anthropologie

mmm... my favorite place on my list of stores to stop in to. My pea pod friend loves this store as much as I do, I believe. She's lucky enough to live in the same states as one, though. I live vicariously through her and her savvy purchases. So when I go, instead of purchasing a ton, I just take pictures to look at later: 

It's so easy to make their set ups look like out of a magazine... see above. I love the pink hot-air-balloon-esque light. Paired with the aged secretary below, it's plain adorable. 

They even had fresh flowers on display. Yes, of course, I touched the flowers to see. I really need a hutch. I think if I had one, I might put a chair upside down on it like this one, above. I might not, but I might. I would need a hutch in order to find out!! The possibilities are endless. I found out that each of their stores has a designer assigned to that particular store, and they are the ones who come up with the fun designs. The light bulbs were pretty fun. I love the farm ladders, underneath them. It's almost like they wanted it to look like they were still hanging the strands of light bulbs. 

The best part was when we left the store and I looked in the window as we were passing and saw "ark" I thought to myself, "wouldn't that be funny if it said 'Mark'?" IT DID! Then Mark noticed the "J &" next to the Mark. I HAD to take a picture. We were made for this store... or the other way around. 
*the A in 'MARK' is the same A you see in the video clip from Ask Aida. Yep! Her set designer shops at Anthropologie. Now I just need to find out where they bought her pepper mill and salt dish. Any tips? I've looked many, many places.