Pottery Barn is the chain store for the "Friends" set of young urban professionals. Or so I'm told. To me it is just a very pricey shop that tries to feel like a boutique but doesn't. Pottery Barn sells lamps, decorative accessories, pottery, dinnerware, curtains, and furniture. Their store feels very upmarket. The focal point of it is the big metal "loft" staircase that sits right in the middle of the store. (That's right, there are two floors of this stuff, with a big skylight to top it all off.) I think that the merchandise here is nice and of high quality, but would I buy too much of it? No. They do run sale events, and sometimes, at the final markdowns, things are priced comparably to Target's regular prices. However, the clerks aren't friendly here and I feel that the whole place is very artificial.
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