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Slide Show: Inside Thomas Lauderdale's Curated Loft

November 1, 2013

Iosca found the bedroom’s 10-panel folding door at Salvage Works Northwest, and the blanket is Pendleton, designed by local artist Chris Johanson. 

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Lauderdale’s rehearsal space sits at the base of a skylit stairwell that winds past bas-reliefs from downtown landmark Mary’s Club.

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Thomas Lauderdale’s library is a cabinet of collections, from ’60s-era magazines to pieces by artists like Gus Van Sant and Phyllis Diller. The chandelier is by local designer Jon Hart, and the sofa and chairs are from the boutique Bernadette Breu Experi

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

The living room sectional sofa is based on those Iosca designed for Portland’s Ace Hotel, and the Andy Warhol silkscreen was a gift from collector and onetime Interview Magazine publisher Paige Powell. 

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

At the top of the stairs is a geometric abstraction by Derek Franklin

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Vintage Castelli chairs surround two custom dining tables by Herb Belrose

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Iosca repurposed a vintage urinal from Rejuvenation Lighting and House Parts for a bathroom sink

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Lauderdale’s rehearsal space sits at the base of a skylit stairwell that winds past bas-reliefs from downtown landmark Mary’s Club.

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Iosca sampled more than 30 different colors before creating the custom Benjamin Moore “Harker Building Gray” for the exterior. 

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Philip Iosca leans against the cast-iron façade of the Harker Building in the Skidmore District.

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

The Air-Blast Acorn wood-burning stove is original to the building. 

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Iosca preserved the wall above the sink from the original building, an impromptu wallpaper of newspaper portraits of boxers.

Photography by Lincoln Barbour

Salvaged wood, gas pipe, and scaffolding clamps make the shelves that hold Lauderdale’s collection of vintage magazines, newspapers, and the ledger books from past Harker Building tenants

By Lincoln Barbour

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Exclusive photos inside the Pink Martini bandleader's perfectly curated 9000-square foot Portland abode, a renovated 1878 building in downtown’s Skidmore district.
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