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Window Shopping At World Market

We’re doing our best to keep our word to those who have requested more window shopping posts, so we decided to keep the fun going by hitting up World Market (and taking you with us). For those who remember these things, we just stroll around a store (we’ve done big chains, small local shops, and even random little stores that we find while road-tripping) and take photos of all of the things we love. Not for compensation or anything – these sprees are just for fun. So let’s all go skipping through World Market together, shall we?

First there were the pretty drinking glasses that were the reason for our visit (we got a few green and blue ones a few years back, but realized we didn’t have enough to fully set the table for bigger gatherings, so we grabbed three more green ones and three more blue ones).

Glass Cups 2.99

At $2.99 a pop they rival some pricier versions we’ve seen at Sur La Table and Anthropologie, and we love that they come in four colors (blue, green, purple, and clear).

These nested dishes were $7.99 for the set of three, and I loved how they looked like they went together but weren’t completely matchy-matchy. They would look so pretty with little snacks like candy and nuts set out on a table (and could make a really sweet hostess gift).

Nested Dishes 7.99

These pretty butterfly bowls didn’t feel too saccharine (no glitter or bubble gum pink) so they were sort of sciene-y and cool. I thought a bunch of them would have looked sweet stacked on our open shelves, but I somehow resisted.

Pretty Bowls2

There were also these awesome colorful bowls that once again went together without feeling too matchy. Instead of buying all turquoise or all yellow I think it would be fun to get a few different colors and stack them on an open shelf or in a glass fronted cabinet – like the stack on the right of this pic:

Pretty Bowls

But somehow I left the store without them. Might have to go back. Haha.

There were also butterfly mugs as well as pretty ceramic coffee cups with those handy rubber lids and bands that can be reused again and again. I also thought one of these could make a sweet gift for a coffee drinker.

Coffee Cups Mug

These $14.99 tea kettles were fun and colorful too:

Tea Kettles 14.99

I thought these $9.99 cast iron trivets were really intricate looking and I loved the bold colors.  Not only could they protect counters or tables from hot dishes, but they’d also look really cool hanging in a grouping on a kitchen wall (you know, like how you might hang a group of plates for some graphic interest).

Cast Iron Trivets 9.99

I was straight up charmed by this $9.99 ceramic container. Isn’t it retro and sweet? Might be great on a counter for holding anything from cookies to flour.

Ceramic Container 9.99

This $29.99 compost container was also pretty old-school sweet. We just use a white bowl for our scraps between trips out to the compost bin in our yard, but a charcoal filter would definitely be an upgrade.

Compost Container 29.99

These magnetic spice containers were fun, especially the turquoise one in the middle of the stainless steel cluster.

Magnetic Spice Containers

While this isn’t exactly decor-related, this Orange Blossom cream soda had our mouths watering. And if you were hosting something at your place or attending a little get-together, it might be a fun thing to pick up just because they feel special and less common than a six-pack of Coke. Update: Just learned this stuff’s alcoholic (we assumed it was like how birch beer is really soda). Still sounds delicious though!

Orange Blossom Cream Soda

These worldly turquoise and royal blue bathroom vessels (the thing on the left is a soap dish and the thing on the right could be for cotton balls or q-tips) were really pretty and I think the price was good (forgot to take a picture to capture it, boo!).

Bathroom Vessels

This funny little whale soap dish was $6.99, and I thought it could add some nice whimsy to a serious bathroom (maybe something with navy walls and a bit of a grown-up nautical theme, just to show people that you don’t take yourself too seriously).

Whale Soap Dish 6.99

These grilling planks are meant for… grilling. But they could be fun to use in a bathroom with a glass dome over them to create a little cloche – or even just as a place to put soaps and stuff for a natural look by the sink. Sort of like the soap display in this post.

Grilling Planks

These $3.99 glass knobs would look really pretty as the new hardware in a bathroom, kitchen, or laundry room (we actually used something similar in our laundry room last year).

3.99 Glass Knobs

This giraffe hook was $9.99 and I loved the bright color. Wouldn’t he be cute in a kid’s room or a mudroom for backpacks and jackets?

Giraffe Hook 9.99

This sparked a little DIY idea so I thought I’d share the pic. If you have a frame that you could paint and then remove the glass, you could then add some burlap and a few hooks that you could twist into the frame backing to hold your jewelry. I especially loved how ornate the frames were and how simple the small hooks were (which could probably be found at a craft store).

Framed Burlap Jewelry Frames

These pretty open weave baskets caught my eye as a great place for anything from kids toys to books or magazines next to the sofa. They weren’t cheap (I think the biggest one was $34) but they seem like one of those things where you’d buy them and use them for years and really love that they’re a little more special than a plain old neutral-toned basket.

