After an extended session of Fixer Upper binge watching, Bill expressed an interest in going to Magnolia Market in Waco.
It's a date!
He was off on Monday so we made the trip down I-35.
Waco is only an hour and a half away from our house.
We've been to Waco many times over the years.
The silos have stood for a century giving a nod to the agricultural past of this Central Texas town.
Chip and Joanna Gaines have turned the mill of an abandoned cotton seed company into their new retail space.
We couldn't wait to go shopping.
The shopping is not in the silos for your FYI.
There is a guest book to record visitors from all over the place.
This is a perfect title for a book.
Darling is what I call my babies at work.
We got some cute, cute stuff which I'll reveal in another post.
I didn't take photos inside the store but there were many photo opportunities outside.
There were beautiful flowers.
This planter made out of something from the original grain elevator is super cute.
Bill and I have wanted to do a galvanized planter.
Note to self - the tree makes it proportional.
They are about to open a garden shop on the property.
I love the fairy gardens.
We ate at Schmaltz's for lunch.
Yummy.
After lunch we went to Harp Design Co.
Clint Harp and his wife have a little store front.
We found out that Clint Harp has filmed his own pilot for the DIY Network.
It should air around June.
We found a few things to bring home.
The craftsmanship on this house from Season 1 is impeccable.
My favorite shop in Waco was closed.
They are only open one weekend a month and I can't ever remember which weekend.
This is the perfect junk shop and has been featured numerous times on the show.
We went for a drive down Austin Avenue to look at the cute houses.
I've never noticed this adorable bridge.
A Spanish revival has been purchased by the Gaines' but is up for sale through Magnolia Realty.
In complete Fixer Upper stalker mode, we got coffee from Common Grounds.
We were the oldest people in the place.
It is a true college hangout.
The inside is so cool.
We could see this storm rolling into Ft. Worth on the way home.
Waco has been famous a couple of times.
You may remember the Branch Davidian standoff of the 1990s.
Waco is famous again because of the show.
Bill and I met a couple outside of the Harp Design Co.
They had driven down from Missouri and had planned to stay a week.
I'm not sure that there is a weeks worth of stuff to do in Waco at the moment.
This town is ripe for an influx of economic development so I hope there will be more to do in the future.
Everything was smaller than it appears on T.V.
We didn't have to wait in line but this place was hopping for a Monday morning.
The shop was darling. You won't find anything old or repurposed.
It's all new merchandise but it is iconic Joanna Gaines.
It was a great day!
Come back for a peek at our treasures.
Katie
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