Anthropologie treat

I'll be honest - I usually save my summer sales enthusiasm for clothes (well clothes, shoes, bags, underwear...you get my point). But this morning I learnt of a homeware summer sale that was worth getting my rummaging hat out for. One special store - Anthropologie mmm

I work just a short hop away from the Regent Street Antropologie store, so (purely for research purposes) I made a beeline to the sale. The sale in fact also covered the clothing and jewellery sections of the store, but I only had eyes for one section.

As always the interior of Anthropolgie was looking shabby chic cool, with the living wall blooming, animal motifs aplenty on show and New York accents heard throughout the store. The discount section was given the usual 'jumble-sale' feel, but the range of products on sale and the prices still pleased me greatly.

The (up to 50% off) sale offered flock towels, cute fabric covered capital letters, cushions with naive animal prints, bright coloured glassware and even Anth's famous patchwork aprons all at great prices.

This bargain hunter invested in handy Latte Bowls in a low key Sky colour at £1.95 each. I also toyed with the idea of getting my credit card out to buy some of the twee bed linen - check out this Bird Song print! But then came back to earth remembering that despite its half price tag it probably wasn't a good idea to invest...can't quite imagine sneaking floral *and* birdy bedding past the boy see...

Bed linen maketh the man.

It isn't rude to judge people on a few things - shoes, handshakes, lack of eye contact and sheets, are some of the most important. Limp hands and bone-crunchers are on a par with sub-standard linen. So it is a home essential to start with replacing them.


The feel of crisp sheets is famously delicious, to keep this as an on-going delight invest in cotton sheets with the highest possible thread count that your wallet lets you get away with. The White Company have white (surprisingly) bed sheets available at reasonable investment prices. As do Muji's soft cottons in classic shades that creat a sophisticated simple design, with an addition worthy recycled element to gain you Brownie points all around.


We should all know better than to ever go over the top with gaudy patterns or anything (god forbid) designed by a former page three girl. But a reminder can't hurt. Colours should be neutral or pastels, how all men end up with black sheets at some point, is beyond me. Throw them straight out.

Keep bed linen subtle (and cuddly toys in the cupboard/bin) to start a sophisticated bedroom look.

A nod of humour in the right direction with your bed linen can just about forgive you for wearing a pair of last year's shoes (gasp!) A cheeky addition like Thornback & Peel's cushions could even let you get away with a lower thread count. It also helps you safely monitor any hint of a sense of humour in your visitors.