No More Things?
When Sherry and I heard that Linens n’ Things filed for bankruptcy last week, we panicked. Is LNT about to disappear a la Sharper Image?
Not yet. According to reports they’re just closing about 120 under-performing stores for now. You can check this list to see if your local LNT made the cut. Fortunately, ours dodged the bullet.
See, we registered at LNT for our wedding so just about all of our dishes hail from there. If they closed, you know what would happen, right? I’d break a plate or a bowl, we’d be short one place setting, Sherry would shoot me a death-look and then we’d have to replace our entire collection since we’d no longer be able to buy just one item. So we played it safe last night and purchased a few back ups:
Ok, we already had the spoon.
But for those who are wondering, these are 10 Strawberry Street dishes. They’re just about the perfect, nondescript white plates and bowls- and they’re also pretty affordable ($4.99 per plate, $3.99 per bowl). Plus you can get them for even less since LNT honors those 20% off coupons from Bed, Bath and Beyond that seem to multiply in our mailbox (we never knew this until we saw someone in line with about ten of them and they honored them all!). And now that we have a few extra plates and bowls we won’t have a nervous breakdown when one or two of them inevitably break.
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Thank you for the update on the store and the coupons! I didn’t know they honor them.
stocking up on individual plates and bowls is a good idea!
thanks for posting the list of store closings. thank goodness none of the st.louis stores are on that list.
Ten Strawberry Street – what a delightful address! I’d love to move there :)
Bummer! I hadn’t heard about LnT closing and our local store is on the list. Oh, well – perhaps we can get some good deals before they go out of business!
Patti
Well, Alyssa, you’re in luck – Richmond just happens to have a Strawberry Street. Plus, it runs right through the historic Fan neighborhood that we love so much. Can’t promise you house number 10 but I can say all the homes there are quite delightful, to use your words.
And Patti, sorry to hear your store’s leaving. I am a bit jealous of the massive sales you’re probably about to get though.
-John
I stopped by LnT today, but alas, no going-out-of-business sales going on yet…
phewwww! thanks for the heads up. :)
I just picked up these plates at my homegoods in RI on the cheap! I love them! But now Im sad to know that its the end of the line for them. Maybe I’ll also pick up some backups…