Founded in 1991 by Renea Abbott, Shabby Slips is the original custom slipcover shop. Over the years, the Houston-based company expanded into manufacturing upholstery and selling fine antiques with many of the pieces being reupholstered before seeing the showroom floor.
As the antiques scope of her business broadened, Renea continued to broaden her horizons, traveling and collecting high-quality products from Europe and all corners of the globe. She also added a stop, right here in her own backyard, attending the antiques fair in Round Top.
“I started making Round Top part of my business plan every year, because my favorite place to be is a flea market,” Renea says. “Round Top is one of the best places in the world to go on that elusive treasure hunt.”
Shopping the fields on that elusive treasure hunt, as she describes, is definitely part of the Round Top experience, but Renea adds that Market Hill brought a more permanent presence to Round Top making it easier for dealers and buyers.
“It’s a very comfortable shopping experience, well-lit, climate-controlled,” she says. “And it is a very eclectic mix of dealers and merchandise – old, new, vintage, antiques and period pieces.”
Her collection for the fall show is also sure to be well curated and eclectic. For a peek into her shop and portfolio, visit ShabbySlipsHome.com.
