Antiques Show

Whether you’re an experienced Round Top shopper or a newcomer, McLaren’s Antiques & Interiors is the one-stop shop for all of your interior design needs.  You’ll find 20,000 square feet of antique furniture, architectural interiors and…

For more than 30 years, Alisanne Frew, owner and creative force behind Alisanne Wonderland, has been an insider in the elite European antiques trade. As the host of 10 professional-level buying trips each year, she shares her hard-won…

The Original Round Top Antiques Fair (ORTAF), held at the Big Red Barn Event Center, is the direct descendant of the first weekend show hosted by Emma Lee Turney 50 years ago. Now, as then, authentic antiques are the foundation of the show.…

Photographs of the early Round Top Antiques Shows are hard to come by, so we asked people who have been around since the early days to share their stories. Our goal? To create a snapshot of the show. The cast of characters includes:…

The Round Top Antiques Show, which now extends for 25 miles mostly along State Highway 237 in Fayette County, began with one woman and one building. In the fall of 1968, Emma Lee Turney established a two-day “country antiques show with…

Glenwood Vernon: A Temporary Caretaker Glenwood Vernon and I met at Vernons’ Antique Shop, the antiques destination he owns and operates with Martha, his wife of 57 years. The couple lives and works on Antiques Lane located a few miles…

Hey Y'all from the Junk Gypsies Amie Sikes and Jolie Sikes junkers, authors, TV stars, daughters, sisters, moms...Round Top business women We don’t claim be experts… but we do know what works for us in regards to runnin’ the roads and…

Junk Gypsies: Small Town. Big Dreams. Janie Sikes taught her daughters, Amie and Jolie, that population signs just designate city limits; they don’t dictate the size of dreams. “You don’t have to live in a big city to have a big dream,”…

Neltje, daughter of publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday, escaped from the gilded prison of New York City’s high society to a sprawling Wyoming ranch where she reimagined, restored and repurposed her life. “When I left New York, I was…

WONDER(ful) WOMEN Wisdom of the Ages from Round Top, Texas Allow us to introduce you to three wonder women from the Round Top, Texas area. “I know God loves me, and I’m on this earth to do His work. This is my time and my…