Get the Anthro Home Look for Less

Have you guys seen Anthro’s Fall Home Lookbook? Forget pumpkin spice,  since the temperature dropped I’m craving fuzzy throws, quirky plates and fancy candles to cozy up the nest. The genius mix of decadent velvet and modern metals doesn’t seem like it would work but somehow it’s perfection. I easily found some drop-dead gorgeous pieces of furniture and cool accessories, then added them to my shopping cart just to see what the total was. Um. There were a lot of zeroes. In the interest of not subsisting on Ramen Noodles for the rest of my life, I thought it would be fun to find less expensive but so-close alternatives to Anthro’s house & home styles. Want to see how I did?

Affordable Anthropologie Home Look-Alikes

Navy Velvet Ottoman: The Anthro cocktail ottoman definitely has a seriously fantastic mid-century modern/boho mashup going on – the brass legs are killing. me. But so’s the $798 price tag. West Elm’s $399 version still screams modern design, and the performance velvet means easy clean up. Plus, the top looks better for balancing trays of fancy cocktails. Or juice boxes, no one’s judging.

Perch Barstool: Help? This barstool is a modern design classic, the clean lines are so beautiful and it would give my kitchen island the look of a cool independent coffee shop. I’d need three, and at $328 a pop that gets spendy in a hurry. Enter this sturdier, more rustic but just as cool version for less than half the price. Next up: teach 4-year old to make rocket fuel strength iced tea.

Mercury Glass Candle: I love this candle – the two-tone gold & silver make it special, and it goes so well with deeper fall colors and especially winter holiday decorations. These sparkly candles look better in groups, so $38 for one candle adds up. This silver metallic candle from West Elm has a cool texture I haven’t seen before. The best part? The inside is painted gold so you get the same mixed metal look.

Modern Alarm Clock: And of course it’s Scandinavian. Vintage 70s Danish design in a cute little clock that should live on my nightstand. I didn’t even have to try too hard to find a copy – this is the exact same clock, $40 cheaper. (Not that I’ve set an actual alarm since 2011. This would be a much less terrifying way to wake up than someone thisclose to my face requesting Paw Patrol & pancakes.)

Campaign Canopy Bed: I think I’ve fallen in love with Anthro’s Italian Campaign canopy bed every year since at least 2008. It’s so modern and simple but romantically cool and looks straight out of an effortlessly stylish French girl’s bedroom. The 4-figure price tag has always been what’s kept us apart, but the much friendlier 3-figure price on Pottery Barn Kids’ pretty version might rekindle the flame.

I’ll admit the clean lines and timeless-but-somehow-modern style of the Anthropologie home picks are what make me fall hard, but very close versions with price tags that don’t make me throw up in my mouth a little are good, too.

Also! You can get the actual look for less because Anthro’s having a 20% off bed & bath sale right now, no code needed. Here are my obsessions:

Cheers!
Amanda