Pottery Barn, founded in 1949 in Lower Manhattan, is a specialist in home furniture, whose designs blend looks with comfort and durability. The company has a wide array of products and advisory services that encompass all aspects of home d'©cor to make maximum utilization of space in a practical and aesthetic manner, both indoors and outdoors. Most of the furniture items including sofas, chairs, chaises, settees, love seats and ottomans offer choices, such as leather upholstery, slipcovers, natural fiber, or wood bodies. The sectional range of products, such as the Seagrass, Greenwich, Pacific, Westport, Barrington, Pearce, and Hollis sectionals are popular, due to their capability of being used as one single large unit, or broken up into their individual sections and placed in different parts of the house. Multipurpose wall systems offer lockable cabinets, shelves for books or curios, space for a television and music system with speakers as well as a magazine rack. Individual television stands, armoires, and bookcases are also available, depending on customer preferences. Unique coffee, console, and side tables provide a convenient spot to place a telephone, key rack, or any frequently used item. The kitchen and bar furniture includes smart and efficient dining tables, chairs, bars, buffets, and barstools. The bedroom collection includes beds, daybeds, mattresses, quilts, pillows, blankets, bedside tables, dressers, wardrobes, trunks, vanities, and desks. Self entrepreneurs, having home offices, can avail of the Home Office collection objects, such as desks, file cabinets, swivel chairs, computer tables, and storage implements. Pottery Barn bathroom accessories include towels, robes, shower curtains, lights, towel bars and rings, tissue holders, toothbrush and soap stands, mirrors, medicine cabinets, wall vases, and candle holders. Dining accessories such as tablecloths, napkin rings, exotic glasses, dinner sets, serving bowls, teapots, pitchers, decanters, trays, ice buckets, salt and pepper holders, and cutlery provide for a formal dining experience. Pottery barn has also diversified into two other undertakings; Pottery Barn Kids, offering products for young children, and Pottery Barn teen targeted at the teenage customer.