However, while the prices look good, often they’re kind of expensive for what the items are in terms of quality. I can tell you for sure that the lotus tealight holders are brittle and chippy – they’ve had them in other colors over the past nine months to a year, and I constantly see them broken. Pretty, though. (Also, it seems like a lot of their “pretty” ceramics, the translucent-glaze stuff, is very chip-prone; their heavier ceramics are more robust.) The etched scented candles are nice. I love the deer pillow, which is surely inspired by Tord Boontje’s lacy tyvek curtains and lampshades. (specifically the curtains, which have a similar deer and floral motif, and aren’t really *that* expensive – can be found on the Unica site).

But I ordered some pillows from the Urban website a while back – I’d had my eye on them for a while. Local store never carried them. Online, they appeared to be made of muslin and to be pieced like a quilt, or at least appliqued, because they were called “Mixed-Media Pillows” and looked like they were made of at least two different fabrics with some overprinting. No closeup views were offered. What arrived still looked nice, if a bit flat, but it was silkscreened canvas sailcloth. We kept them, but were a little disappointed. I have had similar experiences with other items purchased there (very sheddy flokati, etc). I’d say not to buy much from their “apartment” section unless you can get into a store, see it firsthand, and get a good idea of what its quality actually is. Poke at it, within reason, to test it out.