Round Top Antiques Week: March Madness for Antique Lovers

March Madness, Texas Style

March Madness is back! Not just for the throngs of college basketball fans across the country, but also for antiques and collectibles fans around the world. The two-week antique craze known as Round Top Antiques Week is now in full swing. Like the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, it’s full of energy, surprises, and a few buzzer-beater finds. Upwards of 100,000 designers and decorators, pickers and junkers, and collectors and hoarders are descending on the tiny Texas towns of Burton, Carmine, Round Top, Warrenton, La Grange, and Fayetteville through April 3rd to experience the spectacle that is Antiques Week.

Mix of antique French oyster plates and platters.

Finding your way through the madness — Round Top Antiques Week Map © Lolo French Antiques

Welcome to Round Top

Over 4,000 dealers of treasures, trash, and everything in between set up shop along a 25-mile stretch of Highway 237. Round Top, the state’s smallest incorporated town, is ground zero. And it's not until you pass by the famous green sign that reads: “Round Top CITY LIMIT POP. 90,” do you realize you've officially entered the madness.

Sun-washed shutters and golden café awnings paint the scene at Place du Forum in Arles — the very square that inspired Van Gogh’s “Café Terrace at Night.

Small town, big antiques — Round Top, Texas population 90, swells to over 100,000 during Antiques Week.

America’s Biggest Antiques Fair

Hailed as the largest antiques fair in the United States, this shopper's paradise, which has been around since the 1960s, is held every spring and fall in the idyllic Texas Hill Country. What began as a small local show now lasts more than two weeks, with about 80 separate shows and venues set up in everything from dance halls and barns to warehouses and sheds. Fields full of bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and Texas longhorns have been transformed into fields full of white tents with crystal chandeliers swinging from the rafters and margaritas flowing. The merchandise in each is as varied as the venues and dealers themselves.

From bluebonnets to longhorns to chandeliers in the fields — only in Round Top

Treasure Hunting Under the Texas Sun

Pretty much anything under the hot Texas sun can be had:

Fine French antiques
Vintage jewelry
Industrial salvage
European linens
Fine art
Cowboy boots galore
Plain ole junk

And as you wander through those fields you'll see A-list designers standing shoulder to shoulder with weekend thrifters, experienced collectors, and casual browsers — all with varying lists and budgets, but all on the hunt for one-of-a-kind treasures.

Barns, tents, and dance halls turned treasure troves — Round Top has it all

Behind the Scenes with Lolo

Lolo began setting up in the Blue Barn at Blue Hills a week ahead of opening day — assembling tables and armoires, polishing copper and silver, hanging mirrors and paintings, and dusting and waxing furniture into the wee hours of the night. And when 9 o’clock rolled around last Saturday morning, our March Madness officially tipped off!

A glimpse into one corner of our space as set up was underway.

Ready, Set, SHOP!

We hope you'll stop by and take part in the madness — and experience the most amazing shopping adventure ever! But come prepared. Don’t leave home without:

Comfy shoes — sneakers and boots are best
Hat
Sunglasses
Sunscreen — the Texas sun is blazing
Water — you need to stay hydrated
Umbrella and raincoat — it can rain at anytime
Tape measure
Cash, check, or credit cards — most dealers accept all forms
Tip money for porters

And definitely be ready to shop 'til you drop! After all, it's a mad, mad world...

À Bientôt!

* We moved across the field and are now located in BARN Q at Blue Hills

Mimi Montgomery

When this self-described Francophile is not reading or writing about all things French, she's dreaming up charming new ways to showcase Lolo French Antiques et More or traveling to France with Lolo to buy delightful treasures for their store. Mimi, Lolo, and their French Bulldog, Duke, live in Birmingham, AL.

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