Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Baker Tower Penthouse Vacation Rental


Last year, we bought the Baker Tower and have been waiting for the top-floor tenants to move out so we could turn it into a vacation rental. Well... they moved out, and this last month we furnished the place — and it looks awesome!

I’m... shall we say... designed challenged. I care about functionality and have virtually no eye for what “looks good.” So, I hired an interior decorator to help. I gave her a video of the place, a budget, and let her loose on the IKEA website.


She picked out everything, and we had it delivered right before we showed up to assemble it. It was her and one of my investors (who gets credit for introducing me to her) who put it all together over a weekend. Then the following weekend, I returned with another friend (and real estate photographer) to do some finishing touches and get the photos below.

The Airbnb listing isn’t live yet because we still need to do a test run and identify missing items. But I’m too excited about it not to share it.

The view is amazing! It’s the tallest building in Oregon east of the Cascades. And on the 9th floor — the penthouse — the nearby Elkhorn Mountains look incredible. And now we have an interior to match.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Check it out: