All Their World's a Stage

As Camila Baum's and Blaine Siler's respective fondness for modernist design has grown, so have their collections of furniture, art, and decor.

Baum and Siler, Eichler homeowners who reside in different Concord developments, brought together their collections and common love for MCM last October to launch Redux Stage Co., a business partnership that stages homes for sale.

Modernist homes, naturally.

"We actually bought our Eichler to house all our vintage stuff," Baum admitted somewhat sheepishly of her and husband Matt's decision to buy their present home, in the Rancho de los Santos Eichler neighborhood, in 2009.

"I accumulated a lot," she said of her hobby-turned-business, adding of Siler, "We're both collectors. We've always shopped together, and we developed a close friendship."

Siler is a finisher for custom furniture maker Berkeley Mills, and his taste in furniture, he said, is somewhat broader than his business partner's. "I think I've always been in tune with all different styles of furniture."

Alternatively, Baum's love for interior design was born of trips with her dad to the Alemany Flea Market as a child in San Francisco.

"I always was drawn to things from the '50s," she said of a style she eventually "found out was called mid-century modern."

"I was, like 22, and my dream home was already an Eichler," Baum said with a nostalgic smile. "From the moment I moved out of my mom's house, I've never lived in a contemporary setting."