Why We Chose Round Top
When we started looking for land, we knew we wanted something that felt like the country without being completely cut off from the life we already had.
Round Top checked that box better than anywhere else we looked.
We’re still based in the Houston area, and Round Top is close enough that the drive is realistic. That mattered. We didn’t want a place so far out that every trip felt like a production. At the same time, once you turn off the main roads and head into Fayette County, it genuinely feels like the country — open pasture, quieter nights, and room to breathe.
What surprised us is how much is actually here. For a small town, Round Top has an unusual amount of life. Good places to eat. Interesting shops. The antique shows that bring the world to Highway 237 a few times a year. There’s always something going on if you want it, and plenty of quiet when you don’t.
The history of the place is part of the draw too. Round Top has a real story — from its early German roots to the antiques fair that Emma Lee Turney started in 1968 and that somehow grew into one of the largest shows in the country. It still feels like a community that knows what it is.
For us, that combination was hard to beat: close enough to Houston, country enough to raise a small herd of miniature Highlands, and interesting enough that we actually want to be here. Round Top Fold is our way of putting down roots in a place that already felt like it had a heartbeat.
— Drew