Gray Benko

Gray Benko Instagram – If you’ve been watching our show on @magnolianetwork , you may have seen the episode where we went back to my dad’s childhood home to collect the bedroom furniture, art, and all of the many knick-knacks that he grew up with. Charlie has this cute little room of of his bedroom that I have dubbed his “sleepover room”. Although none of his friends will ever sleep in it because they think it’s too scary (one of the stipulations that come with living in a 200 year old house). The room was really meant to be an ode to my dad and the time period when he grew up, complete with the old relics on full display, that I found stuffed in his bedroom drawers. He’s probably going to be mad that I just called his things relics. Anywho, if you watch the episode, then you will also know that I gave the room a fishing theme as a way to poke a little fun at him because one time I found an old fishing scrapbook that he made, where he cut out magazine and newspaper images of fathers fishing with their sons. My dad has always been a terrible fisherman and he told me that he made that scrapbook one day because he had always longed for his dad to teach home how to fish, but he never would. So I proceeded to give this entire room a fishing theme, from the fishing lure wallpaper by @abnormalsanonymous, to the fishing net-reminiscent light by @straydogdesigns. I even had @benkoman hand carve and paint a fish for me to mount the light fixture on. Well, the day of filming rolls around and Grumpy decides to wait until the cameras are rolling to tell me that the entire story was made up. It was a school project and he’s always hated fishing. So, I guess the joke was on me. As usual. At least I got a cute room out of it. The lesson here? Grumpy is not to be trusted.
Bedding by @annieselke | Posted on 08/Sep/2023 19:45:54