Across the country, contractors are walking into homes and seeing the same problems repeat so often that they now feel less like flukes and more like a pattern. From rushed new builds to aging systems pushed past their limits, the issues surfacing today are more expensive, more disruptive, and more tightly tied to broader economic…
The “Home Town” universe was supposed to expand in the most tangible way yet, with a boutique hotel project turning small-town nostalgia into a place fans could actually book a room. Instead, a catastrophic fire ripped through that dream, leaving charred beams where a centerpiece of the new spinoff once stood and throwing the show’s…
The hotel project that was meant to anchor Erin and Ben Napier’s latest “Home Town” spinoff has been gutted by fire, but the couple is not walking away from the story they started. Instead, they are reframing the series, updating fans on the fate of the property and the people behind it, and insisting that…
The fire that tore through the future “Home Town” hotel in downtown Laurel did more than char brick and timber. It singed a carefully built narrative about small town renewal, television fame, and the fragile line between dream and disaster. In the months since, the people behind the project have been forced to decide what…
The hotel at the center of HGTV’s new “Home Town” spinoff was supposed to open its doors as a love letter to Laurel, Mississippi, not go up in flames before welcoming a single guest. Instead, a fire ripped through the newly restored property just after renovations wrapped, turning a feel-good TV project into a test…
Chip and Joanna Gaines have renovated scores of properties on television, but their new Colorado retreat raises the stakes from design challenge to family legacy. By turning a 1960s mountain house into a long-term gathering place for their children and future grandchildren, they are treating this project less like a client job and more like…
Chip and Joanna Gaines have taken their signature renovation formula to high altitude, and one particular Colorado moment is driving the conversation this week. Their new project, a mountain retreat far from their Texas base, is giving fans a fresh look at Joanna Gaines in unfamiliar terrain, both literally and creatively. As the couple reshapes…
HGTV is leaning hard into the kind of escapist real estate television that thrives in a streaming era, ordering more than 30 additional episodes of original content for its 2026 schedule and centering the expansion on a new vacation-rental series. The network is pairing that fresh concept with renewals for two of its buzziest recent…