Friday, February 11, 2011

Old Time Pottery Tour

Ever been to Old Time Pottery?  It’s a huge, warehouse-sized store full of all kinds of home decor, accent furniture, kitchen wares, linens, lamps…you name it, they’ve probably got it, and the price is probably right.

A couple of weeks ago, I snapped a few photos for you.  To give you an idea of the size of this place, there’s still about 1/4 of the length of this aisle behind me as I took this photo.

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The floral department is one small (relatively speaking) corner of the store. 

 

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They usually have a huge table piled with remnants of home decor fabric.  It’s sold by the piece (they don’t cut it for you), but at $4.96/yd, it’s a bargain.  This week, it was on sale for $3.96 a yard, and I’ve seen it even lower.

 

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I liked this fabric a lot. The pattern was very large; this photo shows about 1/2 yard.  But, I didn’t get it.  Why, I don’t know.  Kicking myself!

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Cotton sheet sets, 300-450 thread count, $19.96 any size.  I have a sheet set from OTP, and I like it very well.

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These Pottery Barn-esque nightstands were $49.96 and came in white, red, black and green

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There have all kinds of dishes and glassware, including glass domes, for your cloche or mini-cake plate projects.

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If you are having trouble finding a cheese dome at the thrift store, you can get one here for just $3.99, not that much more than you would pay second-hand.  The slightly larger one is just $2.99, for some reason. 

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Old Time Pottery has 29 stores in 10 states.  If you’re ever near one, it’s a fun place to shop for your home! 

(Nope, I am not being compensated for this post.)

12 comments:

1 Amanda @ Serenity Now said...

It looks like a great place to shop!! I didn't see one in Virginia, but there's one in NC, about 30 minutes from where I went to college and maybe an hour and a half from my grandma's house. :)

2 Unknown said...

I've never been, but it looks really similar to Garden Ridge.

3 Rustown Mom said...

This place reminds me of Garden Ridge - I haven't been there in ages. You must allow plenty of time to shop and wear your comfy sneakers!

4 Holly said...

It's been a long time since I was at a Garden Ridge, but if memory serves, I would say OTP is similar but in a slightly "lower class" way. I mean that in a good way :) It's more warehouse-y, and I'd say prices tend to be lower.

5 Karen At Home Blog said...

We have a Old Time Pottery here in Cleveland. It's an amazing store and you have got me thinking that I really need to take a trip there some time soon. Have a great weekend!

Karen

6 Huchette Crew said...

oh how I LOVE Old Time Pottery! My fav. place to get dishes ans such.

7 Some Like It South! said...

I love Old Time Pottery...had one right up the street when I lived in Orlando...now in Baton Rouge LA, going to look for one here!!

8 Melinda said...

This is a store that I can get into A LOT of trouble in.
It's great!

Nice to know about the domes.

Melinda

9 April Westerhold said...

LOVE Old Tyme Pottery. HATE that they closed the one out by us.

10 Unknown said...

Ugh we don't have a OTP here but I have heard all about it and want to go so bad!

I am glad I ran across your blog, its very cute. I am officially a new follower :)

11 Julie @ Creating This Life said...

I have an OTP about about 30 minutes away from me. I haven't been in a while and your post inspired me to make another visit!

12 Jenny said...

Is this the one in North County? We were headed to Illinois the other day and I saw it off of 270. There used to be that one out past Lake St. Louis, but it's closed I think.

I haven't been to a OTP for years!