I get a little giddy when I open my mailbox and see the latest issue of Pottery Barn gifted to me by my mail-carrier. Thanks mail-carrying-friend-o-mine! Today as I was pouring over each lovely photo, I felt a bit like I did as a pre-teen obsessing over my latest issue of Sassy magazine—inspired, creative, inferior, and covetous. As a pre-teen, I would gawk at the models who were so much cooler than me, and as a pre-menopause I gawk at all the houses that are so much cooler than mine!
But then…this happened…and the world was right once more.
I think you are what my 3-year-old’s nightmares are made of.
I also do not covet the Amish-inspired quilt on the bed. And let’s not overlook the ginormously ridiculous, double-stack of books that the bird seems to be hoarding in the corner. What in the world??? I guess they didn’t have room for a bookshelf because the $399 bird was taking up the entire wall. Oh yes, you read that price-tag right. I didn’t forget a decimal point.
I’d be remiss not to mention that Sarah recently wrote a post on the hilarious site, Catalog Living. I cannot wait to see how she captions this pic! It’s almost too obvious to poke fun of though.
HILARIOUS, I was giggling so hard when I read your post my son came and checked on me. Soooo funny! Thanks for the laugh. I love Ballard Designs.
I think that all you need to do is add a beady glowering eye to that bird, and in the master bedroom it would pose as an effective form of birth control. I would be clinging to my husband in terror rather than in passion with that hanging over the bed!
Yep FREAKY!
So, so funny! This actually makes me feel a bit better about my house! 😉
'Oh Look! A Kevin!'
Thanks for the info anonymous! I so heart Pottery Barn and they so rarely make a major design mistake like this one. It's a bit fun to poke fun :).
Just for the record, that style of quilt is called "Birds in the Air", so maybe that is why PB has a big scary giant ugly bird on the wall.
Love the quilt, hate the bird.
Completely hysterical !!!! I predict that bird ends up in the 'on sale' category pretty fast. Love your photoshoped creepy teeth. Aaaaaaah.
xo
Kate
After Big Bird was dropped from Sesame Street and the scandal hushed up, he shaved himself as an act of penance and moved into a humble trailer park, until one day, Pottery Barn found him and offered him a second chance. Numb and tearful with gratitude he leapt into the catalogue and stood very, very still, dizzy with hope…..
So funny! I was disappointed by the most recent PB catalog, too, and I didn't even SEE the big, scary bird! (I did keep it for organization inspiration, though. While I can't make myself pay through the nose for actual PB products, I love their bulletin board/chalkboard/white board combo – and I think I can make it myself with stuff from Hobby Lobby and/or Target!)
Too funny! I'm linking to this in my weekend roundup. Thanks, Beth! 🙂
Lucky, I haven't even gotten a catalog from them in forever!
I'm wondering how much of that bird I'm doomed to see in future craft shoes here on Cape Cod. I can guarantee this will be picked up by Christmas Tree Shops and crafters…and that there will be plenty of folks who will love it.
No accounting for taste.
By the way, I thought it a big ugly seagull! (Seagulls, known as beach rats — they'll snatch a French fry right out of your hands.)
Jude
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Ewwww… that's Pottery Barn? I didn't get my catalog yet so that stinks (they probably kicked me off the list for not ordering anything in ages) but if it's filled with this kind of stuff they can keep it.
Over several years of getting their catalog most of the time they get it right but sometimes they totally miss the mark like this hot mess amish bird room. :)_
That is one ugly overpriced bird!
Yeah, I'm hatin that bird. Ree dik u lus!
"Some people read. Other people offer their books to the great egret god as a gift."
LOL – That's too funny. I sometimes look at catalog pics too and wonder – WTH?! I love the Catalog Living site! Isn't it great!!
And $399 for that bird?! How much you wanna bet someone in blogland is going to make that bird. For $5! And it'll be even prettier! LOL
Oh my gosh!! I never comment twice but I just read through the comments again and saw the one that talks about the bird seeing a DIY book in the stacks that teaches how to build legs!!! After looking back at the picture I launched into uncontrollable laughter. Like the kind where you're red in the face and crying!! My kids were totally freaked out! Dunno- this post just hit my funny bone today! Thank you!
