'I Want One for Every Room!' Our Editor Picks the Best Pieces from Anthropologie, a Brand That is Nailing Elevated Design
Anthropologie is getting good design exactly right - curved edges, elegant shapes and personality-filled pieces. Our editor Pip Rich picks the pieces that will elevate your home
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I remember my first ever visit to an Anthropologie store, years and years ago. It was in Miami, and I was enchanted by how unique its pieces were, how full of character and unexpected. I bought some fluted glass door handles and a pair of striped pajama pants.
That sense of being in a bazaar has never left Anthropologie, easily one of the best home decor brands. But more recently it has taken on the sensibilities of high design, adding in the principles being used by some of the best creative minds in the world. Curved edges, smooth stone finishes, textured boucle, and irregular shapes. The result is a collection of supremely covetable and well-curated pieces, and here is my edit of its very best.
You can view all Anthropologie's home collection here.
Anthropologie's Best Lights
Anthropologie's lighting section is particularly enticing - unexpected little gems that (literally) glow with personality and style.
You can view all Anthropologie lighting here.
Price: $768.60
Dimensions: 12"H, 36"D
Remarkably shallow from top to bottom, this is a rare statement light that could work well in a low-ceilinged space. The small drop size is ideal for an apartment.
Price: $798.40
Dimensions: 15.5"H, 32.5"L, 20.5"W
Handcrafted with stunning capiz, this delicate chandelier would look so lovely hanging above your dining room table. Soft and serene.
Price: $198.40
Dimensions: 18"H, 12"D
I've wheeled out this knowledge before, but it's still very true that rattan is the great leveller, bringing other more colorful or vibrant pieces together. This lamp would do just that.
Price: $248
Dimensions: 17.25"H, 13.25"W, 10.5"D
Such an elegant shape! I can't decide if this is the dream desk lamp to work by, or the exact light I want to read under in my favorite accent chair. Perhaps it's both? I want one for every room.
Price: $1049
Dimensions: 65.25"H, 22.75"D
The current lighting trend for vignettes revolves around illuminating corners instead of from overhead. This slim, 2-bulbed model adds an art deco-inspired pool of light while taking up little space itself.
Price: $628.60
Dimensions: 65"H, 21"D
I'm not sure I'd have predicted that I'd ever be lusting after a peach crushed velvet floor lamp, but that's the beauty of Anthropologie. It takes the unexpected and serves it in a way that would fit into a minimaluxe scheme.
Anthropologie's Best Furniture
Many of my favorite designers - Noa Santos, Olga Ashby, Brigette Romanek - are using soft colors and rounded textures right now. They create infinitely liveable spaces where you can take your shoes off and relax. That's just the vibe of much of Anthro's furniture, too - an elevated take on design.
You can view all of Anthropologie's furniture collection here.
Price: $998
Dimensions: 28.5"H, 25.5"W, 31"D
This chair is a lot more comfy than it looks - the back support hits the lumber at just the right place to feel a bit like a massage. And I'm a big believer in an unusual chair being used to fill an empty corner, inviting a moment of pause.
Price: $628.60
Dimensions: 30"H, 29.25"W, 34"D
The living room trend for boucle is going nowhere - its pillowy texture makes you feel safe and cosseted - and this reading chair would look great opposite a curved sofa.
Price: $2698
Dimensions: 33"H, 79"W, 43"D
The striped couches trend is going to be here for a while, as deckchair prints continue to evoke the vacation feel that we all want. A primrose boucle version is the softest approach to this joyful aesthetic.
Price: From $2398.40
Dimensions: 32.5"H, 98"W, 48"D
Another trend going nowhere is the one for curved sofas, the shape of which invites friends to sit sociably and conversationally. This asymmetrical couch is also available in 11 other color options.
Price: $1598
Dimensions: 15.25"H, 38"D
Such organic modern shapes as the rounded tabletop and orb-like balls can only serve to soften a living room. No hard edges, no hard feelings. Simple.
Price: $1598
Dimensions: 15"H, 36"D
Fluted finishes continue as a kitchen trend on cabinet fronts - they create an interesting interplay of shadows as sunlight changes throughout the day. As does this elevated table.
Anthropologie's Best Home Decor
Just like those door handles I picked up years ago, the brand has always done finishing touches well. In fact, I often just like to browse Anthropologie's new-in accessories for inspiration. It is particularly strong when it comes to collections of vases and candlesticks....while its area rugs are some of the softest available at this price level.
You can view all Anthropologie's home decor here.
Price: From $22
Dimensions: 4.75"H, 5.25"D
With an irregular, careworn and handmade appearance, this striking silhouette would look just as good empty on a mantle as it does when filled with flowers.
Price: $28
Dimensions: 7"H, 4.75" D
Colored glass is an easy way to inject a bit of life into a neutral room without overpowering it. A few vases like this - so affordably priced it's easy to do this - works well.
Price: $298
Dimensions: 3'x5'
With its show-stopping floral pattern, this hand-tufted accent rug proves that sometimes bolder is better, especially in a room in need of some livening up.
Price: $298
Size: 3'X5'
Of course, I would also love to see this abstract Anthropologie rug under a round coffee table, in front of a curved sofa. One of the best rugs on the market right now.
Price: $34
Works of beauty in their own right (and sitting seamlessly next to Anthropologie's holiday decor), I'd happily strew these down the middle of a dining table, watching the pretty plays of light they'd cause.
Price: From $28
Elegant and unique, the varying heights and shapes on these candle holders would work fabulously for a dinner party.
Of course, Anthropologie has so much more on offer than just my edit, and you can view all Anthropologie new arrivals in the home department here. But that's not all - Anthropologie holiday decor has landed too! Festive.
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The editor of Livingetc, Pip Rich (formerly Pip McCormac) is a lifestyle journalist of almost 20 years experience working for some of the UK's biggest titles. As well as holding staff positions at Sunday Times Style, Red and Grazia he has written for the Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times and ES Magazine. The host of Livingetc's podcast Home Truths, Pip has also published three books - his most recent, A New Leaf, was released in December 2021 and is about the homes of architects who have filled their spaces with houseplants. He has recently moved out of London - and a home that ELLE Decoration called one of the ten best small spaces in the world - to start a new renovation project in Somerset.
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