Erin Napier is a designer, author, and entrepreneur. Along with her husband, Ben Napier, she is the cohost of HGTV’s Home Town, coauthor of Make Something Good Today, author of The Lantern House, and founding co-owner of their stores Laurel Mercantile Co., Scotsman General Store & Woodshop, and The Scent Library. She lives in Laurel, Mississippi, with Ben and their two daughters. Learn more at ErinAndBen.co.
“Erin’s new book, Heirloom Rooms, is something that lives on my
desk because I love to look at it and go through a page at a time.
It’s one of my favorite books and it is so phenomenal.” —Drew
Barrymore
“These are the rooms for me—messy, warm, and filled with stories.
Erin Napier is full of love—for houses, for the past, for what a
family brings to a space that transforms it into a
home.” — Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author
of This Time Tomorrow
"As a Mississippi writer whose every word is attached to home and a
simpler time and place, Heirloom Rooms is the book that I wish I
had written. If I had known that unmade beds would one day be
celebrated in a book, I could have saved myself fifty years of
anxiety and guilt knowing my daughter, of all people, would make it
inspirational." —Karen Rasberry, IPPY Award-Winning
Author, Erin's Mom
“I like it. I really like the sheets and blankets and stuffies on
my bed. I like Halloween at our house when we put decorations up as
a family and we were having fun together. I’m eating right now,
Mama.” — Helen Napier, Erin’s daughter, age 5
"Almost everyone resonates to the idea of home, for many reasons.
But to articulate what home means specifically is more
difficult. HEIRLOOM ROOMS: Soulful Stories of Home speaks
artfully, nearly kaleidoscopically, to the idea of what home is--or
can be--in ways that are beyond inspiring. I looked at the
beautiful photos many times, seeing something new each time. I
loved the prose: friendly, intimate, full of heart and, yes, soul;
sometimes practical, sometimes funny, often times downright
poignant. (The thoughts Erin shares in the preface about her
grandmother leaving her house brought me to tears--me, and my
partner, too.) Comments made by Erin's friends about their own
houses added other helpful perspectives and dimensions. I finished
reading this book with deeper reverence for what my home means to
me, and with a newfound confidence that I can trust my instincts to
make the place where I live truly reflect me, as well as the things
and people I care so deeply for. Thank you, Erin, for
teaching me that sometimes an errant sock is not so much clutter as
proof that someone you love is nearby." —Elizabeth Berg, author of
The Story of Arthur Truluv
“Napier’s fans will relish the personal anecdotes, and the emphasis
on everyday living offers a down-to-earth alternative to the
luxurious abodes that populate most home design books. This
charms.” —Publishers Weekly
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