Lisa Quinn
Encyclopedia
Biography
Quinn was born in Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, where she attended Briarcrest High School. After graduating from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale in 1997, Quinn launched an interior consultation business from her home in WPB. One year later, Lisa Quinn, Inc. relocated to the west coast and evolved into a design entertainment firm, specializing in commercial staging, set dressing for television and film, and television production.
Lisa Quinn is an Emmy award-winning TV host, best-selling author. She is a contributor to Better Homes and Gardens, Redbook, Life, and PARADE magazines; has appeared on Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, HGTV, and Oprah; designed sets for the National Geographic Society and the Discovery Channel; and starred in her own one-hour special for the Fine Living Network.
Lisa currently serves as spokesperson for IKEA and Kelly Moore Paints. Home with Lisa Quinn is syndicated nationally on the Live Well HD network.
Look for her latest book, Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets (Chronicle Books).
A Memphis native, Lisa resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.
Television
- Home with Lisa Quinn Syndicated nationally on the Live Well HD Network--current
- The View from the Bay, lifestyle contributor-ABC-7 San Francisco--2006-2010
- Good Morning AmericaGood Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
, "Holiday Decorating for Free", December 2009 - The CBS Early Show, contributor, 2006-present
- "The Tattoo Show", The History ChannelThe History ChannelHistory, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...
--2009 - "Dream Home with Lisa Quinn", ABC-7 San FranciscoKGO-TVKGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
Producer/Host--2007-2009 - "Evening Magazine’s IKEAIKEAIKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
$500 Challenge": CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-5 San Francisco, Producer/Host--2002-2007 - "Bay Area Living featuring Sunset Magazine": CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-5 San Francisco, Host--2003 - "World Market Room Rescue": CBS-5 San Francisco, Producer/Host--2004-2005
- "Eye on the Bay": CBS-5 San Francisco, Home Dec/Lifestyle Contributor--2002-2006
- "Home Retreat with Lisa Quinn" aired as a one-hour special on The Fine LivingFine LivingFine Living Network was an American specialty television network owned by Scripps Networks Interactive...
Network. Quinn served as Executive Producer, Host, and Designer. 2004 - HGTVHGTVHGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
’s "Sensible Chic": Design Director and Segment Host--2000-2002 - OprahThe Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
Guest Designer--2002
Awards
- 2009 Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Achievement -- Program Host - 2010 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Achievement -- Program Host
Blog
- " The Quinntessentials" Rants from a Disillusioned Domestic Diva.
Writer
- Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets: full-length book Chronicle Books Spring '10
- Better Homes and GardensBetter Homes and Gardens (magazine)Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per...
: contributor - NY Daily News: contributor
- San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chroniclethumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
: contributor - The Seattle Post Intelligencer: columnist-Seattle@home section
- "$500 Room Makeovers", full-length book Random House Spring '06
- PARADE Magazine: contributor
- Life Magazine: contributor
- Redbook Magazine: contributor
- Cargo Magazine: contributor
- Budget Living: contributor
- Shop Etc. Magazine: contributor
- ModernMom.com : contributor
Set design
- HGTVHGTVHGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
- The Fine LivingFine LivingFine Living Network was an American specialty television network owned by Scripps Networks Interactive...
Network - The National Geographic SocietyNational Geographic SocietyThe National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
- CBSKPIX-TVKPIX-TV is the CBS owned and operated television station in San Francisco, California. Through its parent company CBS Corporation, KPIX is co-owned with The CW affiliate KBCW-TV ....
- ABCKGO-TVKGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
- The Discovery Channel
- Live Well HD NetworkLive Well HD NetworkLive Well Network is a home, health and lifestyle high definition digital subchannel network owned by Disney-ABC Television Group. The network launched as Live Well HD Network on April 27, 2009, and is currently available on digital subchannels of all ABC owned and operated stations and Belo...
Other
- President of Lisa Quinn, Inc
- Currently serves as regional spokesperson for Kelly-Moore PaintsKelly-Moore PaintsKelly-Moore Paints is a paint manufacturing company founded in San Carlos, California in 1946. It has stores located in California, Washington, Oregon, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nevada. San Carlos, and Hurst, Texas are home to manufacturing plants....
and IKEAIKEAIKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
. - Served as a National Spokesperson for Kenmore AppliancesKenmore AppliancesKenmore Appliances was a line of household appliances produced by a variety of manufacturers such as Whirlpool Corp, GE, Panasonic, LG, Bosch, Electrolux, and Mabe Mexico, and controlled by Sears Holdings Corporation; the brand is owned by KCD IP, LLC, a special purpose entity created by Sears...
, DuPontDuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
, PŪR Water Filters, World MarketCost Plus, Inc.Cost Plus, Inc. is the owner and operator of the chain of Cost Plus World Market specialty/import retail stores. The name originated from the initial concept, since abandoned, of selling items for "cost plus 10%".-History:... - Served as local spokesperson for Mercedes Benz of San Francisco and Oakland.
- Guest designer for the Spiegel catalogSpiegel catalogSpiegel is one of the USA's leading direct marketing companies. Spiegel began as a "wareroom" in downtown Chicago; it is a US$3 billion, international, tri-channel, specialty retailer....
of Spring 2006.