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Husband and I have 90% of our furniture from Pottery Barn. We are very lucky to have an outlet where we have made all of our purchases; from the bedroom to the living room to the dining room and even our double-chaise lounge outside. They all came from the outlet. And some items are still being sold in the retail stores.

We painted out living and bedrooms last year and, at Target, I found a Duvet Cover for our older Pottery Barn Quilt. I chose navy and like the color with the wall paint which is a blue gray. But the duvet is a bit more masculine than I want now and so this time I’ve decided to splurge a little on a new patterned quilt. Or maybe a new duvet.

The Pia Medallion Quilt is my favorite. I can find the Silk Channel Quilt at the outlet. They’ve been carrying the older seasons for years. Have you ever touched one? They are so heavenly. I also need two more dining room chairs. Those we’ve been on the lookout for at the outlet each time we go.

Our patio and pool renovation is almost done. YAY! The Brittany Planters should make a nice contrast to the terra cotta-ish stain we are doing. Now to just find some AudreyBella-hardy plants. Because the sun and deer are no match for killing a plant when I’m around.

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Lastly, I would love to have a Lavender Wreath hanging in the kitchen. And I need a new way to store my jewelry. Something that’s open and I can see everything at a glance without digging around. The Antique Silver Trays should do the trick. I know I’ve seen the McKenna Leather boxes at the outlet. I hope I can find the trays there as well. 

We’ve been so lucky all these years with finding what we want, or what we didn’t know we wanted, at the PB outlet. We even found our Christmas stockings for a song at the outlet. It cost me more to monogram them but so very worth it. They carry every brand in the outlet from PB Kids to PB Tees as well as Williams-Sonoma and West Elm. You can spend hours in the store (and we have!). It’s definitely worth a stop, in-and-of-itself when you are in the area.

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We’ve had our everyday dinnerware for about 10 years and they were really not my style. They were red and black and very masculine looking. We also have an 8-piece set of our wedding china that could be used as everyday dinnerware but Husband didn’t want to use them. I’ve slowly incorporated them for use other than special occasions but knew I wanted to get a new everyday set. Of course, I turned to Anthropologie. I wish our Home section was bigger but there’s enough in-store to get you going.

Back in July, armed with a gift card, I went in search of my new plates. I was glad I waited to use the gift card since an Anthro Day came along. Husband has been talking of down-sizing our “stuff” so I also went in planning on buying only a 4-piece place setting and not the standard eight. We had our china for guests and special occasions and with The Boy in college we didn’t need 8 pieces of each.

Originally, only the Mint color was available, which was fine by me. Now the Old Havana collection comes in Moss and White. Another criteria was that the dinner plate could not be busy where the food would be placed. The rim decoration was ok but that optical illusion of something still being on the plate but it’s actually the design or pattern kind of bothers me. 
I had planned on getting a complete matching set but the SA suggested I try something different from the main pattern. The Glenna Side Plate in white looked so good with the Old Havana Dinner Plate so I chose that instead of the Old Havana Side Plate. I still think I would have purchased this one and not the Old Havana Side Plate in White, if that color had been available. I was a little worried Husband would be bothered that it didn’t match. He got over it fairly quickly though. 
~ Old Havana Bowl, Mint ~
I did stick with the Old Havana Bowl to round out my 4-piece place setting. The bowl is fairly tall and deep and holds a nice big bowl of cereal or a whole can of Spaghetti O’s. 
Though I only wanted the 4-piece setting Husband insisted I go back and get another 4. I waited for a few weeks and, YAY!, another Anthro Day came along. 
The Glenna Collection also has serveware. The Old Havana doesn’t but the Point Duchesse Serveware Collection in Moss looks very similar in color and style to the Old Havana Collection. And, I already have several pieces of the Molly Hatch Peony Collection. 
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Other Dinnerware picks…
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*Photo Cred: Anthropologie
So, we didn’t down-size any in the dinnerware section but I did get some new plates I love using!

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