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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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