Storage Baskets Big $34

This tin pendant was $69.99 and I loved the bronze exterior with the happy turquoise interior – and all the little cutouts looked like they’d toss such pretty shadows around a room. I also thought it could spark a fun DIY idea (if you already have a pendant, you could paint the inside or outside of the metal with a bright color to punch things up). Just be sure the bulb doesn’t touch the paint (it shouldn’t ever do that anyway) and that the heat from the light has enough room to escape to keep the lamp from getting too hot (again, it should be made so there’s not a worry about this).

Metal Pendant $69

The winner for the item I was most in love with was this guy (so of course I got home and realized this picture was blurry- figures!). I was head over heels in love with this red, blue, white, and brown curtain panel. Perhaps because we’re loving our red patio chairs with our blue hydrangeas these days?

Curtains2

They also had them in an ochre, gray, charcoal, and white color scheme, which are also really cool.

Curtains

Speaking of colors, their collection of bold storage baskets in nearly every color of the rainbow is always fun to stare at. I like to stand there and think “someday my linen closet will be full of these guys.” Someday…

Storage Boxes

Oh and although it’s going to be a while until Clara’s third birthday, these fun containers did catch my eye as a cool idea for party favors (you could get them in any color and stuff them with whatever pertains to your party theme). Even using the red ones to wrap small Christmas gifts and lining them up on your mantel or sticking them into a few stockings could be fun.

Party Favors

They even had adirondack chairs (and we all know how we feel about those!). These white and blue ones were a bit smaller than ours, but at $99 each they were priced to move!

Outdoor Chairs 99

So that’s what we found on our whirlwind World Market trip. Have you guys been window-shopping lately? What caught your eye? Any favorites from the items we shared above?

Comments

  1. Rachel says

    Haha somehow I end up going to the same stores as you guys at the same times. I went to Target just before your last window shopping post (and actually bought a few things you highlighted), and this past weekend I went to World Market for the first time! I was absolutely in love. I came home with this adorable retro-y turquoise cake carrier. Yay!

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  2. Anika says

    I really love these types of posts – it’s so much fun to have you guys pick out things I might have never noticed on my own. Thanks for doing them more regularly.

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  3. Monica says

    I’m loving most of what World Market is selling these days. They also have cute tunics to wear as beach/pool cover ups. I actually snapped a pic of that tin pendant several weeks ago to show my husband. I love it!

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  4. Ally says

    We don’t have a World Market in Vancouver (drat!), but every time I’m in Seattle, I always stop in. I cannot get enough of their Milk Chocolate Macadamia Lacey’s! *drools* YUM!

    (On one recent visit, I was so excited,I knocked over a full bottle of EVO! EEK! I had only brought one pair of jeans with me, and the oil was up to my knees! Fortuitously, there happened to be a Marshall’s right next door. I paid for my new jeans ~ while eating my tasty Lacey :)

    A friend of mine just bought a new T/H…hmmm…perhaps that cute compost bin is in her future…Thx for the inspiration, Sherdog! :)

    xox

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  5. Zoë says

    I live in mild-TN also, bought 3 Adirondack chairs for my kids last summer and they are in perfect shape, so I was surprised to here of @Mel’s experience (I got the chairs for 50% off, so they were $24.99 each – sweet!)

    Love, love, love World Market. I could walk out with most of their inventory.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      So interesting to hear another take on that! I wonder if it has to do with placement or wind or something (if your house breaks the wind but hers get more wind which weathers them?).

      xo,
      s

  6. The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says

    I love World Market not just for the awesome dishes but the food they stock. I know I can get my Kinder Buenos there and they’ve been carrying Maui Caramacs and a few other things from the islands. I’ve told myself I’m going to wait until the next 25% off friends and family event before I shop there. Pssht, yeah right.

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  7. Karen says

    We have a 6-pack of Orange Blossom Cream Ale currently in our fridge! It is beer, for sure…and very good :)

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  9. Christine says

    What are the chances? My kids and I just walked in the door from World Market! Today is my birthday so I was going to treat myself to a little something. Oddly enough I couldn’t decide between the whale soap dish or some of the drinking glasses! Even though I cam home empty handed (other than some lollipops for my kids), I may have to go back — those trivets are calling my name! I think hanging them up in a group is great idea. Thanks for “showing” them to me!

