Which HGTV stars were famous before they joined the connection?
Galey Alix was a superstar Instagram influencer
Galey Alix’s journey to HGTV is singularly unique.
“These families mean everything to us,” she said.
“There was no design TV before ‘Trading Spaces,'” she toldUSA Today.
Can’t be too city, can’t be too suburban.’
They’re just cool humans that we don’t normally get to hear from on talk shows.
And their contributions are just beautiful."
“We love being together,” she said.
At the same time, El Moussa also launched her own beauty line.
“It surprised me that there are so many decisions along the way,” she toldOK!.
“It surprised me that I could handle them all.
I impressed myself.”
“I’m not a patient person.
I don’t like to wait for pretty much anything,” she observed.
“There’s a lot of waiting on other people’s schedules.”
In fact, he was involved with renovation and construction even before he joined NKOTB.
“My dad he’s retired now was a contractor,” Knight toldHGTV.
As his business grew, he was able to integrate his renovation efforts with his showbiz career.
“So, we’ve been able to make it work.”
“I’m glad, because now I know I’m not crazy for loving vintage furniture so much.
Others are as addicted as I am.”
“debuting in 2022.
So how did a famous music star come to renovate other people’s houses on HGTV?
“I was living two very distinctly different lives,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar.
“And the life of the homemaker was more interesting to me than the life of Wall Street.”
“And I’m like: Oh my God, how did I become the OG?
How did I become the oldest guy doing this?”
“It took me a minute.
I had to absorb it.
I was already doing this, I was full steam for at least 10 or 15 years already.”
But he shouldn’t have worried.
The South Dakota couple bought a farmhouse and renovated it, while she launched her own interior design firm.
All that formed the basis of their HGTV series.
“It’s kinda funny because I slid into their DMs,” she explained.
“We were building our house and I just messaged them one day.
I deleted it right away because I was so embarrassed that I would do that.”
“They just passed the message along and it went up the ladder,” she added.
