Susan Shaw stands in the W Road Collection booth at Southside Antiques.The W Road Collection is back at Southside Antiques after about a yearlong stint at Redbriar Antiques in East Ridge. The W Road Collection started out at Southside in November 2014 before moving to Redbriar last March, said owner and Signal Mountain resident Susan Shaw.
As for the reason behind her return, she said most of the Redbriar vendors have a style that could be described as more country/cottage/vintage than her own, and her pieces did not seem to sell as well there as at Southside Antiques or through chairish.com, a curated online marketplace for vintage and used furniture, décor and art.
The W Road Collection features a wide mix of items. There are French antiques that Shaw shipped here from a trip to Paris and Provence with her sister Barbara Dalton, an interior designer in Greenville, S.C., and Midcentury Modern pieces found at auctions in the States intermingle with new furniture sourced at market.
“I love pieces that have a story, and I like blending different styles and periods,” Shaw said, adding that she hopes to return soon to Europe. “The fun part for me is going places and meeting people and learning about the pieces firsthand.”
Her decision to use W Road as the name of her collection grew from wanting something that would represent her love of the stories behind each of the items she sells, she added. She sees the Signal Mountain road’s twists and turns as a metaphor for life, which itself is a collection of people, places and objects that all intertwine, said Shaw.