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Along with her husband Ben, Erin Napier is host of the HGTV series Home Town. Ben and Erin specialize in restoring and renovating vintage and historic homes in their small hometown of Laurel, Mississippi.

Erin Napier Bio

Erin and Ben Napier, stars of HGTV’s Home Town, live and restore homes in the small town of Laurel, Mississippi. Erin, an artist who started her career in corporate graphic design, and her husband Ben, a woodworker with a degree in history, embrace a passion for preserving and renovating historic homes. In their series Home Town, home-buying families benefit from Erin’s design savvy, artistic bent and her imaginative house-portraits as well as Ben's building expertise, woodworking skills and custom renovations that frequently incorporate local and reclaimed materials.

The HGTV hit has also inspired several spinoff and related series including Home Town Takeover, Home Town Kickstart and Home Town: Ben's Workshop — as well as digital companion series Erin'spired and Talkin' Shop.

The couple, who as newlyweds bought and restored a 1925 Craftsman-style cottage, are also active in a local organization that endeavors to improve and grow the historic downtown district in Laurel. Ben has served as the group's president while Erin uses her graphic design skills to create nostalgic branding and marketing to help celebrate the town's character and inspire the city's rebirth.

When they aren’t renovating homes for new residents, the couple keeps themselves busy with their two daughters, Helen and Mae, and with operating Laurel Mercantile, a shop in downtown Laurel that specializes in heirloom wares and durable goods made in the U.S.A.

Why We Love Erin

The reasons are many. Here are a just a few.

10 Things We Love About Erin Napier

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Ahead of the Curve

Early Adopter of the Grandmillennial Trend

She's queen of historically accurate renos and vintage finds, but did you know there's a whole movement around Erin's design style?
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Old Is the New 'New'

What Is 'Grandmillennial Style'? 20 Photos

Move over, minimalism. There’s a "new" design style favored by millennials — and Erin Napier happens to reflect it perfectly.
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Erin'spired

Get a peek into Erin Napier's interior design process. In this exclusive digital companion series Erin and her team offer insights into the design concepts for homes featured in Home Town.

The Right Angles

The team updates a dark loft with odd angles by using reflective neutrals.

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Home Town Hues

Erin's 'Home Town' Color Palette 9 Photos

The Home Town host and designer shares her go-to colors and shades as seen in the incredible home transformations she creates with husband, Ben.
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Home Town Videos

Southernisms 2 Videos

Erin and Ben offer up some regional definitions — and some pointers on how to talk Southern.

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Home Town Galleries —
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First Time's the Charm 52 Photos

Ben and Erin create a custom starter home with charm, style and midcentury elements for a friend and Laurel native taking the plunge to purchase his first home. Take the Photo Tour