Round Top Antique Fair

Saturday afternoon Peter, Emily, and I headed out to Round Top, TX for the most insane antique fair that I have ever visited. As we approached Round Top we started to see yard sales popping up left and right and then suddenly there was a gigantic strip filled with tents. After sifting through furniture and trinkets for a good five hours Peter and I were sure we had seen everything until we realized that there were MILES more to see. I don’t think we ever actually entered the official fair. I thought we had but the website announced a $10 admission, but we never paid for anything other than parking and it seemed logistically impossible for anyone to charge a fee in the area that we were in. Strange.

Anyhow, the things that we did see were amazing. At one point, I was sure that Peter and I were going to need to rent a trailer to haul everything back to Austin. I fell in love with this vanity and this dining room table and chairs.

In the end, we didn’t need another vanity and while I LOVED the table and chairs they were out of our price range (Yes, we could’ve haggled but not to where we needed them to be). *Sigh* Someday…

There were beautiful iridescent plates, tiny single stem vases, and some awesome ceramic transfer-ware cake serving pieces. I wanted everything.

But we only bought a table cloth, a couple sets of napkins, and this salt and pepper shaker.

I’m pretty obsessed with the lettering on the salt and pepper shakers. Somehow when I look at them I see an intimate post script at the bottom of a love letter rather than “pepper” and “salt.” After our tasting today, I do sort of wish we had bought the transfer-ware cake server, but we have plenty of time to find something similar. Overall, we had a great time negotiating prices and looking through everything. The whole experience was a lot of fun. They’re having a smaller one this summer and I can’t wait to go back!! Has anyone else been to the Round Top Antique Fair or to any other antique fairs for that matter?