Forget spring cleaning, we’re spring dreaming of home, garden, and entertaining.

Chalk it up to unseasonably pleasant days, call it cabin fever—we’re positively stir crazy for spring. As thoughts turn to fragrant blooms and steady sunlight and patio weather, we can’t wait to welcome—or at least prepare—for the season officially beginning March 20. Cue Just Out’s spring guide to home, garden and entertaining—affectionately referred to around the office as the “Home, Hearth and Hooch” issue. As you can see, the name stuck.

We chat with design stars Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams on how to make your interiors both serene and stylish, and our resident “Sassy Gardener” LeAnn Locher offers inspiration for taking the party outdoors. Since the eye isn’t the only palate worth pleasing, we offer a crash course in socializing with wine—and catch up with local design guy-turned-confectionist Ken Hoyt. For those who really want to get out of the house and into something beautiful, we tour the grounds of bucolic Ainsworth House. And then there are the chickens—oh, how we Portlanders love our chickens.