Erin had dreamed of living in it since she was a little girl growing up in the small southern city. Erin and Ben Napier love their small Mississippi hometown, especially the old historical houses. What's on them? (Note that the house above is not theirs but is a publicity shot from HGTV. And we've got more Home Town news too! They need help finding a home with charm and character in a small town. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Our first full day of travel of #roadtrip2017 was a visit to Laurel, Mississippi home of Home Town. My mom bought a couch in 1999, and it was the worlds greatest, Erin explained. "Home is the only place I feel I can drop my guard. Ben and Erin look to find a property where they can design a perfect porch for Dad and a private suite for Grandma. Erin calls the second floor girl world, a place where her daughters, Helen and Mae, can sleep, play, read, paint, and, someday, have sleepovers. He was a successful chicken farmera fact that made Erin feel an instant connection with the placeand was obsessive about each and every one of the details. But they definitely made sure to keep their quirky aesthetic alive in the living room with a coffee table that was once a factory cart. I want their bathwater to be dirty at the end of the day, so it means they werent just playing on screens.. The more time I spent building things, the more it felt like I'd grown a new set of eyes," says Ben. Just go and play. Every time she comes over, she says, I cant believe I gave that to yall. I grew up on a 40-acre chicken farm and would pick out a baby chick to be my pet every time a new load would come, Erin told Southern Living. where they overhaul houses outside of their hometown. All the cozy rooms with dark wood make it seem as if youre sitting beside a firethat is the dream A retired father of six looks for the perfect place in Laurel where all his kids can come together for more quality time. Laurel Mercantile Co. & Scotsman Co. flagship store for Erin and Ben Napier, hosts of HGTV's "Home Town". Its very serious, says Erin. We think the warm, inviting colors and maps of their favorite places (framed with wood from Erin's great grandparents' old Victorian farmhouse) might have something to do with it. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. With an all-in budget of $300,000, Ben and Erin infuse their new home with coastal charm and create a gorgeous kitchen and breathtaking outdoor entertaining space using reclaimed cedar from the home. Even better: We foun A business owner that's been living with her mom is ready to find a place she can call her own. The stately, old brick Tudor isnt visible from the road, so Erin had never realized what was hiding behind the rolling green fields and tall pine trees on a two-lane highway outside town. Erin and Ben love to lounge in the living room with their two daughters. We sell USA made goods produced by American craftspeople. But it was no bother for the guests at the rustic outdoor gathering. We won't post to any of your accounts without asking first. The most unique part of the room is the lights that are attached by cotton factory pulleys that hang from the ceiling. In 2021, the couple purchased a second home in the countryside. "I want their bathwater to be dirty at the end of the day, so it means they weren't just playing on screens," Erin says. Small town America being restored, one house at a time. , Get ready for your closeup, Wetumpka, Alabama. These Home Town hosts know how to amp up the curb appeal o The couples eldest daughter sleeps in a bed built by Reid Classics. The post included an excerpt from the preface of Napiers third book, Heirloom Rooms, which hits shelves nationwide on October 3. Scroll to take a tour of their gorgeous 100-year-old home. Using found materials and old textiles, they're keeping the character of these classic homes but giving them modern and affordable updates. The parents of 4-year-old Helen and 1-year-old Mae wanted their kids to experience the country upbringing they both had, which wasn't possible in downtown Laurel. When they are not renovating dream homes for other families, the design duo love spending time in their 1925 craftsman cottage. , Erin and Ben help Laurel newcomers Mike and Gwen transform a plain, post-WWII brick home, giving it a distinctive and vibrant new in Trailer for HGTV Holiday Movie, 'A Christmas Open House', Get a First Look at Erin and Ben Napier's HGTV Holiday Movie, 'A Christmas Open House', Erin and Ben Napier to Make Their Acting Debut in HGTV Christmas Movie, 'A Christmas Open House'. The Napiers big move and renovation of their historic home will be chronicled in a new episode of Home Town in early December, but Southern Living is giving fans an exclusive first look at the familys home in its November issue, due on newsstands October 21. They found fame after their home was featured in Southern Weddings magazine in 2014, catching the attention of an HGTV producer. Per Erin, that's the first piece of furniture that Ben built (via Instagram). It's like a vacation for us.". This is the