With the holidays around the corner, our mailboxes are sure to begin exploding with all the extra catalogs. Most I toss, but a few I read cover-to-cover and savor like a shelter magazine. West Elm, Pottery Barn and Ballard have the best styling ideas, and J.Crew inspires many of my color combinations. Another favorite is Wisteria, which until recently, was catalog-only. Dallas was lucky enough to get the only brick-and-mortar store, and I’m lucky enough to be in the neighborhood occasionally. Let’s take a tour, shall we?
It’s a massive, industrial-style warehouse near Love Field Airport, but they’ve got it staged like a traditional store, with multiple room settings.
What’s surprising to see in person, is the scale of their offerings. I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland in here.
But it’s fun to oogle pieces in person after swooning over them in the catalog for so long.
Hands-down, the most frequent question I receive is about the origin of our Living Room sofa. Unfortunately, ours is no longer available, but check out this beauty! Granted Wisteria’s velvet sofa is waaaaay more than what we spent for ours.
Most of the items are available through their catalog, but there are also a lot of unique and one-of-a-kind pieces. The prices tend to be the same in-store, but they do have sales.
The pictures can’t really give you a proper perspective, but this armoire is about the size of a powder room! (Okay, sometimes I exaggerate a little for emphasis.)
I need this chair! It’d be perfect for our new Family Room desk area! Honey, are you reading this?
Wisteria knows how to do fabulous mirrors…and this wall is usually filled top to bottom with them.
Rugs, lamps, fabric, throw pillows…the list keeps going.
I usually end up near the back of the store with the table linens and kitchen ware.
There’s even a small area with jewelry, scarves and ethnic wears.
But my favorite part of the store is the very back, behind a curtain….this is the Flea Market. A space almost as big as the main store, but holds all the clearanced-out items, over-stocks, previous season inventory, etc. My most recent score was a 5-pack of pashmina scarves for $16! I had a few of these $3 scarves monogrammed, for a great little gift! (Except yours, Mom….it was much, much more expensive.)
So if you find yourself in Dallas, add the Wisteria Store to your list of spots to check out! What are your favorite catalogs? Do you prefer to shop online or in stores? I shop online a lot, but it’s always nice to see your purchase first!
My mom and I are heading to Dallas in November. Wisteria is on our list to visit for sure!
A kid in a candy store! So smart of you to have the scarves monogrammed.
Wow, that store looks amazing. Yet another reason to bring a U-Haul with me the next time I'm in Dallas 🙂
Ha! I agree with Shelley. Maybe I need to do the same. Just stunning. So many beautiful finds.
oh my…eye candy galore!
I need to wipe the drool off my desk now. I'm actually sitting here dreaming of being so wealthy that I could fly a plane into Love Field and shop, and fly back home. Wouldn't THAT be the life?
I'm pretty much 100% certain that that's where dreams are made. I wish I could live there. Yup, in that store. Loves it!
How come I worked for Southwest Airlines, at their headquarters at Love Field, yet I NEVER knew this was there?!?! I must go!
-Sarah
Look at you being so smart to monogram those scarves! And I have never been to Wisteria, but it is now at the top of my To Do List!
This store looks great! Thanks for the scarf idea. Even at full price ($28) it makes for a amazingly inexpensive gifts. I just bought a set!
I think I just fell in love! I'm not a big catalog girl but I get so many emails from all of the stores you just mentioned that I really should just switch over and look at everything at once!
Never heard of Wisteria, will check it out tho. Not sure if I should be feeling mad that you dangled all that gorgeousness before my eyes and I am nowhere near Texas 😉
it is really wonderland! Can't wait to go there when we visit Dallas end of the month! thank God we're driving because for sure, I wont come home empty-handed! Thanks for the preview tour!
Oh so jealous!!! I want to go there now! 🙂
It is nice to know one of my favorite blogger lives in DFW!
I HAVE to go check out the store, sooo much good stuff!!!!!!
I am so jealous! I love their catalog.
Sign up for email (from the outlet) and make sure you get to the warehouse sales in Farmers Branch. I got one of those sunburst mirrors you pictured for $20. It's INSANE! Like, ladies running around and crawling under tables to dig through buckets… seriously. I did it too. 🙂
It's a great showroom! I try to pop in anytime I go to the airport!
Thanks for this post! I love your blog and it's funny that you posted this because my Mom and I are taking a trio to Dallas next week and just asked my facebook friends if they hve any suggestions. Do you have any other suggestions for fun and quirky shops/store to visit?
Thanks,
Renae
OMG! Going there would have been like dying and going to heaven! I so wish there was something like this in my neck of the woods!
Love reading your posts
Vanessa
Gah! So jealous! It would be sudden death for my wallet if we had one of those, so it's for the best….
Dying over those pics! LOVE Wisteria but it's always such a crapshoot ordering out of a catalog – fingers crossed for an expansion of their stores!
I just love the way that this store is staged! I really prefer stores that are staged like that — for me, it makes it that much more appealing! 🙂 Such pretty finds!
That giant elephant is incredible!
I could have done some serious damage here.