Potted expands, celebrates 10 years in Atwater

Potted co-owners Annette Gutierrez, left, and Mary Gray recently expanded their Atwater Village home and garden store. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 7, 2014 8:54 AM PT

For the nearly 10 years Annette Gutierrez and Mary Gray have owned the Atwater Village garden store Potted, the women have built a reputation for having a distinctive eye for outdoor home décor and accessories. Take a tour with us here ...

At the entrance to the Atwater Village home and garden store Potted, a custom garden stone provides a friendly greeting. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Ten years later, the once forlorn Los Feliz Pottery has been refashioned into a vital, beloved neighborhood destination. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Loll lounge chairs ($440) and an outdoor Navajo rug from Mad Mats are made from recycled plastic. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Gutierrez and Gray also added an elevated stage to the front of the store to showcase different home and garden accessories. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Ceramic air pods designed for air plants are $20 each. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Annette Gutierrez and Mary Gray recently expanded into a former storage space at the store, adding a skylight and installing warm weathered wood walls. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Colorful bistro folding chairs by French designer Fermob (starting at $108) hang in Potted’s new showroom. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A skull planter, $49.50. “We try to find really cool pots that you can’t find everywhere,” said Gutierrez. “You’re not going to find these pots at Home Depot.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Metal birdhouses are made from recycled license plates. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Air pods and Tentacle planters make striking vessels. “Tillandsia are insanely popular,” Gutierrez said. “It’s a fad, but it’s a fad that’s not going away.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A modern Jack Planter -- which resembles the shape from the classic game Jacks and Ball -- from Steel Life. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Potted’s Circle Pot, in orange ($95). (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Steel City wall planters by Potted (starting at $198). (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Gutierrez and Gray found a vintage truck planter at a flea market. “Trucks are a great way to get boys in to gardening,” said Gutierrez. “They see things that are relevant to them.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A small glass terrarium planter from Chive costs around $15. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Gutierrez and Gray have filled Potted with unique goods, including outdoor furnishings by Loll and French designer Fermob, graphic wool frazadas, handcrafted birdhouses and fire pits, their bestselling pots, even their own designs. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Pots are Potted’s biggest sellers. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Furniture and garden accessories mix at the front entrance to Potted. “That was the point -- to create an environment where people can see how things work together,” Gutierrez said. “People don’t get that you can put a mirror in your garden.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)