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Chip andJoanna Gaineshave changed a lot sinceFixer Upper’s premiere.
“My dream was really small,” Joanna admitted onToday.
All she wanted to do was open a home decor shop calledMagnolia Marketin Waco, Texas.
They had no aspirations to ever be on air.
Fast forward many years later, andFixer Upperhas completely flipped their world upside down.
Here’s how Chip and Joanna Gaines have changed sinceFixer Upper’s premiere.
Her world completely changed when a producer from HGTV just happened to stumble across her small blog in 2012.
By the time fans had followedFixer Upperinto Season 3, it was the number show one on cable television.
By Season 4, it was taking up 10 percent of HGTV’s air time (viaDallas News).
And by the time their television series came to an end after five seasons, it had received twoEmmynominations.
However, when the couple signed on forFixer Upper,their dance card wasn’t full yet.
Many other opportunities followed, and alongside their growing businesses came a growing family as well.
In 2018,Fixer Upper’sChip and Joanna Gaines welcomed their fifth child, Crew.
It was then that the pair decided to take a break from TV.
Watching their kids grow up while working onFixer Upperhad already been enough of a whirlwind for the overwhelmed family.
“I feel like I can really take this one in and relish these moments.”
Soare Chip and Joanna Gaines having another baby?Perhaps.
“I think Chip just loves a full plate,” Joanna toldToday.
Money was tight when it came to making their mortgage and feeding their family of six.
However, this Hollywood-throw in career took the pair even further than that.
However, becoming multi-millionaires was never the Gaines' end goal it was much simpler than that.
“I was wanting to support my family,” Chipsaid.
“I wanted to live, you know, the American dream.”
It sure sounds like they sure are now!
However, much like all the properties the pair work on, it required a bit of labor.
As their fame came to fruition, so did their own fixer upper.
Here’s a lookinside Chip and Joanna Gaines' gorgeous farmhouse.
“We want to go back home.”
That was a welcome change for eager fans!
“It’s like a little shop inside of Target,” Chip explained on theirblog.
“Jo keeps calling the look ‘modern farmhouse,’ whatever that means.”
ThisFixer Uppercouple now has fans all across the country, and the entire world now knows them by name.
“We get tweets from celebrities,” Joanna toldToday.
“It’s very surreal.”
People also love that these two Texans come across as an average family that fans can relate to.
To that end, the couple gave fans an inside look at their lives in their bookThe Magnolia Story.
Not surprisingly, the book quickly became aNew York TimesBest Seller.
In addition toThe Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna have published additional tomes to the delight ofFixer Upperfans.
That includes the countlesscookbooksthey’ve written, as well as achildren’s bookinspired by their own little ones.
Boy, were they wrong, as things have changed significantly for the couple.
In fact, the Gaines family can’t go anywhere anymore without being recognized.
“We don’t think of ourselves as ‘famous’ even now.”
Rather, they view themselves simply as a family of fixer uppers.
Yet even as they’ve gotten super famous, the Gaines always remember to stay grounded.
So while television has treated them well, raising their kids right will always come first.
Here’swhat Chip and Joanna Gaines were like before the fame, if you’re curious.
Impressed by Joanna’s ideas, Chip wanted her to make what she wrote down a reality.
So in 2016,Chip and Joanna Gaines fixed up an abandoned restaurantthat the locals had always loved.
These two small town celebrities have built up a big fan base!
“It set in really quickly and overwhelmingly,” Chip shared in an interview withToday.
“It was like, what are we doing here?”
Truly, the Gaines never dreamed they’d be where they are today.
“So maybe it’s kind of fun not to plan.”
Fans can spend the night inhomesthat were featured onFixer Upper, but in 2019, Chip was dreaming bigger.
He decided to buy aboutique hotelclose to their downtown shops, and naturally, fix it up.
But at nearly 53,000 square feet, it was a much larger project than the pair was used to.
“Let’s just stick with houses,” Joanna initially said in a chat withToday.
It makes you wonder:can you hire Chip and Joanna Gaines to do your house?
Later that year,Chip and Joanna Gaines purchased a historic castlein Waco as their next fixer upper.
However, that’s not the entire story.
It turns out that these two Texans have more to share than just their love of fixer uppers.
By being paid do it on TV!
Here’sthe truth about Joanna Gaines' new TV show.
Clearly the Gaines family can do more in the kitchen than just design it.
“I want to share recipes with you that I love,” she wrote on herblog.
Is there anything this Waco woman can’t do?
Chip shared in an interview withToday.
“We just feel extremely thankful,” Chip added.
