Guest Post: A ‘Martha Stewart’ Perfect Christmas in Dubai – Priscilla Stanley Shows You How-To

Hello everyone, I am Priscilla Stanley from licensedtoshoot and I hate to admit this, but I am no Martha Stewart.

As the year draws to an end, I find myself wishing I had her flair for turning an ordinary, mundane space into a beautiful picture perfect home, like the ones you see in glossy Christmas catalogues at this time of the year.

Sadly for me, these images just don’t translate into real life!

It was for this reason that I found myself at Pottery Barn earlier today.

An hour and half of browsing through the store and I knew my holiday décor this year was going to be a special one. Chad Allen, General Manager, Pottery Barn (UAE) was kind enough to let me take pictures of the lovely in-store decoration so that I could share them with you all.

Whether you plan to decorate your house for the holidays or not, I’d recommend you make a visit to Pottery Barn this month. The place is truly inspiring and the beautifully crafted knick-knacks are sure to bring out the Martha in you.

Antique silver napkin rings

    Holiday Pillow Collection: Peace AED 200

Reindeer collection

 
Monogram Candle Pot AED 100

‘Give Love’

Cheeky Wine Pull ‘One good turn deserves another’ AED 60

Monogrammed stockings

 Kkkkkkkk --- This one's for you Komal ;D

Here’s wishing you all Happy Holidays and a blessed, catalogue perfect New Year!

(Image credit: Priscilla Stanley)

Pottery Barn Design Class

I had the opportunity to attend a design class courtesy Pottery Barn at their store this afternoon and totally enjoyed the experience.

Listening to Chad Allen, the GM, I was thinking to myself, why haven’t other brands gone down this route. Or have they and I just may not know about it. I hope it’s the latter coz this educational plus promotional talk to me was one of the most amazing marketing/sales tool to implement. Not only did the attendees pick up products soon after the class but more importantly this little talk was establishing relationships between the brand and its consumers and prospective.

The topic of this month’s rendezvous was how to bring fall decor into our homes, showcase Pottery Barn’s fall botanical, vase and candle collection and give ideas on how they can be utilised in our own spaces. Additionally we all got a 10 per cent discount on the product lines discussed. Chad had interesting details to share on most products such as how to maintain them, different ways of using them, etc, which you probably don’t see or hear whilst you’re buying the product.

 
If you love decorating and are keen to learn more, I definitely recommend you register yourself for their next class by visiting the store at Mirdif City Centre.

P.S. The classes are complimentary, held once in a month and usually last for an hour.