Rua Dublin

Beautiful gift shop with lots of vintage and antique look decoration. They have workshops downstair and chalk painting workshop that i really want to try. The place is wonderful and worth going, i bought some antique look door knobs that I have been looking for so long.
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J’adore ce genre de magasins de décoration ou on peut trouver des objets presque «rare» et hors du commun. A chaque fois que j’y vais j’ai envie d’acheter tous le magasin. On trouve vraiment de tout la bas, que ce soit objets de décoration, vaisselle, babioles inutiles mais tellement mignonne. Et surtout ce que je préfère le plus: des bougies. Et pas des moindres. J’ai découvert la marque Lily Flame lors d’un voyage à Edimbourg. Je suis littéralement tombée amoureuse de toutes les senteurs. Je pensais pas pouvoir les retrouver à mon retour a Dublin, j’ai été tellement surprise lorsque je les ai vu en vitrine du magasin !

This is a great little shop and I don’t have a single bad thing to say about it, on the contrary.
If you’re a fan of cute, colourful and crafted objects, you’ll love browsing what Rua has on offer. It’s also a good place to visit if you’re looking for a quirky present for someone. I’ve bought several gifts here, from pillows to a small book about «hair of the dog» recipes. There’s something to suit every budget.
You can also find items for your own arts and crafts projects, including stamps, chalk paints, wrapping papers, etc. Or simply find some inspiration!
All of the staff I met were very friendly and nice, adding only to the general uplifting mood of this place.
If you’re on a shopping trip in Dublin or just can’t make up your mind about a gift, make sure to include Rua Dublin in your itinerary :)

This is a lovely little shop for craftsy home gifts but the best thing about it for me is that it is one of the few Irish stockists of Annie Sloan furniture paints.
These are the easiest to use and fastest drying paints in the world and they create a great vintage look for battered or dull furniture. They are chalk based and suit the shabby chic look and the colour palette is simple, classic and beautiful. They’re also really good for mixing — they’re designed that way — so you can create the exact shade you want. And if you’re like me, you can entirely fail to measure it so that you’ll never be able to recreate it again — not even for the second coat. There’s a hint in there.
You seal the paint job with a wax and it gives a very satisfying aged and flat look.
The staff are really helpful about how to use it and there’s lots of pieces of painted furniture in situ to judge the finished product.
Aside from this, there’s all sorts of home ornaments on sale, think quirky vintage, so a great place for gifts in a part of the city low on that type of choice. Rua is a good find and the staff couldn’t be more helpful.

Great little shop on Capel St, perfect for picking out X’mas gifts and decorations as well as other small homeware stuff.
Most of the stuff are reasonably priced but given it is a boutique craft shop, they would be more expensive than the likes of Dunnes Home etc.
They also run painting workshops on the basement floor!

As with all these kind if chintzy shops, there is going to be a variable amount of crap. Here, that variable amount is relatively small, with the feel and content of the place generally charming.
With most places charging insane prices for vintage (or rather, «vintage») goods, this place is really reasonable and looking at the price tags, I think they’ve got everything pretty spot on.
The guy behind the cash register was really lovely and chatty, making me feel very welcome to peruse leisurely without the expectation of a sale. I did however buy a camper mug (I just made that name up, I mean those little tin mugs you imagine people used to take camping– or still do, I’ve never been camping) and to my delight, this little gem took card.
Verrrrry good experience all round, will most certainly be returning for my next gift necessity.

I love and hate this shop in equal measure. Too many nice things on view, too little money to buy all the beautiful items, leads to wanting to work harder just so you can buy a cushion shaped like a fox.
If you love Jessica Day from New Girl, this is her kind of shop and therefore your kind of shop. As other Unilocalers pointed out, it is brimming with the cutest gifts. This a paradise for people who love tea sets and have a unconstrained desire to collect every owl related item on the market. There are beautiful bags, brooches, wallets, candles and rose scented body creams.
I got three lovely gifts for Christmas here, coming to a ripe 22 euro. While obviously 6.90 for a wallet might seem pricey to some people, getting something unique, is well worth it.
Wonderful shop, full of whimsy and beauty. Love it.

This is a great addition to Capel Street. It is a lovely gift shop for those of us who love trawling through etsy and just cannot bear to buy another gift voucher.
They have a well-​edited collection and chances are you will find a gift fitting of any budget limitations. I highly recommend popping in for a Christmas gift or two!

I first came across this place just last week, as it caught my eye en route to lunch, lured in by an owl bag in the window. I’m for yoooooooooo, it called. I was really taken with the pace, very reasonable items and certainly not the sort of things you’ll see every 2^nd girl on the street with. There were adorable bags, home wares, and my personal favourite, Victorian inspired parasols.
Exactly the place to find gifts for the cool and quirky ladies in your life.

Love this shop — they have the cutest stuff and perfect for gift shopping (well gift shopping for a woman) I bought the cutest bookends online and it arrived almost immediately and with a free gift and a lovely hand written note. They even provided free postage which I’m still baffled by — Not sure if that’s just an introductory thing but I’m delighted with the purchase and the customer service. Will definitely shop here again. Highly recommend!