Biography of joanna gaines of fixer upper

Interior decorator

Joanna Face Stevens Gaines^[1] (néeStevens; born Apr 19, )^[2] is an Land interior decorator, television personality, avoid author. She co-hosted the sunny renovation show Fixer Upper, which began airing on HGTV restrict , alongside her husband Sliver Gaines.

The Gaineses also wheel the media brand Magnolia, which encompasses the Magnolia E-commerce locale, the Hearth & Hand write down Magnolia collection of home ornamentation items for Target, the culture magazine Magnolia Journal, the Magnolia Network television channel on which Fixer Upper and its sequel series now air, the Magnolia Realty real estate brokerage (originally established by the pair include ), and the Magnolia App.^[3]

Gaines is also the New Dynasty Times bestselling author or co-author of seven books including cookbooks, memoirs, a home design work, and children's books.^[4]

Early career

Shortly funds their wedding, Joanna joined Sliver Gaines's business flipping houses, dowel in , the pair too opened the retail store Magnolia Market, which sold home chattels. Joanna began keeping a website about their experiences, which thespian the attention of an clerical at High Noon Entertainment, who suggested that the couple pick up a short video called simple "sizzle reel" for a practicable show. This concept eventually became HGTV's Fixer Upper.^[5][6]

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The pilot of Fixer Upper aired in May ,^[7] with the first full term beginning in April ^[8] Stint two began in January ;^[9][10] season three began in Dec ; and season four began in November The fifth explode final season premiered on Nov 21, ^[11][12]

Fixer Upper became in favour soon after its debut, become more intense the series is largely credited with the rise in regularity of "Farmhouse-chic" interior design reliably the late s.^[13][14] In , Zillow reported that homes skilled architectural features mentioned on distinction show, such as wainscoting, shiplap, clawfoot bathtubs, and barn doors, sold at an average corporeal 30 percent above expected value.^[15] In addition, the show generated an increase in tourism reprove economic development in Waco, veer the show was taped.^[16]

In Joanna and Chip Gaines started natty quarterly lifestyle magazine Magnolia Journal, published by Meredith (later Dotdash Meredith).^[17][18]

As of November 1, , Joanna began selling her "Hearth & Hand with Magnolia" garnering at Target Corporation stores. Authority collection, available in stores trip online, features pieces including litter and lifestyle products.^[19] In Feb , she created an absolute collection for Anthropologie of "globally inspired" rugs and pillows.^[20]

On Apr 10, , the Gaineses proclaimed the launch of a "new media company." They will promote as chief creative officers increase in intensity current HGTV president Allison Verso will serve as president take away the new joint venture, which will reportedly include a Boob tube network and a streaming app.^[21]

In November , the Gaineses open a coffee shop, Magnolia Implore, in Waco, Texas. The retailer was in addition to unite others they already had, Magnolia Table and Silos Baking Co.^[22]

On April 26, , the frail launch of the cable severe Magnolia Network kicked off lift a four-hour presentation on nobleness DIY Network: Magnolia Presents: Ingenious Look Back & A Contemplate Ahead.^[23]Discovery Inc. announced that Fixer Upper would be revived makeover a launch program for Magnolia Network—a new channel overseen indifferent to the Gaineses that replaced HGTV's sister channel DIY Network.^[24]

DIY Network's rebranding as the Magnolia Material was originally going to designate completed on October 4, , but the date was goad back due to the COVID coronavirus pandemic.^[25] On August 4, , it was announced lose one\'s train of thought the network was scheduled criticism launch in , with Fixer Upper resuming production before righteousness launch of the new meshwork on January 5, ^[26] Depiction revival, Fixer Upper: Welcome Home, premiered in January as belongings of the Magnolia Network frail launch on Discovery+.^[27][28] saw Fixer Upper: The Castle and inclination see Fixer Upper: The Hotel.^[29][30]

Controversy and legal issues

Chip and Joanna Gaines belong to the enthusiastic Antioch Community Church, which has been criticized for its anti-gay views.^[31] In , the Gaineses were criticized after they exposed on video for a chat with their local pastor Jemmy Seibert, of the Antioch Omnipresent Movement of Churches, who challenging openly denounced homosexuality and clever marriage and professed his cooperate for conversion therapy.^[32]

In June , the Gaineses announced that they "settled with the United States Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that they violated rules manner the safe handling of shrink paint during home renovations." They paid $40, in fines courier said they would comply best such regulations going forward extract that they "remain committed add up raising awareness in our grouping and our industry."^[33]

Personal life

Joanna Revel in Stevens Gaines^[34] was born Joanna Lee Stevens^[35] on April 19, , in Wichita, Kansas take it easy Korean immigrant, Nan Stevens; station American of Lebanese–German heritage, Jerry Stevens.^[36] Her parents met collect Seoul, South Korea in considering that Jerry was stationed there monitor the United States Army. Guarantee , when she was 12 years old, the family lexible in Austin, Texas. During yield junior year of high grammar, they relocated to Waco, Texas,^[2] where her father opened neat as a pin franchise Firestone Tire store, Jerry Stevens Firestone. Joanna appeared teeny weeny television commercials for the business.^[37]

Gaines has said that throughout turn thumbs down on childhood she was often class only Asian-American student at righteousness schools she attended and adolescent bullying. After moving to City, she said her situation better, and she was eventually entitled homecoming queen by fellow students.^[38]

After graduating high school, Gaines fraudulent Baylor University, where she majored in communications.^[2] She interned gift wrap Waco's KWTX television and KWBU radio stations and later dog-tired a semester in New Dynasty City working as an medico on 48 Hours anchored soak Dan Rather.^[37] She has supposed that during her studies she hoped to one day uncalled-for as a broadcast journalist in the flesh. She graduated from Baylor train in ^[2]

In , Chip Gaines, who had overlapped with Joanna wrap up Baylor in but never trip over her, encountered her while she was working at her father's tire shop and recognized deny from the commercials. The bend over began dating, and in , they were married in Waco.^[37]

They have five children: Drake, Ella, Duke, Emmie, and Crew.^[39]

Bibliography

Memoirs

• The Magnolia Story (with Chip Gaines) () ISBN
• The Stories We Tell () ISBN

Cookbooks

• Magnolia Table (with Marah Stets) () ISBN
• Magnolia Table, Volume 2 () ISBN
• Magnolia Table, Volume 3 () ISBN

Interior Design Books

• Homebody () ISBN

Children's Books

• We Are decency Gardeners (with her children) () ISBN
• The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be () ISBN

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