Earnest about Urns

Urns have always caught my eye but not until this past year have I become infatuated with them. I didn't realize how critical they were to home decor in the Victorian & Edwardian era. An inspirational blogger I follow Victoria Elizabeth Barnes had a whole ordeal of finding the perfect huge urns then finding them just to lose them in auction.  A common heartbreak among antique lovers. Most of them, the ornamental garden urn kind are made of cast iron or cement and very VERY expensive, You are looking in the thousands or ten(s) of thousands for a large super ornate kind. If you have find a nice size medium to smaller ones in the hundreds is still considered a good or fair deal.

Of course an authentic 125 year+ pair would be an ideal BLB (Bucket List Beauty ) but Im not at that place in life where I can go carelessly swing a bidding paddle at an estate auction so I go on the treasure hunt for closest thing I can afford but still get that feeling " Look at me, Im sophisticated because I got'em urns on display! "  So lets do a lil comparison shopping  here :

This pair $12, 921 on the 1stdibs auction website  .....not not $ 12.91 each ...not $129 for the pair...OVER 12K !!!

Noooooow, my version of this in my Lilly Violet shop for $80 :

Lilly Violet Earnest Urn-Come Git'it !

Okay so my handles aren't as Va-Va-Voom but my BASE totally kicks that ones butt!  

But that's a lil too rustic , I got  these Art Deco style Gold ones. I actually invested into these for my own mantle for this over the top GOLD shmorgishborg I got going on above my fireplace. As much as I loved them - it's one of those things when everything is set up , it just didnt mesh with the style of what I was going for. But I dont regret not passing them up because it's not worth the "what ifs" if those were THE urns I needed to perfect the look but nope...And I tried to fill in with fake ferns because Dixie people love ferns and I wanted to know if I was missing out. So my trash that clashes can be your treasure : 

Gold Ceramic Urns- Oooo FANCY!

AND if you realllllly want a urn on the cheap, I got that too !

Ooooo Rust-astic Gold Metal Urn