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In Round Top, you don’t need to look at a calendar to know the Antique Show is getting close. You watch it arrive. For me, one of the first unmistakable signs came in early September. I drove past Brumbaugh’s and saw a large truck unloading. Later that same day, another truck was unloading at Market Hill. The fall show was still weeks away, but the preparations had already begun. That’s the thing about the Round Top Antique Show: it doesn’t really start on a single day. The venues all have different opening dates. Some vendors in the fields around Warrenton

Some of the best details in a custom home aren't part of the original plan. At 115 Reserve Way, one of our favorite features began as a series of windows. Todd Rice Architects originally designed the opening between the dining room and living area with interior windows—a way to create a visual connection between the two spaces while still giving each room its own identity. It was a good solution. But as the design developed, architect Todd Rice, interior designer Kendall Bourgeois, and the Metropolitan team of Stuart Beken, Brad Carter and Clayton Langhoff and I began exploring whether that

There is a story behind the 50 acres that became Round Top Reserve, and it begins long before the first home was built. The property was once part of the land owned by the Round Top Festival Institute at Festival Hill, one of the places that has helped define the cultural character of Round Top for more than half a century. When Festival Hill decided to sell the property, its founder and artistic director, James Dick, was thoughtful about its future and considered several potential buyers. Metropolitan Custom Homes ultimately purchased the property, with a vision for the land that