In case you missed it: Erin Napier announced last February that she had written a book titled Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home. Now the release date, October 3, finally arrived! Dedicated to reframing the way we thought about our homes, the book made you want to embrace your lived-in environment.
Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home Now 35% Off $23 AT AMAZON Throughout the book, readers could expect to enjoy a collection of essays written by Erin about her own family’s home “wherein every room was its own chapter about a particular time in [her family’s] life together,” she shared on Instagram.
The HGTV star also invited her friends and fellow designers to be contributors, “self-photographing their unstaged and lived-in rooms and sharing their stories of what made it theirs and no one else’s.”
Erin hoped that readers would find beauty and relatability in the stories. The book also served to adjust how readers thought about their own homes. “It was a little frustrating, what you saw on Home Town,” Erin told House Beautiful in February.
She explained: “Everything looked so perfect on reveal day, but no one had yet lived there. And that’s what the book was really about. It was about living in our houses, less about the imperfection. As humans, we tended to bring our clutter with us—and that’s not a bad thing. The clutter was what made our houses personal.”
She then set the scene. “Think about the photos of yourself growing up in the house that you grew up in,” she said. “There was always a Pepsi can in the background and somebody’s ugly old jacket laying over a chair—no one styled things. You just lived in it, and I wanted to celebrate that.”
Reception of the book after Launch
Erin Napier, a designer, entrepreneur, TV personality, mother, karaoke queen, and now a New York Times bestselling author, achieved a remarkable feat just nine days after the launch of her second book, Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home. Her book swiftly secured a place on the best-seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction.
In response to this exciting news, Napier joyously shared her gratitude in an Instagram post with the caption, “Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, thank you so much, y’all. #HeirloomRooms is a bestseller.”
Even through the glasses she wore in her selfie, you could still discern the tears welling up in her eyes as she conveyed this momentous achievement to her fans. Unsurprisingly, her fans were elated for the star.
Napier’s best-selling book comprises a collection of essays that vividly describe the rooms in her home and the profound significance they hold for her. Moreover, it serves as a call to reconsider the meaning of our own homes. These heartwarming narratives evidently resonated deeply with numerous Home Town enthusiasts and other readers who embraced the hardcover edition.
The comments beneath her Instagram post overflowed with admiration, virtual tears of joy, and love for the star. “Congrats! Another well-deserved feather in your cap!” wrote one fan, echoing the sentiments of many.
Even commenters who haven’t had the chance to peruse Heirloom Rooms are joining in the celebration in the comments, with one individual expressing their excitement: “Congratulations! I just received your book as a birthday gift. I can’t wait to sit down and savor every page of it!”
The enthusiasm displayed by her fans in the comments is contagious, but perhaps the most endearing comment of all comes from Napier’s husband and co-star, Ben: “Wow, girl!! You’ve always been on my list, but this is nearly as amazing. I couldn’t be prouder to call you my wife. I’ll be boasting about this for years!” It’s evident that the couple is completely enamored with each other, as evident from their other social media posts and their interactions on the show, but Ben’s comment is just too sweet not to admire.
For those who have yet to dive into Napier’s book, it’s readily available on Amazon in hardcover, Kindle, and Audiobook formats.
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