HGTV’s Home Town - Season 9, Episode 16 - “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”
Erin and Ben Napier close out the season with a rescue reno for Rose Meyer, a retired English teacher who moved cross-country—only to be ghosted by her contractor and left with a gutted shell of a house. With a tight budget, a clawfoot tub crisis, and no open floor plan in sight, the Napiers bring vintage flair and 1950s charm to life in Laurel, Mississippi.

Shari and Rhonda are recapping every design choice—from the cast-iron sink revival to the harlequin porch paint to a custom built-in that had them swooning and side-eyeing the TV placement. Plus, we talk pink tile, retro stoves, and the return of chintz (?!).

💬 Bonus: This week’s special post asks which vintage feature you'd keep in your dream home. Sink, stove, wallpaper? Come tell us!

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HGTV’s Renovation Aloha – Season 2, Episode 7 – “Toughest Clients Ever” takes a heartfelt turn as Tristyn and Kamohai tackle their most personal project yet: renovating the Oahu home where Kamohai grew up… for his own parents.

With three decades of memories packed into a tiny galley kitchen, a timeline tangled up in holiday deadlines, and the unique challenges of designing in Hawaii (hello, shipping costs that cost more than the item itself), this episode delivers big on family feels.

We dish on the design choices, debate the second-floor primary suite for surfing grandparents, and admit to more than a few pangs of tropical lifestyle jealousy. Plus—our take on why this is HGTV’s most heartwarming flipping show.

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Rhonda and Shari

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HGTV's Lottery Dream Home – S16 E2 – Gold Lady of Lake Mendota takes us to Madison, Wisconsin, where Cathy—an accidental tech millionaire with an eight-figure biotech payday—teams up with her sister Peg and David Bromstad to hunt for a $3–4 million lakefront stunner… and then promptly blows past that budget like it was pocket change, scooping up a $5.2 million resort-style dream home. From sleek modern boxes with putting greens to a warm contemporary with a brass-and-burgundy range, a pickleball court, and enough kitchens to host a culinary Olympics, we’ve got plenty to gush about (and nit-pick).

We talk sisterly banter, lakefront luxury, David’s hot pink checkerboard suit, and why Whistling Wake was the only right choice.

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Rhonda and Shari

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