Ben Napier
Ben Napier is a woodworker, author and co-host of HGTV’s Home Town, restoring houses with Erin Napier and making heirloom wood goods in Laurel, Mississippi.
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- Based in
- Laurel, Mississippi
- Work
- Woodworker, television host, author and entrepreneur
- Education
- History degree, University of Mississippi
- Breakout
- Home Town, which began with an HGTV pilot in 2016
- Businesses
- Founder of Scotsman Co.; co-owner of Laurel Mercantile Co.
Mini bio
Before the cameras.
Ben built a life in Laurel with Erin before television came calling. He worked as a youth minister, studied history and made things from wood. Erin’s journal records his last Sunday in ministry in October 2014.
How fans found him.
A feature on the couple’s renovated Craftsman cottage in Southern Weddings, and the attention it drew on Instagram, put them on HGTV’s radar in 2014. Home Town brought their shared work to television: Erin’s eye for design alongside Ben’s carpentry, with Laurel’s old houses and neighbors at the center.
Building beyond the show.
In December 2016, Ben and Erin joined the Nowells and Rasberrys to reopen Laurel Mercantile. They added Scotsman General Store and Ben’s Woodshop in 2018, then Scotsman Manufacturing in 2021. Their own account of the business connects making goods locally with keeping skilled work in small towns.
More room for the craft.
Ben’s Workshop gave him space to share woodworking with celebrity guests, while Home Town Takeover extended the couple’s renovation work to other communities. He and Erin also told their story in the 2018 memoir Make Something Good Today.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television
- 2026Home Town: Inn This TogetherCo-star
- 2021Home Town: Ben’s WorkshopHost
- 2021Home Town TakeoverCo-host
- 2016Home TownCo-host
Books
- 2018Make Something Good Today: A MemoirCo-author with Erin Napier
Awards
Quotes
You don't have to give up on something just because it looks like you should.Ben Napier, Laurel Mercantile journal
Quoted in the October 2026 reflection on restoring an old factory and building Scotsman Manufacturing.
Trivia
- His college degree is in history, and he and Erin both graduated from the University of Mississippi.
- He is a past president of Laurel’s Main Street America chapter.
- Ben and Erin describe themselves as collectors of old cars.
- The Scotsman General Store, opened in 2018, was inspired by old-fashioned general stores and stocks glass-bottled sodas.
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