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Pottery Barn Brisbane Opening And A Giveaway!

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And the winner is …..

Jenny Nguen! Congratulations! We have sent you an email.

Pottery Barn is here. Pottery Barn is here!

Not just Pottery Barn, but Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm have opened up shop at the trendy Fortitude Valley James Street Precinct in Brisbane! And we were there for the grand opening!

Ron Young, Senior Vice President of Global, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. said that they had tried to customize to local tastes by taking note of the Brisbane weather, the outdoor feel that is trademark of the Queensland climate and bringing in lots of blues and lighter colors. He also thanked the nearly 90 part and full time staff that worked really hard to get the store ready in time for the launch.

And what a launch it was! People were queuing up around the block before the official opening. Apparently word had gone around that Pottery Barn was opening today and the locals rushed in to take a peek! The huge 2310 sq.m store and the nearly 30 staff in attendance were easily able to cater for the rush. The easy layout of the store allowed us to seamlessly navigate between the different stores and help was always a smiling attendant away.

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This is the fifth combined Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm store in Australia. The success of this store will decide whether Queensland gets another one! Gold Coast perhaps?

Giveaway!

The celebrate the launch of the Brisbane store, we are giving away a $150 voucher for our Australian readers. To win, simply leave a comment on this post telling us why want to win!

Entries close 18th Oct. Australian residents only.

Comments

  1. What! Really. Woo Hoo! I live on the Gold Coast and this is one more reason to drive to Brissy! Thank you Pottery Barn!

  3. I visited Pottery Barn stores in the US and have fallen in love with their style. I would love to win their voucher. Thank you for this chance!

  5. I am expecting soon and a visit to Pottery Barn would be so helpful right now. Thanks for the chance CraftGossip!

  8. I would love to win because we have just moved into a new house and it would come in really handy. Besides, who doesn’t love Pottery Barn and West Elm?

  10. Oh! Please Please Please. I want to win desperately because we are moving soon and this will come in very handy! Who doesn’t want their place decked out with Pottery Barn stuff!

  11. Thank You CraftGossip! Yes, I would love to win this. I love everything that Pottery Barn does!

  14. Yeah live up north but family live in brisbane. Seen ao many cute things in the us store cant wait!!

  15. I live in northern NSW but go to Brisbane a couple of times a year to visit family. I have not heard of Pottery Barn at all until now but after going on the website to find out more about them, I would love to win this voucher as they have some really cool stuff for the home and for babies. Please pick me! Thanks to Pottery Barn and Craft Gossip for the opportunity to try!

  16. Are they already here? Wow! Thank you for letting us know! And yes please I would love to win the voucher!

  20. Finally im so glad your reachable. Pottery barns stule is fantatsic my biggest problem is choosing what to adopt 🙂 see you soon!!!

  22. There is only one thing in life worth getting out of bed for on a Sunday morning: Pottery Barn.

  23. Please please please! Let me win. I never win anything and I would love to win a Pottery Barn Giveaway!

  24. Are they in Fortitude valley? What used to be there before them? In any case, I would love to win. Pottery Barn is a much needed store in Brisbane!

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Book Review: The Festival of Lights

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations. 

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day. 

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.  

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita. 

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live. 

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience. 

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.