I love HGTV and the show Fixer Upper. Any obsessed Fixer Upper show watcher knows that the show is located in Waco, TX and that there’s a whole Magnolia store. Since moving to Texas I have been so excited to visit Waco and see where the show is filmed. I have seen it on the TV show, seen other people visiting and follow the Magnolia Market on Instagram. So when the opportunity to visit presented itself, I jumped at the chance.
I read that the best time to go was during the week and early. We planned to good on a Wednesday, yes it was still packed! Luckily it was raining on our drive but once we got to Waco it was beautiful and sunny! We couldn’t have picked a better day. It was moderately muddy but a very enjoyable trip.
Before driving to the legendary Silos, we decided to stop for a quick lunch. I am dairy free and my friend is gluten free to give you some background information. There’s a nice strip of fast food once you get off the exit. We agreed to stop at Chick-fil-a we both could eat the grilled chicken nuggets and waffle fries. (Both dairy free and gluten free) It was a tasty and filling stop before we got into town and shopped the day away.
After eating, we drove around town to find a place to park. We ended up parking for free on one of the town streets. We later learned that there’s free parking on 8th street. We headed first into the Magnolia Market. For future reference, the street vendors are open Thursday to Saturday. Upon walking up there was a long line for the Magnolia Bakery.
Our first stop was inside the Magnolia shop. This was the busiest shop, they had everything from home decorations to Magnolia apparel. They had all the typical cute white modern farm house furnishings. I bought a medal quote sign, some Magnolia swag and decorative coasters. We had to take our goodies back to the car because the metal sign was decisively heavy.
Next, we walked around the inside grass area that is encompassed by the iconic and rustic Silos. We happened to be there when they were setting up the Spring at the Silos. There were gorgeous flower decorations everywhere. They had a cute stage area where, the TV worthy Silobrations take place. There’s food trucks inside the gated area where you can buy anything from food to sweet tea to smoothies. My friend got a sweet tea while I got a basic smoothie from the Luna Juice Bar Truck. It was very good and refreshing. We sipped our drinks in the seated area next to the Silos Baking Co. We also stopped at the Magnolia Seed and Supply. It was a cute gardening shop.
Before leaving Waco for the day we stopped at Little Shop on Bosque (the original Magnolia store). I don’t know if this is an every day occurrence or not but if you buy something at the Magnolia Market you get 40% off at the Little Shop on Bosque. Plus the Little Shop on Bosque was already 75%. I walked out of their paying next to nothing and way less than I did at the Magnolia store at the Silos. I picked up a cork board, ornaments and another t-shirt.
Our short day trip was both dairy free and gluten free. We were very lucky at how nice the weather was on our visit. We were lucky that we were able to take home our goodies on a short car ride home. I look forward to visiting again soon. Thank you for visiting and reading! Don’t forget to follow me and comment on this post! Additionally you can follow my Instagram account @smilewithoutcheese New posts every Monday!
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