Three Years Later, Joanna Gaines' Castle Project Reads More Timeless Than Ever – Here Are the Design Lessons You Can Still Take From This Iconic Renovation

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Joanna Gaines, our reigning home-decor monarch, may be more literal royalty than you think. On Instagram, the designer recently revisited her 2019 purchase of Cottonland Castle with husband Chip Gaines – an actual, hundred-year-old castle in Waco – and the exhaustive restoration they completed in 2022

‘For nearly 20 years, Chip Gaines and I imagined what it would be like to breathe new life into this abandoned, century-old castle in the heart of Waco, TX,’ Joanna shared. ‘The Castle taught us there’s great reward in restoring beauty in forgotten places. And that kind of work is always worth the wait.’