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hgtv's fixer upper is our favorite home improvementshow to marathon on a lazy sunday, and that's thanks to the husband-and-wife duo of chipand joanna gaines. he's goofy and lovable; she's laid back but all-business. that's lovely,but let's learn some lesser known details about the series and the couple who makesit all happen. what is joanna's ethnicity? let's go ahead and get this one out of theway. at some point while watching fixer upper, you've probably wondered about joanna's ethnicity.is she native america? asian? both? "so a lot of people have asked what my nationalityis, i'm half korean." okay, so what about the other half? joannaset the record straight on her blog, saying

her father is half-lebanese and half-german. "that's good!" "thanks chip" they met when chip needed car repairs chip first set eyes on the love of his lifein the most unlikely place: an auto-repair shop. when he saw a family photo that joanna's fatherhung behind the counter of his store, he was smitten, telling popsugar: "i knew i'd marry her one day just by thepicture on the wall."

when he came into the shop another day, hesaw joanna working in the office, and he made his move. joanna recalled: "we met in the waiting area and hit it offimmediately. he was genuinely engaging and he had such a sincere smile." "at first, i couldn't believe how kind chipwas—he had kind eyes, and made me laugh a lot. i knew he was the one because i knewi could trust him." d'aww. adorable. a blog post was their lucky break

fixer upper's big break began in january 2012,when the design mom blog published a post titled, "living with kids: joanna gaines."a production company reportedly saw the post, liked a photo of one of her and chip's designs,and reached out. joanna told glamour: "they called us and said, 'hey, we love thatyou guys do real estate and you guys work together, that's intriguing.’ from there,that's where the whole courtship began." what's the deal with "magnolia" anyway? viewers of fixer upper will notice a reoccurringtheme: magnolia. the gaines' various companies include magnolia realty, magnolia home, magnoliavillas, magnolia market, magnolia flour, magnolia

houses, and they call their home magnoliafarms. what gives? chip explained to glamour: "when we were just dating, i would pick theseblooms from magnolia trees. if you've ever seen them, they are almost just bowl-like,and that whole thing always inspired us. so when we had the opportunity and were tryingto figure out what to name her little boutique, magnolia market just stood out to us." the furniture leaves when the cameras stoprolling at the end of each episode, homebuyers experiencethe big reveal—their completely renovated dream home filled with gorgeous furniture.the buyers love it! the audience loves it!

but the bookkeepers? not so much. the furnitureon the show is from joanna's magnolia market, and appears for staging purposes only. ifthey want to keep it, they can take out a second mortgage. but ikea is probably thefirst destination for clients once the cameras stop rolling. hgtv's contributions unlike abc's extreme makeover: home edition,nobody on fixer upper donates services or materials. however, hgtv might throw in somemoney if the property lacks curb appeal. according to the waco tribune, the network "doesn'tfund the renovations, though producers may throw some extra landscaping or design flourishes."

high cost of entry fans of the show know the format: chip andjoanna show homebuyers three potential properties. the buyers fall in love with one, and theco-hosts work their magic. but according to the hooked on houses blog, fixer upper prefers"you already have a fixer upper before applying to be on the show. that means the house-huntingwe see in the first half hour is probably just for entertainment purposes." meanwhile,the blog also said homeowners must be prepared to invest at least $30,000 in the project. fixer upper is fixing waco between the deadly government raid on thedavid koresh-led cult televised in 1993 and

the fatal biker shootout in 2015, waco, texas,has been struggling with its reputation. but the city's battered image may be improvingthanks to fixer upper. in a 2016 article in the dallas morning news, residents of wacocredited the show's popularity with rejuvenating the community's public image. baylor professorrobert darden explains the way the perception of the city is changing: "and all around the world you can say wacoand people automatically have images. i think now there's more fixer upper than david koresh." thanks for watching! subscribe to our youtubechannel to see more videos like the one you just saw. and leave us a comment to let usknow which fact about fixer upper surprised

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