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  11. Keisha says

    I was just there the other day and was definitely lusting after that same pendant! I also discovered that they have the Arnott version of Tim Tams, the greatest chocolate cookie ever. :)

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Oh yes, those are addicting! Once my friend bought them for me and shipped them to me and they got lost in the mail and I was devastated for weeks.

      xo,
      s

  12. Allison says

    I’m excited you included the nested dishes! I used my World Explorer birthday rewards certificate to buy those back in March. I just thought they were pretty and they currently hang out on my coffee table. Lately they’ve been serving as a catch-all for jewelry and other little things since we got home with our newborn and the whole house has been turned upside down.

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  13. Vanessa says

    Can you come shopping with me?? :)I love everything you point out. I really liked that pendant and the curtain. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to buy everything and actually have a place for it all ? :)
    Thanks for sharing.

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  14. MrsPaetz says

    Wow! Your World Market seems like a really big one! The outlet closest to me (in a suburb of Los Angeles) doesn’t seem to have such variety!

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  15. Aimee says

    I actually did a similar diy project for my necklaces and bracelets. I had an old, HUGE, silver frame from World Market that I bought more than 10 years ago that I wasn’t using anymore. I took the glass out, took a piece of cardboard that fit the frame and covered it with a pretty black fabric with a delicate and feminine design. Then instead of hooks I used pretty drawer pulls for hanging the jewelry on. I bought some simple nickel ones and clear glass ones from Target and picked up a few pretty ones from places like World Market and Anthropologie, and antique stores to place here and there on the board. I also made an earring holder with a smaller frame that I sprayed in a brushed silver and used decorative, punched sheet metal that I sprayed black. I found that project on another blog I used to read. They look great on my bathroom wall and now my counter is not so messy and my necklaces don’t get tangled.

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  16. Eileen says

    No fair!! I just looked up where I could find a World Market and there seems to be a severe shortage in the North East. Might have to make a special trip next time I’m down south visiting family.

    For now I’ll just sulk in my Pier One and wish I was cool.

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  17. Koliti says

    Thanks for letting me ride shot-gun and doing your part to cut down on gasoline consumption!

    I enjoy your decorating commentary and design ideas!

    Thanks for the field trip :)

    (P.S. I think the ceramic whale would be quite amusing temporarily holding someone’s dentures)

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  18. Megan says

    I was totally going to buy those curtains a few weeks ago. I found them online and they were the perfect colors for our living room. Although I was going to cut them up and make pillows out of them. I just thought it was exciting that you guys liked them so much. I may have good taste after all. :)

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  19. Stephanie says

    That pendant… I die… LOVE.

    Those little containers, a couple of Christmases ago my mom bought similar ones (not sure where) and used them to package cookies. She makes big batches of cookies and gives them as gifts to various people (like her haidresser, and the girl who owns the nail salon we go to, and my dad’s personal trainer.) It was super cute.

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  20. Colleen says

    Just gotta say that those charcoal-filtered compost buckets are great, especially if you’re a little slow about taking out the compost (like I am). They circulate air, so the bucket doesn’t have an awful wave of fumes when you pull off the lid. My kitchen doesn’t smell at all, either!

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  21. Shannon says

    These posts are great! We’re moving from NYC to St Louis next week and one of the things I’m most excited about is being near World.Market again. I smell a new home shopping spree in my near future. :)

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  22. heather says

    haha I just received a similar fish soap dish (with it’s tale in the air-it’s large) that was in my Pepere & Memere’s bathroom for as long as I could possibly remember. It’s now going to sit in our bathroom for hopefully as long as anyone else remembers! No one else in the family wanted it to which I proclaimed “how could no one else want this?!” baffling. I also got their giant hand carved (with totem faces on the stems) fork and spoon that always hung in the dining room.

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  23. Brooke says

    Argh! I wish Mother’s Day was coming up again. I haven’t been in WM in quite awhile, but holy cow I think I want everything you posted.

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  25. Nichole says

    Love these posts and love World Market!

    I just bought the curtains peaking out on the left from behind the red, white and blue curtains. They are 82″ long and were originally $30-ish per panel, but I had a 10% off coupon :). I bought four panels for our master bedroom so we have a wall o’ curtains now! They’re lined but I think I’m going to add another layer of fabric to the back for better black-out. They’re actually nice and thick though!

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  26. katalina says

    I looked at that tin pendant light for my office to replace a really hard light from ikea that is really hard to change the bulbs and too close to the ceiling but seeing as I have a cat that is addicted to light flickers on walls and tries to catch them…maybe not so great an idea….

    did you ever guess what designer Jeff on that home show used for that cool square frame cage light in the dining room? now i can’t remember which episode it was– I emailed before but you had not seen the show yet.

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    • katalina says

      HELP!!!!!

