The second day we were in Portland, we made a point of visiting any cool-looking
non-bike shop that we came across in our travels. And since both my boss and I really appreciate mid-century modern stuff - from the kitschy to the kool, we had to stop at
Lounge Lizard after seeing it while driving down Hawthorne Ave.
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As soon as I popped my head in, I knew that I'd be here for a while.
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Loads of great furniture on the floor and fantastic lighting overhead.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mqKmYLB0iv65jGOCoNv7U-qZrElgosGDGwcK3ukkwNEc6jsqHwPZibHPLc1c6Yv-W6_k_rgdSqSFppiDqTpXYRZIBD5i34CrvoID9yo5xN7939pSaKS1YcOt0w_VudII8-gA3iNEGEZA/s320/P1000964.jpg)
really, who *can't* use a grape light?
or, even better, an oil fountain light with an olde tyme mill/water wheel?![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglc4kV0xrKb4nMtVk8UupOJsNNDUHtsNQa__bBXr93OCrXyWF1j_5Qjhc0Il3OYJ1ijK42pL2DlZISSyC0t0e1MpE1z8q9lLsNm0Is4RAcse8OyZBpjnPaUb2PAzIpXzwSXVapmSephhiP/s320/P1000973.jpg)
Walls filled with bad velvet paintings, shadowboxes...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc9-mpy7zXSkKBBOe2gfYzvcsmVXQoZuBQ6vPnYhrLwXvkR__oI5x_bFSwY7007QkZ1mahCiFDF6U0_bknRphYYX_8AKtJ4oyv7rC0hg__uWItsmHntJqFT4-shEliwssIQtYQ9gEix5D/s320/P1000965.jpg)
...sad kitties...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgMVCRmn6TQxS5UqlOVrjt-WM3jrByIcGt6ayl2CSgX4J55zwUnx8-s-Tnrkj4ZhNZdyAH0Y5zboQ4gidFcgfbVE6aSqjy7mJz7okYfKhffQ3G1RE_53LAzPQpKUkmxjuNmOUHhfiLWhj/s320/P1000971.jpg)
...clocks...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljT0cxL9DuEMw3DsK0rTFj0reY7EbPgrznzQP36iEkU8pUz4q8pSQVzPvxRu96ANu078GDc4zQqXd84OcMoBJtDRYWCPfZlpU5gNNHhUj6gWGUxPZ0FQun_-gh8KKcBqQGLZycS6eANMK/s320/P1000968.jpg)
...and whatever you call these 2D wall hangings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuQhsc4K8vogvb0f3cE4QE27Jy-ZN3bzno_MVJiNiv4zH5aSdzTfUzm0IGcp50WFPiIwVt5h1q1LFTW-oDuN2sGBCgqfXBGcug7nikZhDmJMAxZKhqRRdwX4LWaigVH7z9KQCjsPusGvW/s320/P1000969.jpg)
Nicely-stocked tiki section being given the once-over by a one-time tiki collector:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9XQmrnf4xL7nrGzjvFJTXKdEb6w84up3n0npSOYUROw00H5ybAJ_9uP_-Pds6ctLP7f1Qg7PPL7PIJ4NRGBz_lokYgPcjjwdnOPbQ0KeLHModYJmmSYeMbzzYzlzFy32JHQ2nJziaQ9X/s320/P1000983.jpg)
Didn't every baby boomer and gen-xer grow up in a home with these straw tumblers?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHcut6DWeE9XGbs5yvafEqlOLwivCXYzFZ4suvifL5yudwd1sqI3-jMYYrzxR_U48_hPZ_KnN90c2YvLKqeVBDP-d-iND_DJxBzslQM2hyaNMS-UYugYW6nZhlDJOWrLaaThB9C74KDW7/s320/P1000979.jpg)
Best of all, the prices were reasonable, probably half of what they'd sell for in SoCal - or a third of what they'd sell for in Palm Springs. For instance, this couch was about $250.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ4h2MBAOEAK-VRLWHZXQ7Qcz60nF8fDOGK2u0UoNmY3SHZpSa2_sjA9WVLO2FjeEJ5iCHJACVz4457Anc0MkUBPQtLZFv0nwQoJo7NC8dk51SOo5AWfO3fw-gSMgMLU9eu2KsPt4xoT6/s320/P1000972.jpg)
And most of the table lamps were about $50.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisG8FpbTNxZ2yRzOpAK2-vb9aUNXR8KuNWC9Et6xiOKML32fM4-iQWlhzR9jnk9U7HnMYzd9p19mwXG13StDIpSQapC0ZF6fqw1_ibgKuyfdUpQQrS1BaYWuQrWc42B2NNMcEiXU8QXYTs/s320/P1000966.jpg)
The two things I most wanted to take home were this color wheel lamp:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiQDOgnyL7rxUeO7NZk-fMq520podjbe_iQKTXMaIVHwvGk0yEZl9Rh-EjHbVUtJlCwvko9l-UZhE_PIuDZ8VutnADvxYYAjDeNXyvE95yRsXUGrBNZuEGBS-wwWZJkj6ogeFV4xXO9GJ/s320/P1000975.jpg)
And this very Heywood-Wakefield-esque table (only $350).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5fTZJ-6D6hORwcH9Gd2K3azs5iHRECtab8uj8u71a0hiDZP2O4QcYkrX7E1yZwhM8lBbXm8AK6Y5LV2ET8h0Zl6YHSngjW9kF4wZqx4hyjefy34RvJUpBCdiBGwoTxo2nUTUW81IdVXW/s320/P1000987.jpg)
Even framed/lighted Jesus thinks Lounge Lizard is pretty cool.
1 comment:
That place has Deano written all over it.
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