The Thrifty Abode: Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn Knock-Offs at Carolina Pottery

I realize that this post is not going to be useful to very many people since there are only 4 Carolina Pottery store locations and they don't have an online store. BUT maybe it'll encourage you to hit up a store like it near you. Garden Ridges are pretty similar, they may even have some of the same product, and there are a lot more locations. Also, if there are other chains similar to Carolina Pottery that I'm not familiar with I'd love to hear about them.

Carolina Pottery is a ginormous store with everything from accent furniture to faux flowers to glassware. As you'll see from some of my pictures the stores are very bare-bones and warehouse-ish. Everything they sell isn't amazing, but I found some great deals with a lot of style among the 6,500 square feet of items.

Lets start with one of my favorite finds. This trunk comes in a bunch of different sizes and would be great as a side table or coffee table. They range from $40-$100 and look very similar to the Mayfair Steamer line at Restoration Hardware which ranges from $800-$2,500.

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This little cloche is $7 and it came home with me. It doesn't have the wooden pedestal like the Restoration Hardware cloche, but I found one at a thrift store for $2. So, for $9 I was able to recreate a $69 accessory from Restoration Hardware.

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I am a sucker for paned mirrors. This one is amazing, but it's still a little too expensive for me at $199.

I actually like this better than the arched mirror that Pottery Barn had a few seasons ago.


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This glass canister also came home with me. It was $7. The canister from Pottery Barn that's the same size is $34. Sorry for the horrible picture. I snapped it in my bathroom real quick because I forgot to take a picture in store.