Associates’ Pottery Barn Gag Has Come Full Circle 20 Years Later

Now that their favourite Associates are leaving Netflix in 2020, followers of the collection have a brand new option to convey Rachel, Phoebe, Ross and the gang into their lounge. Furnishings outfitters Pottery Barn can pay tribute to a fan-favorite Season 6 episode that notably poked enjoyable at their model—recreating some key Associates set items for a brand new 25th anniversary assortment.

The fourteen Associates-inspired gadgets will debut in late July, forward of the present’s 25th anniversary in September. Pottery Barn hasn’t but offered a full accounting of every piece—stated to vary from $13 to $1,099—however it is going to at the least embrace the “apothecary desk” that served as a namesake episode in Season 6. Right here’s the primary photograph.

And the desk in query, for comparability.

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“The One With The Apothecary Desk” noticed Rachel shopping for the titular piece from a Pottery Barn catalog, hoping to protect its industrial origin from the extra antique-inclined Phoebe. Ross buying an equivalent desk from the identical “Colonial flea market” led to escalating makes an attempt to cross off extra Pottery Barn merchandise as authentic items, earlier than Phoebe found the reality and subsequently got here round to the ever-present catalog’s comfort.

To date, Pottery Barn’s depiction of the gadgets embrace solely the “apothecary desk,” Associates and Central Perk-themed mugs and a throw pillow, although it’s believable the episode’s birdcage and divider—er, cage from “Colonial fowl retailers” and “room separating equipment”—will probably be included as effectively. The present could flip 25 this yr, however the “The One With the Apothecary Desk” is definitely a bit youthful: it first aired in January of 2000.