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Susan Wheeler at Ex-Cess II M aking our way through the tents a f t e r t i p p i n g o u r S a r a h Bray Bermuda s u n h a t s t o the mounted police officers, we couldn't help but notice red sold signs dappling coveted inventory, some with an A-list name: Kelly Wearstler. We spotted the Architectural Digest AD100 designer outside The Silver Dollar Saloon barn, looking as cool as ever in cutoff shorts and a '90s-style flannel shirt with her entourage of designers alongside Sheila Youngblood of Rancho Pillow, who was about to usher them into a chauffeured van to the next venue. We also spied hotelier/designer Liz Lambert with style icon Jenna Lyons and actress Connie Britton. A few HGTV sorts were seen in the fields, too: Leanne Ford, Joanna Gaines, and Grace Mitchell. Also making Round Top appearances for the final week of the show were Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, Adrian Grenier, Carson Kressley, and Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Where did we go? Marburger, Big Red Barn, The Compound, Market Hill, Blue Hills, The Arbors, McLaren's, Ex-Cess, The Venue, Bader Ranch, Drift & Holler, Bar W, and the new venue The Halles, where we met designers and shop owners from coast to coast, acquiring for clients and their stores, desperate for exciting inventory in a year of supply-chain shortages and closures. Texas interior designers — aka Round Top regulars — Julie Dodson, Elizabeth Satel Young, Nicole Zarr, Meredith Ellis, Lila Malone, Joslyn Taylor, Sarah Eilers, and Sandy Lucas were traipsing the fields, too. Chappell Hollingshead Brandi Hollingshead in the fields Misha West at Marburger Farm Chad Hovde, Grant Conlee at Marburger Farm Mark Massey, Rachel Hayes, Kathy Johnston, Piper Faust at The Compound Mili Suleman at The Halles Julie Dodson at Marburger Farm Travis Weaver, Fady Armanious at The Compound Lineke Vis Williford, Timur Williford at Rengi Living, Ex-Cess II Elizabeth Satel Young at Marburger Farm 94