Many years ago, when Southwest first started flying Philly to Providence, my mom had found an article about a garden/home/cafe store concept that the owners of urban outfitters had created and we thought we'd add it to our list of things to do at some point. i'm sure i still have the article stashed somewhere on my craft table, but out of sight, out of mind...until i saw this feature on stylemepretty.com and i remembered how much we NEEDED to go seek Terrain out!
Terrain at Styer's was an absolutely joyous experience. Every time I'm in an anthropologie, i say (outloud) 'i want to live in this store'...well this place evoked that feeling times a hundred. there were treasures around every turn (and there were lots of turns, it's enormous) and gorgeous displays of spring growth hanging from every rafter. I didn't take any real photos on the grounds...consider yourself lucky because there would've been 10,000 pictures...because really it's more of the experience than just a collection of items for sale. We enjoyed a delicious brunch in the greenhouse (the only meal you can share apple fritters, pancakes and a short rib sandwich and not feel weird) and wandered throughout the complex for hours afterwards saying 'ooooh, look at this' at every whimsical and lovely thing we came across. I didn't buy anything, for fear I would buy EVERYTHING, which just means i have an excuse to go back :). If you like Anthro and are looking for a good outing to revel in all things home and garden, put Terrain on your list!!
After leaving the magical comfort of the Terrain complex, we walked around the two nice shopping centers, on either side of Route 1, which had just about everything i could ever need...target, marshall's, grocery store, jcrew, willams-sonoma, etc, etc. i'm thinking i really should move into Terrain!! The weather was outstanding, we were sitting on a bench enjoying our fro-yo and the sun was heating the rivets on my jeans to an uncomfortable degree, haha.
Once we had exhausted the shopping plazas, we headed back to the KOP area by way of the springton reservoir, just for a more scenic trip. So glad we did, because we happened upon a marvelous park that helped us walk off our brunch!! If you're in the Brandywine area, be sure to stop and walk around the Newlin Grist Mill, it had lots of hiking trails, picnic areas and building scattered around the grounds to explore. Definitely will be planning a return trip when the mud dries up and the blacksmith is in!
After a very trying and tiring week, this was truly a spectacular weekend and it was just what I needed to get through the next few weeks. Thanks for coming to visit, Mom! See you soon! xoxo!
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