I have shopped at Pier One stores for decades. Its been a wonderland of both exotic and practical items for me...... colorful, stylish, unique, well-made items of all sorts. I loved going to their stores just to be there and enjoy myself.
I'm looking right now at 2 twenty-year-old, still like-new, still sharp-looking Pier One wicker chairs with tropical cushions sitting on my sun porch that visitors ooh and aah over. My buffet drawers contain two sets of their one-of-a-kind, unique silverware. An elegant table lamp I bought there years ago draws raves from my guests. I could go on forever as I have many things in my stylish digs that I bought from Pier One stores.
I'm a knowledgeable buyer and I don't buy run-of-the-mill, cheap-crap........and I never found my Pier Ones to be mostly full of cheap-crap like some are claiming here.
Yes, they did have some lower-level, imported stuff, but I even loved to browse and buy interesting things like the cheap-crap, inexpensive, lovely oriental paper fans which I used for some wall decor in one of my guest rooms. They are very eye-catching and fill the bill in the space they are in.
Pier One was always a mecca for interior designer-type folks like me, believe me !
The posters on this thread who are knocking Pier One stores as cheap, cheesy, no-go joints must live in an alternate universe from where I live. I will sorely miss their presence in my shopping world because they were my kind of store !
Leni
Agree with you completely. Esp those saying the “haven’t kept up with the times.” Hello, Magnolia/farmhouse anyone? And for those odds and ends, art, mirrors, and assorted accessories they’re really hard to beat.
Good post. I will miss them as well.
Maybe I was in the wrong aisle.
(Hope you’re feeling better, Minute Gal!)
Our coffee table is from Pier 1. We have had it for decades, along with a sofa table in the same style. When we remodeled our kitchen about 8 years ago, the only store that had the barstools we wanted was Pier 1. We also have various holiday decor that got there. It will be sad to see them go.
Well that’s interesting. I remember Pier 1 being a fascinating place to wander around in back in the day and very stylish. A couple years ago I stopped by the local Pier 1 after probably twenty years of not having stepped foot in one and actually was saddened by the banality of the merchandise and general sense that they had lost their mojo. But now you’ve got me wondering if maybe that wasn’t a fluke somehow. I should go back before they disappear and double check my impression.