A century-old Arts and Crafts house in Lake Oswego has a layout ideal for an active family with young boys, dogs, cats and fish. There are quiet rooms to read in, gather for family movie nights and a well-placed mudroom to drop off backpacks before going into the kitchen for a snack.
The storybook cottage with a steeply pitched roof and brick exterior also has a sentimental origin story: It was built in 1929, during the Great Depression, on a quiet cul-de-sac for newlyweds who spent their lives together there.
The family purchased the property five years ago and later wanted to remove misguided updates — there were remnants of Tuscan style — while preserving the original cottage’s look and feel…