Watson Kennedy Fine Home

I really enjoyed my experience here at this beautifully appointed boutique. It’s one of those rare and wonderful little shops that carries nothing you need, but everything you want, either for yourself or as a gift for someone else. I originally went in for a candle and came out with several wonderful little gifts for the holidays. I particularly appreciated that they carried several of my favorite lines of candles, but was equally impressed by their assortment of fine bath and body products, gifts, unique wrapping paper and eclectic offerings for the home. The saleswoman was warm, helpful and seemingly nonplussed by the hour’s worth of my handling, reading, smelling and sampling of everything in sight. I was like a child in a candy store! Although I know I will be a frequent visitor of their website, I’ll still make time to stop by the shop on my next visit.

The store is modest in size, however, it is really really packed inside with lots of decent and fairly priced accessories and big pieces. I came here to look at the dish towels and some of my mom’s are starting to see age. I wanted to get here some fresh quality dish towels. Customer service was friendly.

Sweet smelling soaps, beautiful candles, and a nice selection of design and cookbooks. A bit pricey.

This shop has all sorts of (expensive) home goods. They have a huge assortment of candles ranging in price from $ 15 — $ 45. I personally had no idea candles could be $ 45, and I don’t know what makes a candle $ 45, but I have bought some lovely $ 20 candles here before. I have one that comes in a pretty little tin that smells like pine forests, and another in a glass jar that smells like fresh pears. Yum!
They also have a big selection of lotions, little cheese plates, soaps, and diffusers, and an entire section dedicated to bird-​themed items. Those Portlandia folks would really enjoy it.
Warning though that the things here, as evidenced by my surprise at the $ 45 candle, are pricey. The prices are close to like Anthropologie home goods prices, but with a few more dollars added on.

This has become my must stop at store when I visit Seattle. I seriously usually spend an hour in here just looking at every little thing. Everything is so inviting and most of what you will see here you will not find in other stores… anything from that perfect jewelry piece to soaps, fine baking goods… linens…random pet things, décor items, gifts for those really hard to shop for people. Even when I am in the mood to buy nothing I come out with soap, match books and some random baking items. My husband who loathes shopping complained not once walking through looking at everything as well — THAT should tell you how great this store is! I also love how they arrange everything — it is a bit inspiring for ideas as your own home as well.

One of the only shops that carried what I was looking for (zig zag french corkscrew). Shipped very fast and was beautifully packaged. I won’t have to rewrap it to give as a gift! While I can’t speak for the store itself, ordering online was a breeze and they acknowledged my order very promptly. Will order from here again when looking for gifts!

Watson Kennedy is by far the best home store in Seattle.
Ted (the owner) is a genius buyer, and merchandiser. The store is an enticing meandering stroll through your senses, mostly your eyes, and nose! Soaps, candles, lotions and potions! Tableware, and décor for the home is highly thought out and displayed with such passion and detail, like a gallery, I wish they served dinner! I love this store and the staff is always playing beautiful music and will wrap your purchase with care!

As stated, Watson Kennedy is a fantastic purveyor of fine goods. From fancy candles to posh tea towels, you will find unique, beautiful products here. They sell so many trinkets and nick-​nacks. I highly recommend this shop if you are looking to buy gifts or decorate your home.

Very cool place. Nice décor. A bit pricey but it is downtown Seattle.

This is one of my favorite Seattle stores and I always stop in when I’m town. I adore the displays, and I never leave without buying something — great for gifts! Cannot wait for Ted Kennedy Watson’s book to come out! I love shopping in a store where you are asked if you need help, but then left to poke into all of the nooks and crannies at your leisure. I always say I wish he would open in San Francisco, but if he did I would spend far too much money!

So. If you can’t get to Seattle, you can still order cool stuff from Watson Kennedy, as did I, just today!
The owner, Ted Kennedy Watson, has a new book which comes out on May 6^th, + if you order from the Watson Kennedy website, he’ll ship it signed!
I think it will be worth having, based on my fondness for his daily blog.

I would like to live here. Seriously, just let me snuggle into a pillow fortress, somewhere between the Scrappy’s Bitters, Mariage Freres teas, beautiful little horn caviar spoons and carefully selected porcelain and glass tablewares, Mrs. John L. Strong stationery sets, Marie Belle hot chocolate tins, Marvis toothpaste and Claus Porto soaps. I would be one happy camper.
I won’t let myself come here often, mostly because it would probably bankrupt me if I came here all the time, but I love knowing there’s a place in the Seattle area where 100% guaranteed I can stop in and pick up the perfect little home and housewares item or gourmet pantry staple for a hostess gift or self-​indulgent treat.

