We Toured the Official Lisa Frank Apartment, And You’ve Got To See the Bathroom
For a limited time, from October 11 to 27, one room in Los Angeles has been transformed into a Lisa Frank paradise—which you can reserve for the ultimate throwback sleepover.
The brand behind all our favorite ‘90s stationery collaborated with Hotels.com and Barsala to create a rainbow penthouse, covered from bedspread to shower in her most iconic characters: the dolphins, the unicorn, the ballerina bunnies, the sweet golden retriever puppy… are you feeling nostalgic yet?
We had a chance to see the flat for ourselves, and the nostalgia is even more powerful in person. As soon as you step into the room, you’re greeted by candy-colored light streaming in from the rainbow-treated window, flanked by coordinating rainbow curtains. On one side is every Lisa Frank superfan’s dream childhood bedroom setup: a pink-framed canopy bed with a unicorn duvet, draped in glittery, fairy-lit tulle. There’s even a custom-made neon unicorn on the wall.
On the other side of the rainbow window, there’s a living room that takes sleek, grown-up shapes (minimalist couch, fiddle leaf fig) and saturates them in Lisa Frank style. We love the mural and the heart rug, but maybe our favorite part is the vintage ‘90s magazines on the coffee table. It’s basically been proven that prolonged exposure to Lisa Frank makes you want to read about Jonathan Taylor Thomas again.
The wall-to-wall rainbow animals continue past a mini desk (stocked with Lisa Frank stationery and gel pens, of course) down a hallway kitchen-dining area. A table set with iridescent utensils sits below a gallery wall featuring a mix of Lisa Frank and Hotels.com imagery, plus animal face masks styled as hunting trophies. The kitchen is full of cute surprises, like a cabinet filled to the brim with mini stuffed animals. At the free mini bar, you can graze on favorite ‘90s snacks like Planters Cheez Balls and Pixy Stix. We may not be able to metabolize them as well as we could in their heyday, but we’re adults now and we’ll eat candy for breakfast if we want to.
Possibly the best part of the Lisa Frank Flat is the bathroom, which is entirely covered in undersea-themed wallpaper. Two dolphins meet under a sunbeam right above the bathtub, where you can chill with one of many colorful bath bombs available. After a soak, slip into a pink, fuzzy bathrobe embellished with rainbow cheetah print (each guest gets one to keep, along with a pair of slippers and an eye mask).
Bookings for the Lisa Frank Flat go live this Friday, October 11 on Hotels.com. Go alone or invite your BFF for the next best thing to time travel.