Ben & Erin Napier Share the Best Part of Taking Their Kids on the Road

Ben and Erin Napier make their HGTV show “Home Town Takeover” a family affair. The couple shared how the filming experience allows their daughters to understand the value of helping American communities.

The Napiers Take Over Sebring, Florida

In “Home Town Takeover” season 3, Ben and Erin renovated more than a dozen homes and businesses in Sebring, Florida. They brought their two daughters, Mae, 2, and Helen, 6, with them for the filming.

Getting the opportunity to show their kids what they’re working on has been invaluable. In a March 2025 interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Erin shared, “I hope our girls see that the reason we get up and go to work every day, and the reason it matters so much, is that these small towns in America are the flavor of America.”

She continued, “Whether it’s Laurel [Mississippi, where the family lives] or Fort Morgan, all of them have something very special to offer in the American experience. I hope [our daughters] don’t feel like they can only live their dream in a big city, because that’s just not the case.”

The HGTV star added, “You can have the dream wherever you are, especially in such a connected age when you have access to the internet. You can live in any small town in America and live the life you want. And that’s what I’m excited about, that we can tell that story.”

Ben added, “For Erin and I, we have a very weird job for people who live in small town Mississippi. And so getting to take them … they come to work with us every now and then, but they don’t see the big impact of it. Laurel has been great since as long as they can remember. They don’t remember the days when every building, every business was shuttered.”

Their Daughters Get to See the Community Building in Action

Helen and Mae get a front row seat at what their parents do, but they also see how a community can come together in a meaningful way.

“The reason that HGTV chooses these towns is because there are people there who are already trying to make it the best place ever,” Ben said. “That’s the only way that we can go in and do what we do is to find those people and work with them.”

Erin noted, “They’re so self-sacrificing. These are not people who are ever gonna fix up houses for themselves … the people that love them put their name in the running and that’s how we find these people.”

The Napiers’ girls are there to see it all, something that the couple takes a lot of pride in.

“We don’t call attention to it, but our family is there and they see how excited everyone is and how big this is,” Ben shared. “That, I think, for any parent would be a part of a pride.”