Renovation pros Erin and Ben Napier are saving old homes and helping build community in their small, secluded and beloved hometown. In this project, their clients are a new-to-town family of five. Ben and Erin update a rundown 4,000-square-foot Craftsman cottage into an eye-catching and stylish home that features a gorgeous open-concept kitchen, inviting living spaces and a multifunctional family room.

Ben, among other things, is a skilled woodworker and proprietor of Scotsman Co., an enterprise specializing in custom history-inspired woodworking. 

Ben and Erin review blueprints with architect Luke Sippiel and construction foreman Jonathan Walters.

Erin ponders placement for an accent piece that will become a small but signature feature in this renovation — an old-style working gas lamp for the new front porch.