The Hapter Barrett Showroom in the LA Mart unveiled their new showroom last night. Downtown Los Angeles is coming alive with new residential and entertainment developments. Of course the LA Mart, located downtown, is sure to follow suit. From the look of the renovated Hapter Barret showroom, it has already arrived.

It was wonderful to see that Thayer Coggin is still manufacturing Milo Baughmann’s line of furniture and is on display at the showroom. I enjoyed talking to Royale Wiggin, the founder’s daughter. She told me a great story of how Milo would visit her family when she was a little girl and eat watermellon with them. She also talked about how Milo was always sketching and how her father was able to produce the furniture from a simple sketch out of an old notebook. I love hearing stories like that.