While I was on vacation last week hanging out at Jean's lake home (that should be on the cover of House Beautiful and every other magazine featuring divine living),



 Jean's Lake Home



 The dining room at her lake home.  The rug is from Anthropologie.  Too bad it is so hard to see!

I was struck by the number of times I would admire something and Jean would announce that it came from Anthropologie.  I used to get the catalogue but Anthropologie is one of the rarities in that they actually monitor the effectiveness of their catalogue.  After I bought two outrageously inappropriate articles of clothing for myself, I stopped looking at the catalogue.  They stopped sending it to me after a time since it was apparent I wasn't spending my money with them.    

I found my way to their online site and hit the jackpot.  I love bedding and our bed has needed new "stuff" for quite a while now.  After John declared that he wanted neutral tones, I bought this...

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp

Chika Hothouse Bedding

Go to the site to see the print in magnification.

I love it and can't wait for its arrival!