Erin and Ben Napier‘s newest TV renovation venture simply acquired a optimistic replace.
The Heirloom Lodge, which is the topic of Erin and Ben’s upcoming sequence Residence City: Inn This Collectively, introduced plans to rebuild one week after a devastating fireplace brought about important harm.
“Spherical two,” the lodge’s official Instagram web page captioned a Tuesday, September 2, selfie that includes Jim and Mallorie Rasberry and Joshua Nowell. “It’s by no means straightforward to begin over, perhaps even tougher the second time, however we imagine this city and these persons are value each ounce of our effort. ✨❤️ #TheHeirloom.”
Nowell additionally teased that the lodge would bear a brand new renovation in a Monday, September 1, Instagram put up. “Powerful days @theheirloom.us What can we do now? The identical factor we’ve been doing: Preserve Constructing,” he wrote alongside a snap of the fireplace harm.
Erin confirmed her help by reposting the lodge and Nowell’s Instagram uploads by way of her Instagram Story on Monday and Tuesday.
The reason for the lodge fireplace was additionally just lately revealed. In line with an area Mississippi information outlet, The Laurel Chief-Name, the lodge went up in flames because of {an electrical} fireplace, and it was dominated unintended.
The Heirloom Lodge beforehand addressed the fireplace by way of Instagram on August 26, writing, “This morning a hearth broke out at The Heirloom on the highest flooring of our constructing, abandoning important harm, however we’re grateful to say nobody was inside on the time.”
The put up continued, “The load of this actuality is tough to place into phrases. It’s not concerning the lack of wooden, brick, or paint. It’s concerning the grief we really feel for the numerous arms which have labored tirelessly over the previous yr, respiration life again into this 25,000 sq. foot area. Each hammer swing, each brushstroke, each late evening—this constructing has been a real labor of affection.”
In an Instagram put up of her personal, Erin shared that the lodge fireplace occurred earlier than it formally opened for enterprise. “Reward God, nobody was inside. We held one another and watched whereas the courageous fireplace fighters from the Laurel FD labored for hours to get it underneath management,” she captioned an August 26 pic of firefighters taming the blaze. “Right now looks like a funeral. However I do know these folks. They received’t quit right here.”
Erin went on to disclose that the way forward for Residence City: Inn This Collectively might be up within the air because of the incident. “I don’t know what is going to occur subsequent or for those who’ll ever get to see this @hgtv present now. I don’t know a lot of something,” she wrote. “Pray for my family and friends, please. It’s laborious to elucidate how this reverberates by way of our city and its progress in some ways. However I do know God has a plan for this setback. He all the time is aware of the best way, even after we don’t.”
Anticipated to premiere subsequent yr, Residence City: Inn This Collectively will comply with Erin and Ben as they assist Jim, Mallorie, and Nowell “restore the dilapidated 1930 Kress constructing in downtown Laurel,” per an HGTV press launch. “The trio imagine the 25,000-square-foot area would be the excellent setting for a lodge, meals venue and storefront, however they’ll want Ben and Erin’s magic contact to make their dream a actuality.”
Residence City: Inn This Collectively, 2026, HGTV