Comments on: Pottery Barn Lust

By: mary

mary — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:07:12 +0000

Holly,

You can get that EXACT same bench from ikea in a white cotton duck.

I love it!

mary

By: Answaki

Answaki — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:12:24 +0000

Hi Holly
I just love reading your blog, It is so inspiring. I recently started working from home (i design stationery) but I am struggling to get everything in order, to focus and get centered in my work. (I live in South Africa.)
Sometimes I feel as if I wont be able to do this….a bit scary for me. I need structure more than I thought. I loved that post that you did a while back, where you said…”be a small giant” and “dont force any creative process”. I think that is so true, I am certainly going to apply it in my life.

Anyway…keep up the stunning posts.
Answaki

By: decor8

decor8 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:38:20 +0000

Karen thank you for that GREAT link to the Embellishment Center on Amazon — the price is great for that and I’m sure lots of readers looking to organize their home office will really like it. :)

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:05 +0000

The Pottery Barn “Bedford” set is pretty (and on sale, too, apparently). But I agree with The Office Stylist above, there are cheaper alternatives out there. Most of the furniture in my studio is from Target; since that photo was taken, I’ve moved my “Embellishment Center” (IMHO a better alternative for sewing supplies than the Pottery Barn “Wall-Mounted Craft Organizer” for about a quarter of the price) to the wall above my sewing machine.Another storage area uses a set of stacking Closetmaid units. Hoping to save up enough to get a desk for my computer area one of these days — right now, I use a hand-me-down kitchen table, which is okay for a surface, not so great for organizing papers and stuff.
Karen´s last blog ..Livery

By: Frau Mayer

Frau Mayer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:26:37 +0000

Right now I’m dreaming of a flat which would have more than one room in it so that I don’t need to look at the piles and piles and piles and piles of books out of my bed. I’d have a walk-in closet and I’ declutter my basement and and and… Oh, the dreams!
And, of course, those mushroom posters would be the first to move in!
I’m also dreaming of a much softer color scheme for my next place, pretty tired of living with walls that are a bit too bright for my nerves :)

By: bonbon oiseau

bonbon oiseau — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:20:43 +0000

hey i hear ya! just having remodeled (so to speak) the office/studio myself with those pottery barn catalogs as inspiration..who knew it would come to that. I actually made that work station using 4 (for mine and my assistant’s) ikea expedit (the 4 cubby hole version) and a plank of polyurethaned plywood from the depot and it looks pretty good! Very versatile!

By: Cajeta

Cajeta — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:56:50 +0000

I worked at Pottery Barn while i was in high school, so I’m not at all interested in buying anything from the store. It may look good because of the way they have everything placed in the catalogs/stores, but the quality isn’t there — it’s all marketing.

By: laura

laura — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:01:32 +0000

i love your blog, and your thoughts. i totally know what you mean about the wants. first i want this, and then once you get it, you’re (or at least i’m) on to the next thing. and so yes, for whatever crazy reason i care about people reading my blog (a friend called it being reader greedy), and then of course there’s the obsession over the home office space. we live in brooklyn and for a family of 4 our apartment’s a little cozy. we’re making the kids share a room so my husband and i can share an office, and boy are there rules! so that we can coexist. he loves to pile, in public, and i love organization, cubbies, things. so someday, when i dream, we will have a home with an office for me and one for him and then i can organize away in my own neat freak space! l.
laura´s last blog ..stumptown coffee: freshly roasted beans, hip baristas on broadway

By: jess

jess — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:50 +0000

does anyone know where i could find those metal letters (the ampersand and the x)? i looked on the PB site and couldn’t find them… thanks so much!
jess´s last blog ..Published at The Knot

By: jess

jess — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:50 +0000

does anyone know where i could find those metal letters (the ampersand and the x)? i looked on the PB site and couldn’t find them… thanks so much!
jess´s last blog ..Published at The Knot