That was the.most. hil-arious post!!!! -Totally cracked me up!! I love some of the comments just as much, thank you for the comic relief!! I absolutely love Pottery Barn- but I agree with everything you said! What on earth??! I can't think of a caption but I love the one someone else left that said "I read because I'm big and I'm big because I read! Haha!!! So funny!!
LOLOL!
"Honey, quick! Get more reading material for the bird!"
That's a perfect caption, I'm so not good at those.
I usually just flip through catalogs and glance pretty quickly to see if I'm drawn to anything. Every now and then something odd catches my eye and makes me wonder "what on earth was that stylist thinking?" Like who has a stack of a hundred gray books in their room. The thing that I find the most disturbing is that the bird thing is a product Pottery Barn actually sells and isn't just a wierd thing the stylist added.
Just for the record, I don't think the quilt is that bad and in the right Rocky Mountain cabin I could see it being rather delightful. But I don't covet it. And that's a good thing! (BTW, it was my big sis who said it was hideous. She's a bit of a trouble maker! 🙂
Wow! That is hideous!! Not to mention… frightening! Good call Beth.
anyone wanna venture a guess how long it will take pb to clearance that bird? i'm guessing before this heat & humidity subside……
I was just thinking the same thing about that bird, kinda scary. But, I like the quilt, to me it is just homey looking!
The bird can totally fly over my coop (house), but I kinda like the quilt. I have a thing for blue and white, and I love quilts. I would purchase the quilt for my master bedroom or anything, but ……Thanks for the laughs anyways!
I read because I am big and I am big because I read!!
Oh my gosh – I am literally laughing out loud…and snorting. Like I wish you could have been here to watch me read this post.
I agree PB's been a little off their game lately – not totally, but enough to notice. I turned my nose up at their 1980's Laura Ashley floral print pillows in they were selling in the Spring…but the bird TOTALLY takes the cake. Oh my gosh :).
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! A Giant Monster Bird is going to eat Mommy!!!
Honey maybe we should cover our heads the bird hasn't been out for awhile
You crack me up. That bird is highly ominous.
I got my catalog last night and sat right down with it…I only made it a few pages in though, so I must have missed the giant bird. Perhaps this is a lesson to kids on the dangers of steroid use??
I don't hate the quilt so much, I'd like it better if it was in red and cream. Love the bedside table though. I wonder what happens to the stack of books when they want to read something near the bottom? And can you imagine…"Quick honey, there's company coming over – get the books OUT of the bookcase and into the stack on the floor of our bedroom!"
Yeah, that bird is pretty ugly! I wouldn't want to sleep next to it! Hopefully my pottery barn issue comes today!
That is hilarious! I'm not sure who came up with that but, Oh my!
Your caption is perfect! We won't be coveting that piece of "Art"???
Brooke
You guys are totally cracking me up! Love it. Keep it comin'.
Creeeepy. I don't think the quilt is hideous. It's not my style, but it's not disgusting or anything. I can't wait to see what "Gary and Elaine" do with the bird. 😉
Bird? What bird? I can't get past the hideous quilt.
Oh my! That is hilarious. That bird definitely falls into the category of things people must buy only because it's from Pottery Barn.c
How funny! The bird is totally awful! I am with you not wanting that giant ugly bird at all! I thought about the catalog living sight, and will be checking to see what her take on it is, however you did a pretty good job yourself, she might just use you as a guest post. Jackie
I love that they show a couple of choices for displaying the ridiculous giant bird. Is PB making fun of the customer, or is a PB buyer so out of touch with reality that they believe in the piece?
ha ha ha really a big bird? in your bedroom? I just don't get it.
Lol! I showed this to hubby last night and he was like "Yeah – I know some times I just don't get the design stuff – but that is just plain weird."
Bird says "I'm sure I saw a DIY book someplace here with instructions on leg building"
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! you are hilarious! maybe you should guest post at catalog living!
Before I paid 399.00 for that..I would just go to HD, buy luan and make one…that is.. if I wanted one…which I don't! Reminds me of an anteater with wings!
Oh so funny! I'm not really in love with that bird either!
How funny…I just got my PB catalog too…but somehow I missed the giant bird but I do remember seeing the giant stack of books and thinking some little kid could get seriouly hurt if they tipped over on them! I'll have to go check out the other website.