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This mid-century. modern teak bar cart, likely Danish, is one of the quality items you can expect to find in my now-permanent vintage booth at Penny Lane Antique Mall in Bellingham, Washington. What a rush! My week-long vintage goods pop-up was a whirlwind of action, so much so that yesterday afternoon I flopped onto the couch – with my aching feet up – and stayed there. For hours. Sweatpants. Pistachio nuts. I even watched 'Fraiser,' much of which remains sharp and witty btw

I'm officially in retail! What: Lisa Baumann Design Vintage Pop-up Where: Penny Lane Antique Mall, 427 W Holly St, Bellingham, Washington When: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through June 8 I'd been planning to do a one-week pop-up booth for a while that was supposed to start today. But when I went to Penny Lane Antique Mall in Bellingham Friday afternoon to see the vendor booth again, it was already empty and ready for me to get in there. Scrambling and hustling ensued (why is

I’ve finally done it. After taking a sabbatical last fall from The Associated Press where I was a journalist for the last dozen years, I’ve accepted a buyout offer. April 30 was my last official day. It was mostly a good run. I jumped back into journalism in 2007 knowing even then it would be a wild ride but I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t. I leave it behind now after working in Minnesota, Montana and Washington state at a weekly newspaper, a daily, an online startup and The

Oui oui Lisa Baumann Design has gone French. April in France, mon dieu, what a lovely time to travel to Lyon, the southwest Basque region and Paris. We shopped and ate and enjoyed quality time with family (Who even says that - “I was visiting family in France in the spring." I never thought I’d be saying that.) Et bonjour flea markets! Getting into this flea market business in France feels epic and and family members who live there are the key (merci!) for knowledge and respe

Too often we give time spent in bed the short shrift, but our bedrooms should be relaxing, comforting and free from the stresses of the world.

Among the best things I saw as a designer in 2025: 3daysofdesign festival in Denmark. The year 2025, in all its glory (and horror), is almost outta here and the year-end reviews are all around us, including in Architectural Digest's Best Things Designers Saw in 2025. Overwhelmed and probably overstimulated describe the volume of my over-the-top experiences and sights and I’ve been wondering if and how they will ever sink in or if I could sum them up. Then while washing my cof

The Flaming Lips bring the same kind of layering to their live show that we should bring to spaces as we design them. I was lucky enough...

Whatever is happening or going to happen or not happen with tariffs on goods made outside of the USA, one way to furnish your home without paying the tariffs is to find things that are already in this country.