Cindy's Camp ~ Cottage meets Kitsch ~ A Loft Becomes a Home

Many times our customers will come back to the shop, just beaming because they found a perfect piece at the Red Shed. They will say "Oh, its just wonderful, you should see it!" We always ask them to send us some photos, but life is busy, and time is so short. Well, our dear new friend Cindy Camp, did us one better and invited us to see her new loft apartment where many Red Shed treasures have gone to live.

Cindy and her husband Mike just moved to Grapevine a few months ago, and shortly after, Cindy found out she needed surgery. She realized that friends and family would be visiting and staying in their new loft. As she put it " It went from bare walls, to what you see in about two weeks" .

Well, we can't imagine what Cindy could do if she had a few months! She is just one of those designers who has a great eye for purchases and a whimsical sense of style. She purchased many of the items shown online, sight unseen! We hope you enjoy the tour as much as we did.

The den/music room has the saying from the first photo on the wall, made from this entire set of marquee letters.

Love the B & W photos of their sons.

The entire apartment has high, high ceilings with exposed duct work. All the better to show collections above the kitchen cabinets.

Love the pumpkins on a vintage plant stand, perfect in the middle of her distressed black farm table.

Adorable vignettes around every corner,

This is my absolute favorite. How many of us would have passed on this fabulously kitschy red lamp, yet it looks to perfect mixed with a vintage needlepoint and deer antlers!

Oh the bedroom, we could have curled right up for a nap, if it weren't for all of the interesting collections in every corner.

Interesting objects throughout the house, kept us on our toes.

And the living room....cowboy hats on Audubon prints

Wonderful farm cabinet.........

and I almost had a heart attack when I saw this periodic table in FRENCH! Weighs almost 300 pounds and her DH hung it while she was in the hospital (and only got a "little bit" of blood on the wall)!

And finally, Who can tell me what Cindy's coffee table was in it's previous life?

Trash to Treasure Vintage Lamps in a new Light

Look at these fun bowls made from vintage lamp parts that are currently at The Red Shed. Perfect for potpourri or Christmas sweets.


Here is another one. I love the alternate uses for the hobnail lamp bases.

This is a fun re-do with a full size stand up lamp turned candelabra. This candle lamp has a rod & finial on the top that pulls up a platform to change and light the candle. It also has a great base.

Love this one made from a Lovers Wedding candelabra. Filled with candles, how fun would this be on your porch for a dinner party.

These are 50s vintage light globes turned upside down and filled with twinkle lights. They look fabulous in a window!

Ok, these have nothing to do with lamp parts, but they are a great Trash to Treasure. Found these white lace plates at a garage sale. Painted and added the letters.

The fun part is the letters are attached with velcro....

A couple more letters are included, and by changing a couple of the letters, the plates can be used year round.

Beautiful, Inspiring , Fun Antiques .... Our finds from Minnesota

Time to unveil what Michele M, Michele J, and Valarie, aka The Red Shed Girls, brought back from our Junk Bonanza Antiquing Trip to Minnesota. All of the items below are available for sale at The Red Shed, Cottage Chic Antiques, in Grapevine, Texas.

We love the beautiful, interesting, architectural based furniture that we found. This blue-green flip top table has a deep lacquered shabby finish. The cross bars are carved just as the sides. It is gorgeous.

We couldn't resist this interesting side table. Probably made from one leg of a larger table. The lion is intricately carved.
We will add some hooks to this to make a bench/hall tree. It is a one of a kind treasure made from a vintage door, mirror and dozens of separate antique architectural elements. This is a substantial piece that would really make a statement in your foyer.
Love this farm cabinet! Fifteen drawers and a cupboard to store all your crafts, jewelry or toiletries. This is a shelf also made for separate pieces. It almost looks like a piece of a table on your wall. It's darling!

We found lots of wonderful Architectural pieces that would look as great in your home as in your garden. Just drool........

Now for the really interesting, fun, and unique!

This is an antique gear mold. It is hand carved and made to press in sand and make an impression for the molten metal to create giant gears.

It is just gorgeous, and would look so striking above a fireplace, or on at tall wall open to a second story.

Designers, start your engines......

Huge vice clamps.............

Perfect white patina on this heavy steel wheel...... Large yarn spool....
Couldn't resist this cardboard dress form...

White swan made from corn husks.......
Large propeller..........
Nautical Light covers...........
The most interesting birdcage. The exterior ball rolls like a bingo cage, but the interior perch and food cups stay stationary. This one may not be vintage, but it is really unique!

Beautiful crochet handle hatbox...

Love this baby scale! How great will it be filled with Holiday gourds and bounty? Fabulous french lamp....
And of course, The Kitchen Sink! Heavy, Huge, Porcelain, and Wonderful. Perfect for your potting shed.
This is just a sampling. Of course we have lots of fun smaller items that we smuggled home in our suitcases. Valarie's suitcase was 25 pounds overweight at the airport!

Drop by the Red Shed, Monday-Friday 9-5 or during our Saturday Spectacular Sale on October 25th, to see the rest of our "booty".