Joanna Gaines
By Jess Summers / February 17 2023
Joanna Gaines
The well-known American interior designer and television host Joanna Gaines is most known for the HGTV reality series "Fixer Upper," in which she and Chip Gaines rebuild properties for people who needed an extra hand in getting to their design dreams. Joanna, who was born in Kansas on April 19, 1978, and currently lives in Waco, Texas. Along with her husband Chip Gaines, Joanna, a qualified interior designer, also founded their own business, Magnolia. Joanna, who is recognized for her modern industrial style, “I noticed farmland and silos, the lush green fields coupled with the industrial galvanized cylinders, and chippy white paint spoke to me,” Joanna’s farmhouse style can be seen in practically all her designs, The modern farmhouse concepts stand in stark contrast to Joanna’s magnolia colour scheme. Joanna Gaines has written several books, including The Magnolia Story (2016), which she co-wrote with her spouse and Mark Dagostino; Homebody: A Guide to Designing Places You'll Never Want to Leave (2018); and Magnolia Table, a two-volume cookbook (2018–20). She discusses numerous incidents in her life that have had significant relevance in The Tales We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters (2022).
Joanna & Chip
Before they married, Joanna and Chip Gaines attended the same university, but they didn't meet until they were outside at an auto shop. She married Chip Gaines in 2003, and they have five children: Drake, Ella, Duke, Crew and Emmie. Joanna and her husband Chip announced that the couple, who are well-known for their house makeovers on HGTV, would soon be getting their own cable TV channel as part of the launch of a new multiplatform media company. They have collaborated on over 100 homes, combining Chip’s keen real estate intuition and Joanna’s distinct design sense. Joanna is the chief designer on projects while her husband Chip is the principal contractor. Most of Joanna's admirers find a lot of inspiration in her “very die-hard nature”, which has earned her a very well-known household figure thanks to this show. The Gaines want to see a lot of people on their network who are as passionate about their crafts as they have been about construction, remodeling, and design since they started their modest business about 20 years ago.
Magnolia
Magnolia is owned by Chip and Joanna Gaines. It presents personality-driven lifestyle episodes on topics such as home construction, renovation, and cuisine. Chip is the risk-taker who asks questions afterwards; Joanna is the detail-oriented planner who oversees everything from the design of their quarterly Magnolia Journal magazine to the finishing touches on their 100,000-square-foot headquarters in downtown Waco. DIY Network, an HGTV spin-off focused on instructional programming for "do it yourself" (DIY) projects such as home repair, debuted in September 1999. Subsequently, it shifted its focus to reality programming highlighting people working in home improvement and related industries. This focus was maintained when it relaunched as Magnolia Network in 2022, led by Chip and Joanna Gaines of the HGTV show Fixer Upper. During The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in November 2018, Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of the HGTV show Fixer Upper, revealed that they were in the early stages of negotiations with Discovery Inc. to create a "lifestyle focused television network" through their own company Magnolia. Gaines states that she is currently taking a step back and considering where she wants to focus her efforts moving forward. She has been thinking about this a lot as her children get older and more independent. “Since 2003, Chip and I have given Magnolia every inch of us, and because it has become so intertwined with who we are, sometimes it’s difficult to make out where Magnolia ends and where we begin,” she wrote in her memoir. Magnolia can be found on https://magnolia.com/.
