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Co-host of HGTV’s Home Town (alongside her husband, Ben) and our honorary mom friend Erin Napier has a brand new children’s book releasing today, and it’s a sentimental tale of a brand new house brimming with life and love. But when the family who lives inside grows up and moves on, and the house’s paint starts to chip and fade and its boards start to creak, will it ever be a home again?
“The things we do in this life and in our home matter — and then someone else will put their mark on it too,” Napier said in an Instagram post about The Lantern House.
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As Napier also says in the post, it’s literally her profession to give a house an identity and personality, so finding inspiration for the book was easy. Plus, as mom to 4-year-old Helen and 1-year-old Mae, we’re sure there are a ton of snuggly story times in the Napier household.
We love Trest’s artful illustrations, and the story is sweet and uplifting: “One day my front door opens and a family steps quietly inside, a little boy hiding behind his parents’ legs. ‘This could be home,’ they say. They are not afraid of my spiders and broken parts. Though I am dark and empty, they stay with me.”
If your heart felt a little tug at that last line, you’re not alone — we’re definitely feeling sentimental now. This one’s going to be a new bedtime favorite!
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