Joanna Gaines Gives Sneak Peek Into Boutique Hotel Restoration
By Movieguide® Contributor
Since Chip and Joanna Gaines announced their historic hotel restoration, news on the project has been almost radio-silent. Last Sunday, Joanna Gaines gave her Instagram followers a huge peek into the renovations.
“Known as Hotel 1928, the renovated building has the style of an early 20th-century Moorish Revival lodge and includes 33 guest rooms, a dining room, event spaces, and a rooftop terrace in the approximately 50,000-square-foot space,” the Houston Chronicle reported.
“When you think about a 50,000-square-foot hotel remodel, I mean, this is the big leagues,” Chip said. “This is what you dream about.”
A long in the works, the HGTV stars first started their hotel project in 2019. At the time, they estimated the restoration would take two years.
Joanna’s post shows glossy walls, custom green leather seats, a huge unfinished library and a lobby floor with detailed mosaic tiles.
“Home is a feeling, created by and for the people you love and share your life with; it’s a state of being known and loved just as you are,” Joanna said in a Magnolia blog post. “That is our dream for this hotel—that it would serve as an extension of the way we feel about our own home and all it represents to us, and that every guest who comes to stay would experience that same sense of belonging and community.”
“A weary traveler who’s searching for rest, a parent who needs a weekend to recharge, a family eager for an adventure, or anyone else simply looking for a place to settle in and be filled up,” she continued. “In all of these things, what it really comes down to is our desire to create a place where people feel welcomed home.”
The Waco, Texas, establishment will be the center of attention in FIXER UPPER: THE HOTEL. The show will come out in November 2023 and coincide with the hotel’s opening.
Movieguide® previously reported on the hotel restoration:
FIXER UPPER couple Chip and Joanna Gaines will renovate a historic hotel in downtown Waco, Texas, slated to open in 2021.
“We’ve got a new project in the works that will hopefully be more relaxing and restful for you than this video lets on,” Joanna mentioned via Instagram.
“Watch the full video and learn more about what’s coming to downtown Waco.”
