But back in 2010 there weren’t nearly as many hammer-wielding women; just ask Nicole Curtis.
She wasn’t your average Bob Villa but a hardworking single mom.
“I was completely burned out.
There was so much time in those ten years where I didn’t get to enjoy it at all.
I was stressed out,” she confessed.
The mother of two had also significantly struggled with being a one-man show (pun intended).
It was so raw.
And I’d wear the same clothes every day.
I didn’t have any makeup on."
“I could just be at home, being a mom.
To say it was a bit chaotic would be an understatement.
Soon enough, it took a toll on the Michigan native.
“I just reached a point where I didn’t have to do it anymore.
I’m thankful,” Curtis acknowledged about her success and the opportunities it afforded her.
“I had a very chaotic ten years.
I didn’t want to go down that path again,” she asserted.
Her son, Ethan, was a child when the series really began to take off.
“When he was little I had to work 24-7.
“Since the beginning, he was always by my side on every house build.
