The Chicken Ranch

When driving through Warrenton, look for the big sign telling you that you are at The Chicken Ranch. The owner, Andrea Canova, has followed in her father’s footsteps and has been in the antique business since 1999. Her career had been in real estate and antiques, but she has decided to “take a big leap of faith” and to spend her time dedicated to antiques.

For her, the Warrenton –Round Top show experience began coming with friends for several years and she fell in love with the area. She then purchased her own building in Warrenton in 2013 known as The Chicken Ranch.

even imagine how she would even load the bench into the already fully loaded van.

Whenanyone sees her white van drive up in Warrenton, they know that the real work is about to begin. It usually takes her seven to ten days to get set up for the Warrenton shows. She is often stopped by early shoppers who want to visit with her and purchase something they saw while she was unloading.

Customers from all around come to the Warrenton –Round Top shows, and they cannot imagine how the empty fields, yards, and shops could be set up and taken down for each show. Now that Andrea owns her own house where she shows, she does not have to pack up her van when the show is over.

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Even though she is fully loaded when she is on her way to set up, she often stops and makes purchases if she sees something that one of her customers has asked for. That is how I met Andrea. She had seen a “chippy paint” bench that I had advertised on Facebook and contacted me. We set up a date and time for her to stop in Fayetteville. After purchasing the bench, I asked her if she wanted to look around for a while. She said, “Come look my van and see if you think that I have room for another purchase.”

After looking, I couldn’t

Andrea personally collects religious artifacts and has many of these at her location now, but she has plans to bring over 500 recently purchased pieces for the Spring show. Some of her other favorites are anything shabby chic, pastel pink, or baby blue items. “The chippier the paint the better I like it,” she said. At the spring show, she will have six unique vendors who will bring their own creative touches to the Chicken Ranch.

The vendors will be Carla, Barn 2 Cottage, who adds the Cajun flair to her area, Mrs. Lou B’s Antiques, who has been in the antique business for over 50 years, Melissa, Shades of Gray from Houston, who will have a variety of lovely plants for sale, Ceree with Bent , from the Austin area, who will have designer items with that special touch, and of course Cajun Cottage, Andrea’s very own collection.

Come see Andrea and her vendors at the Chicken Ranch to view the fine goods. It’s worth the trip.