so there is more open space. Bookcases could go on a side wall or opposite his desk, depending on room’s configuration. May even be able to add a comfy chair and large art, as you will have an empty wall

Pictures of the space would be awesome and the layout of the kitchen showing the cabinets and appliances all marked Are those the only windows in the whole space .Usually DW means dishwasher so whatis the DW in your drawing I assume laundry . Where is the nook I am confused with the drawing and the explanation.Do you mean the nook is the DR.