only room we use constantly, Erin says. Since theres no client to impress, Ben and Erin will do a big reveal for their moms, who werent allowed to see any of the progress during renovations. Its signed Erin Rasberry 97 (Napiers maiden name). When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Take the dining room, which features a giant, wooden farmyard dinner table. A high shelf holds "travel jars" filled with sand and pebbles, labeled for the locations where they were gathered. When she and Ben were dating in college, she'd point the house out to him on their neighbourhood walks. A couple is trading in their small apartment in a big city for a big house in a small town. Above it, "My aunt Mae thinks that's a painting of [Ben]'s dad and a race horse, but it was actually a prop from a certain TV series and if you recognize it I'll give you $5 and a bowl of chili," Erin wrote. Ben and Erin are always sharing little peeks of their house on social media. She's known for hosting great parties and wants to entertain, but she has a surprise requirement for Ben and Erin that will be a major factor in the home she chooses. 'Home Town' 's Adam Trest Lists His 1948 Mississippi House for $500,000 See Inside! I was in love immediatelyand that scared me to death, she says. The contrast between warm-colored walls in entryways and white-walled main rooms (viaInstagram) makes the Napiers' house both cozy and bright at the same time. "I keep it dressed in linen that's cool in the Mississippi summer but plenty warm in the winter with an extra blanket at the foot of the bed on the old hope chest we found at a flea market. Read the full story and see more of the Napiers' home in this month's issue of Southern Living and on southernliving.com. "Seriously, helen's 2 book shelves are bananas but I'm definitely not going to do anything about it," she confessed on The Gram. Be you! , Ben and Erin run into unexpected challenges renovating a home for a Laurel schoolteacher, but eventually pull together a dazzling The kitchen is painted Netsuke (SW 6134) by Sherwin Williams. Complete with a white picket fence and dreamy front porch, the Napiers feel right at home in their family home. ", She continued to describe the welcoming home she has created: "You won't find photos of @btnapier and me because our walls are covered with the people we love, our grandparents and parents, holding watermelons proudly beside a lake in 1949, riding bicycles in rolled up jeans, posing with an English setter and an awkward haircut, laughing, holding up blue crabs on some distant dock. "I thought, 'We don't need another house but maybe we do.'". The story of how the Napiers acquired their 1925 Craftsman-style house in their beloved town of Laurel, Mississippi, is like something straight out of a movie. See the photos of Napiers childhood home below. See GMA Host Lara Spencers Bikini Photos, Pink Is a Total Rockstar! , Check out before-and-after pics and amazing home transformations all in small-town settings from HGTV's new Home Town spinoff Even with two little ones on her hands, Erins closet looks perfectly put together. They're in the middle of making improvements to the kitchen, laundry room and study as well as bedrooms for their daughters. One of the kids that Ben advised as a youth minister is all grown up and working as a mentor for the next generation. Hooked on Houses 8.29.12 Erin Napier Tells the Story of Her Craftsman Cottage in Laurel When a reader named Erin Napier sent me photos of her 1925 Craftsman Cottage in Laurel, Mississippi, I got a case of serious house envy. HGTVs Home Town star Erin Napier is taking a walk down memory lane as she shared photos of her childhood home on Instagram on February 23. 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Its unbelievably well built, says Ben. Naturally, because Laurel is seemingly the friendliest town in the USA, Mary Lyn invited them in for a tour, where they fell even more in love with the property. A recent graduate accepts a dream job in Laurel and now she's ready to buy a house. Soon, Erin and Ben will have even more hardwood floors to keep clean. Good man. Despite the Southern Living cover story and the upcoming episode of Home Town, the Napiers may not be done refurbishing the house. Erin wanted me to build her a barley-twist table, but Ive never had the time! says Ben. 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Erin and Ben Napier are showing off their newly renovated country home! Then she wanted something different and gave it to us. Napiers seventh-grade sketch was done in pencil and shows a wreath on the front door, a Christmas tree in one window, and a couch in the other window. Instead, the HGTV stars made magic out of thrift store finds, vintage decor, the occasional (affordable) Ikea purchase, and family photos. All the cozy rooms with dark wood make it seem as if youre sitting beside a fire that is the dream for me. I love it forever," says Erin of the historic home that inspired her forthcoming children's book, The Lantern House. 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