      I accidently hit that choice for replies and now I have tons of YHL emails in my inbox…how do I stop that?

      sherry–I just wondered if you have ever seen that light that was in his show– it was square light with a square open cage that he used over a dining table…so cool!

    • YoungHouseLove says

      At the bottom of that email you can hit the manage your subscription link (or maybe it’s an unsubscribe link) to cancel it. Sorry for the trouble! As for that show, we saw every episode so I think we must have, I just can’t remember it!

      xo,
      s

  27. Claudia says

    I LOVE those butterfly bowls! I have some of the fleur de lis glasses in clear, the only thing I don’t like is that they are a little thin, I had two break in the dishwasher because another glass bumped into them, but they are gorgeous and so much cheaper than other similar ones ;D

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  29. Katie says

    Did anyone else see the tin pendant and think you could DIY that out of a colander? It looks like one hanging upside down! (or maybe that’s just me). ;)

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  30. Melissa says

    SO sad they dont ship to Canada. I guess the next time we are in the state we will have to scope one out.

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  32. Leslie says

    Sherry, don’t take this the wrong way, but you have to stop saying “sweet.” Or at least cut back. One day at a time.

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  33. Julie S says

    I love your suggestion for using the burlap-backed frame for a jewellery display. I was planning to do something similar with a frame and pegboard but I like the burlap idea much better!

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  36. Marge says

    I bought 3 of the glasses in the first photo in different colors to cut down on all the water glasses that kept piling up everyday–everyone has their own color now. I added a photo to compare to the Anthro glasses here. :)
    Love those glass drawer knobs, too!

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  39. Bran says

    Get out! Just yesterday I was at World Market (thought I still call it Cost Plus)and bought the refrigerator tins you pictured! But our store had them in both the blue AND an apple green, so of course I bought a round of both. I failed to notice until I got home is that on the sides of the lid there is a large hole and some small holes. So if you put spices in there, you can just twist the lid to “open” those holes for shaking. Pretty nifty, huh?

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  40. snosie says

    Re: Burlap frame – I did similar with a frame, took out the glass, and staple gunned in some metal fly screen – then I can hook earrings in. I even have some corks, so I can just pierce in the studs, without any ‘fiddling’ with the backs.

    With another frame, I stuck 3M hooks onto the glass (this was for necklaces). Not perfect, but it works!!

    Loved the blue ceramic coffee cup – though I realise having a plastic one is way more handbag friendly and gets used every weekend (thank work, that was a great corporate gift!)

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  41. heather says

    i ended up buying the yellow and white pillow from your target spree. love them- even though they’re smaller than i thought they would be.

    i love the takeout containers. for my 30th bday i threw myself a party at a chinese restaurant and made tshirts. i threw them in takeout containers like those with custom labels as party favors. so fun!

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  42. Nicole @ Wonderful Joy Ahead says

    World Market has really great end of season deals on the adirondack chairs. I think the sale is 75% off last year. The big adirondack chairs were down to $50 last year (?) and the child’s one was around $10-15, which I snatched up quickly for our 2 year old. I will be looking for another child’s one at the end of the season this year. We also got a big beach umbrella for $3.

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  43. taysha riggs says

    I was at my local World Market the other day and I saw those chairs and I thought of you guys! It crossed me as odd as I don’t personally know you guys but since I always read your blog I feel uber connected :-)

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  44. Michelle Scroggs says

    I had to giggle a little at the picture of the stacked red, turquoise and yellow bowls. Of course you liked them! They look suspiciously like the stack of books in your office and the test picture when you repainted your kitchen stools! :)

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  45. Ashleigh says

    Oh wow so many pretty things, that pendant lamp is exactly what we have been looking for for our kitchen. I’m off to see if they ship to the UK xox

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  48. Darlene says

    Love, love, love the finds at World Market. I have the turquise tea pot. So fun to have a pop of color in the kitchen!

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  49. Colleen in MA says

    When we were in Las Vegas in February to visit my in-laws we went to World Market and I fell in love. I’m sad there isn’t one in New England. They do have an online store but there’s nothing like wandering around a brick-and-mortar store, so thanks for the “trip”!

    Speaking of Sur La Table, I’m a huge fan of Curb Your Enthusiam and during the same Vegas trip, when we made a side trip to Santa Monica, I lit up when we went past the Sur La Table that was in “The Rat Dog” episode. I wanted to go in but I was with three male relatives who wanted to make time on the road. :(

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  50. Johanna says

    I LOVE those colorful bowls “that go together, but are not matchy-matchy”…. They are the PERFECT cereal bowl! I also NEED that giraffe hook for my baby’s nursery! Adorable… How have the green & blue glasses held up? They seemed thin to me which is why I took a pass on them….

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