On HGTV’s “Home Town,” Erin and Ben Napier are occasionally given permission to go wild with their designs—and their latest renovation proves just how adorable the results can be.
In the Season 7 episode “The Maui of Mississippi,” Erin and Ben help clients Iris and Jack turn a 1935 house into a whimsical cottage. They buy the house for $110,000, and while the building is in good shape, they spend another $110,000 customizing the place.
“It honestly doesn’t need a lot of work. It just needs to be personalized to them,” Ben says.
While we all want a house that perfectly suits our own needs and style, what does that mean exactly? Find out some smart ideas when the Napiers redo this house with “storybook” vibes that could work magic around your own abode, too.
Wood accents add warmth
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This petite home is charming, but there’s one thing both Iris and Erin don’t like: the ornate vinyl feature on the gable. The busy design simply doesn’t match the rest of the sweet and simple exterior. Luckily, Erin knows exactly what to do.
“We need more warmth out here, so I think a cedar shake in the gable would be really pretty,” she tells her clients.
Iris and Jack are happy with the idea, so the team moves ahead with replacing the vinyl with wood. They also add matching flower boxes, which add to the home’s warmth while providing bright and colorful florals.
After: the new gable makes a big difference.
Unique wallpaper makes a huge statement
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One of Iris’ must-haves is a crafts room, and Erin and Ben know exactly where to put one: a small space just off the living room.
Erin adds a desk, a bookshelf, as well as butterfly wallpaper on the bookcase.
“That’s like a small thing, but it’s a huge statement,” Ben says of the unique wallpaper choice.
While butterfly wallpaper isn’t right for every home, Erin is happy with the look.
“This house is really fun,” Erin says of the space. “It’s whimsical, it’s storybook, and it ought to be.”
Bold-colored kitchen cabinets are ‘pure joy’
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Iris and Jack want their home to look unique and colorful, so they’re not afraid to let Erin and Ben use bright color. This allows Erin to jettison the usual “safe” cabinet colors of white and gray to make the much bolder design decision to go red.
“The kitchen cabinet color, it’s just pure joy,” she says.
For the backsplash, Erin also commissions a custom tile with the image of a dog. While this kind of backsplash isn’t for everyone, Erin is sure her clients will appreciate the unique design.
“They will specifically love something so bold,” she says.
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Not every feature should stand out
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To finish this kitchen, Erin and Ben install plain white counters and simple flooring. Next to the red cabinets and custom backsplash, it’s smart to give this room a few features that won’t compete for attention.
“Since we’re going to have so much visual weight and interest with the red and then this very patterned backsplash, I wanted the countertops and the floor to be quiet,” Erin says. “That’s why I went with white, like, as a palate cleanser of all the color and the pattern.”
A bathroom mural adds personality
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Iris and Jack aren’t impressed with this home’s original bathroom footprint, so Erin and Ben enlarge and rearrange the space. Erin plans for a vanity, a standing tub, and a separate shower with a mural on the back wall.
“We wanted to give you a little more pattern, a little more color,” Erin says of the mural. However, some of the shower tiles arrive broken, ruining Erin’s plan to give this shower wall a top-to-bottom tropical design.
“The worst possible scenario for tile to get broken is when you have a mural,” Erin admits.
Instead of reordering tiles, Erin decides to “frame” the mural, which includes adding cream-colored tiles as a border. Now, Erin won’t need as many of the mural tiles and won’t need to compromise the mural’s look.
In the end, it shows that it pays to go with the flow during a renovation.
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