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T he 2021 Round Top Winter Antiques Show came hot on the heels of the resoundingly successful Fall 2020 Show (in a pandemic, no less) — by far the largest Winter Show to date, both in terms of attendance and participating venues and vendors. Serious buyers and happy weekenders flocked to more than a dozen venues, including Big Red Barn, The Compound, Bader Ranch, Excess, Market Hill, and Blue Hills (its first time participating in the Winter Show). For those uninitiated to the antiques shows, the Winter Show is ideal for a long weekend spent in Round Top to get a lay of the land and enjoy crisp January weather. Houston designers such as Lauren Haskett and Molly Solich know the winter iteration is optimal for intimate connections with favorite dealers without the heavy crowds of the spring and fall. Masks were required at all venues, and CDC guidelines regarding hand sanitizers and social distancing were followed. Year-round eateries were bustling — Lee Ellis' Round Top Smoke House sold out of barbecue by early afternoon each day, despite doubling its standard quantities, and lucky were those who were able to snag a Frito pie. The newly christened Round Top Antiques & Design Center (RTAD) in Henkel Hall had recently opened, and will be a year-round venue. PaperCity spotted Courtney Barton at her year-round Round Top Village boutique; The Frenchie Guesthouses and Bader Ranch's Katy Bader and Kristin Light, shopping the fields for their newest guest house; Cisco Pinedo and daughter Maurishka Pinedo at their new Cisco Home; Kathy Johnston holding court at The Compound; Susan Horne and daughter Megan Horne in the Susan Horne Antiques showroom at Market Hill, excitedly awaiting a new BY ANNE LEE PHILLIPS. PHOTOGRAPHY JENNY ANTILL CLIFTON. Winter Antiques Show SHINES Laura Neiman Kaplan Caroline Luby at The Compound Megan Horne, Susan Horne at Susan Horne Antiques, Market Hill Andrew Rosenblum, Kasey Buchtien, Mark Massey with Ansel and Belle at The Compound Cisco Pinedo Maurishka Pinedo at Cisco Home Courtney Barton at Round Top Village Joan & Jerry Herring at Blue Hills Kathy Johnston at The Compound (Continued on page 118) 116