I’ve got a ‘pot problem

The following fancies I hoarded over the past couple of months from local charity shops all around Dublin. In total, we had enough teapots for our wedding to have two per table, and three at the head table – which is a whopping … 25 teapots altogether. These babies deserve a post of their own …

A tall antique coffee pot {I know, not tea, but fit the theme} which is  now home for our kitchen utensils, along with a wooden tea caddy which I spray painted a deep cherry hue to fit in with our weddings’ colour theme. In the lamest way, I was excited to use this as a center piece as it broke away from the other traditional tea pots, yet was still in theme. Just the variation we needed. Now used {shock-horror} to store husbands tea.
And below, jazzing up the bathroom. I had a massive hydrangea from the wedding in this right up until a couple of days ago. He is in a better place now. 

And one of my favourite teapots – one of my parents’ engagement gifts from way back in the day. This one can be spotted on my blog a couple of times at this stage. An oldie, but a goodie. 
These last two teapots got the job done. Nothing too fancy about them, but I’m thinking of maybe Sharpie-attacking the taller one for an alternative look. Or they may go back to the charity shop from whence they came. 

We had many, many more teapots as our centrepieces for our wedding, but some of them were borrowed from family, so they went home. Some of the charity shop teapots we re-homed to friends and family who fancied them more than I did. All of which you will hopefully get to see from our wedding pictures, which are due to arrive any day now. So exponentially excited. 
I’m saving two very special teapots for a later post. Let’s just say they incorporate hydrangeas and are very close to my heart. So what about you. Do you have any favourite teapots? Are they inherited, or were they cheap as chips? Both are my favourite kind. I hold no prejudice against ‘pot lovers. 

Retail therapy …

Saturday mornings. Quite possibly my favourite part of the week. I wake up early {force of habit}, tune into a plethora of cookery shows, and clean my apartment. Probably some peoples idea of a nightmare, but I love cleaning my apartment. 
On to the main attraction – I have some new additions to our apartment, and I couldn’t help but share them. Onto the eye candy … 

I picked up these adorable pillow cases from Arnott’s Bargain Basement in Dublin. I couldn’t help it since they’re in my favourite colour – dark cherry, and they were reduced from €20 each to €5. These will look perfect juxtaposed against our skull pillowcases. I adore strong mixes like this. 

Up next, a little faux never hurt anyone. I am a huge fan of {quality} faux flowers since I unintentionally murder any plant that enters my home. So much so, I blogged about it here ages ago. I picked up this mother at good ole IKEA. All part of the grand scheme of my living room makeover
Also from IKEA, I nearly d.i.e.d. when I saw their new Angenam collection. Just what my dining table needed. It’s quite a deep bowl, so I pop a candle in there so at night it shimmers and is all romantical and whatnot.
And finally, what has had my attention for the past week or so, my new phone. Hubby and I treated ourselves to swank new phones, and I must say, mind = blown. We’re new to smart phones, so decided to go all out. I can blog from my phone? Why the face.
I hope you have something fabulous going on this weekend! Now that the nights are getting darker and colder, I feel the gravitational pull increasing towards knitting needles and crochet hooks. But for now, I’m heading out into the great outdoors to do some painting. All will be revealed 🙂
xx A

Retail therapy

If I’m out and about crossing stuff off lists, I try to find time to stop in some home departments to make myself fell all nice and fuzzy on the inside. And this is what I foundimpulse bought, took home because they’re awesome.
First up, this floral cut velvet cushion from Marks & Spencer. A little steep at €35 for a pillow, I still picked up this big burgundy beaut the moment I saw it. Consider it an investment. You can see my other recent pillow purchase here, which you will be glad to know get along very well with their new neighbour. 
I oogled this swank curtain tie-back down in Arnotts Bargain Basement. At under €5, I’m determined to go back and get a couple more. I really like the contrast of the body of the tie-back with the dare I say modern {that word makes me cringe a little} lines of the clear glass. Winning. 
And just to show you don’t have to go to high-end brands to find pretty stuff, I picked up this double bedspread at Penneys {aka Primark} for €18. Once I saw the incredible aubergine hue and in stripe form, I needed it, and I needed it 5 minutes ago. PLUS, it’s quite good quality / not the typical crappy cheap fabric. Yum, yum …