Wow! I love this store! I was cruising down the street when I saw some super cute window displays and I knew I had to find how to get into the store. Watson Kennedy has some awesome and fun stuff, much of which has a classy vintage flair. Some items are new but made to look vintage while other items are authentic antiques.
My favorite find of the day was a bracelet made out of old fashioned typewriter keys. It’s very cool and I love wearing it with my black and white wardrobe. Watson Kennedy has other cool jewelry as well as lots of items for the home like yummy soaps, fun dish towels and cute little accessories. It’s no surprise that the owners home has been featured on HGTV and that his store has been featured in some big name magazine. This is one of the coolest stores I’ve ever been in and I look forward to being a regular on the Watson Kennedy website.

I am always on the lookout for neat little girly cards and trinkets to give as gifts, so I was expecting to find more to love about Watson Kennedy than I did. I am scent-​sensitive, and the sheer volume of candles and soaps in the store make it smell fragrantly. While the odor is in no way bad, it is strong is enough to make me want to turn around and walk out almost immediately upon entering. Once I get beyond that impulse, I enjoy browsing, particularly their books and cards and displays, which evoke a sense of a classy british lifestyle that I think most girls have probably found themselves fancying at some point or another.
In general, however, I am not their target demographic, as the shop seems to be geared more towards ladies who have a little more money in their bank account than I do, and who use scented moisturizer more than once per year by mistake. I always found something to want, when I go in, though, from cocktail napkins to beautiful and imperfect sugar cubes that can be displayed on the table and used for tea or (in my case, more likely) a super classy old fashioned.

Love this place. They have all sorts of soaps & lotions, tea, trinkets, etc. They have Mariage Freres tea. I love that it is color coordinated. I usually spend way too much time here and end up spending way too much money.

I don’t usually check these kind of shops out, and haven’t in a while, but it was different and a fun experience. Always nice to just to get out there and see different, new and unique things and just taking that in — no questions asked.

As impressed as I was by the Watson & Kennedy Pike Place location, the downtown location is even better. Much of the «fine living» merchandise is the same (vintage and new alphabet letters, ribbons, luxury soaps, candles, perfume, jewelry, notebooks, greeting cards, laundry detergent) but there’s more of it. And this location has gourmet food products (fleur de sel caramels, preserves, cookies, Marie Belle drinking chocolate, olive oil) and tableware. I also spied a sale area (didn’t see that at the other location). The sale area had Diptyque candles for 50% off.
I loved the surprise balls that they put together ($ 20). A random assortment of Watson & Kennedy trinkets (e.g., seashells, buttons, keys, flowers, champagne cork) is wrapped in layers of colorful crêpe paper. Overpriced? Yes, but the presentation is charming.

For the discerning eye, every inch of WK is finely curated. A pristine execution reminiscent of OneKingsLane, GiltHome, WK boasts an unrivaled offering of hard-​to-​find homeware, apothecary brands including Molton Brown, Diptyque, Tocca, Votivo, Cavallini, Diptyque, Egg Press, John Derian, Kenneth Turner, Le Companie de Provence, Midori.
Wares are beautifully merchandised, arresting spaces with interesting fixtures, displays, lighting. An incredible eye for detail.

This place is cool, which all the lotions and typography. It’s very put together but has a lot to offer. My only problem is a personal one, we came back because I had to try this lotion, the day before I used a different one. My intent was to buy the second one but about two minutes after putting it on, I became so sick of the smell. I then continued to put another hand moisturizer on to mask the smell; when has that EVER been a good idea?! So I just cursed my hands to smell horribly for the next hour. Although I did find a pear scented candle I really liked, I figured I’d soon turn against that scent as well and decided it was probably best to leave. The décor of the store was awesome and I was really fond of the canvas shopper bag that said keep calm and carry on, I really wish I would have bought that and the pear candle. Oh well…

I LOVE this store. My mom dragged me in here the other day, and at first I wasn’t excited, thinking it was a furniture store (yes, I may be an adult, but haven’t yet gotten into the «furniture is exciting!» mindset), but little did I know it was a magical wonderland of gifts!
Things were expensive, but honestly not as expensive as I’d expected. I love how much they were able to fit into this tiny space without making it seem cluttered. If I were on less of a budget, or if I had had less time, I probably would’ve bought everything in the store.