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The Untold Truth About “Hidden Potential”: Where Is It Filmed?

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April 18, 2024

Olivia Wilson

“Hidden Potential” is admittedly everything we want from a home renovation show. While series of this genre usually give us a lot of inspiration and ideas, what makes “Hidden Potential” different from those is how much emphasis is put on the originality of every design featured in it.

Everyone who has ever been involved with a renovation project knows well that sometimes uniqueness is forgotten for the sake of utility. However, if there’s something “Hidden Potential”s host Jasmine Roth has taught us well, it’s that there’s nothing more valuable than building and creating things by ourselves, to suit ourselves.

Needless to say, “Hidden Potential”s huge popularity over two seasons has prompted its audience’s need to get to know more about Jasmine, the show, and whatever happens when cameras are off.

So you want to know the secrets behind “Hidden Potential”? Stay with us to discover them!

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Its Filming Location It’s Not Hard To Guess

If you’ve been following reality TV for a while, you surely know that no matter how genuine or real some things might look, this genre often manages to deceive us.

However, if you expect the same treatment from “Hidden Potential”, then you’d be pleasantly disappointed. If you pay attention to the show, it’s not hard to notice most houses renovated in it are located in California, specifically in Huntington Beach. This is convenient for both the HGTV’s filming staff, and for Jasmine Roth who lives near the area.

This probably sounds disheartening if you’re living far away from California, but while it’s uncertain if “Hidden Potential” will ever venture to renovate in other areas or cities, those who really wish to have Jasmine’s designs in their houses can make it a reality by contracting her Built Customs Homes business directly.

Filming Times Are Unexpectedly Long

If there’s something we need to keep in mind about the entertainment industry, it’s that everything we see on our TV screens usually takes a long while to produce and for the filming to become a reality.

“Hidden Potential” is no an exception to this rule, especially given that the show’s concept centers around renovations which could take long weeks of work to complete. As Jasmine affirmed during an interview with House Beautiful, an entire season of “Hidden Potential” takes on average six months to be completely filmed and edited, meaning she and the staff usually work 12 hours a day, six days a week during that period.

Considering the work schedule is already tiresome, it could actually have been worse. Before its main concept was decided, HGTV had thought that centering the show’s premise on building and designing beach houses was the way to go.

However, after knowing one of those projects usually takes Jasmine several months of work to complete, they focused the series’ on city houses instead.

Jasmine’s First Built

Every great adventure has to start somewhere, right? Sometimes people only discover what they want to do in life well into their adulthood, while in other cases, said knowledge comes when they’re still children.

In the case of Jasmine Roth, she actually tried her luck in many other fields before finding her place in construction and design. However, growing up with a carpenter father most likely influenced her career choice later in life.

As a born and raised Virginia native, Jasmine admits that not having a lot to do during her childhood resulted in her putting her hands to several crafting and building projects back then. Interestingly enough, between making furniture and playhouses in her parents’ garage, Jasmine’s first build was actually a treehouse, with her father’s help.

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What Inspires Every Project

Any good designer has many ideas that only come to life through customer needs. While having fresh projects and suggestions available is obviously an advantage, it takes more than creativity to accurately cater to people’s real wishes.

Of course, Jasmine Roth has the creative mind and will to make the best designs come true, but she also has her way with people. Every project inherently requires her to understand customers’ needs, in order to meet or even surpass their expectations with her work.

As easy as that sounds, sometimes not even homeowners know what they really want. That’s when Jasmine’s best deductive tactics come into play, successfully ‘picking their brains’ and helping them to ‘unstick themselves’ to find out what their end result should be.

Jasmine’s First Job

While looking at Jasmine Roth’s gorgeous designs, and seeing her working to guide every project to complexion, it’s hard to imagine a time when she didn’t do this.

However, before finally realizing that design was the way to go for her, Jasmine worked in fields hugely unrelated to what she does today. Unexpectedly, her first real job was as a gym instructor at 15 years old.

Though it’s unknown how she ended up working there, or even if she was qualified for it, the job’s requirements only consisted in teaching the female gym’s customers how to use the machines and tools. While not an ideal work position, it was all about ‘making them feel comfortable’, a skill which admittedly served her later in her future career.

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There Was A Series With The Same Name

If you’re a recent fan of home improvement TV, you might be surprised to find out that long before the “Hidden Potential” series hosted by Jasmine Roth existed, HGTV had already premiered a show with the same name, but with a different concept.

Hosted by Barry Wood and Peggy Bunker, the old “Hidden Potential” centered around people on the lookout for a new house. Every time they visited a house, the show’s staff would encourage them to recognise the property’s potential to become their dream house, with computer-sourced designs.

Of course, its whole technological factor was the show’s main attraction, as no actual renovations actually happened.

The old “Hidden Potential” premiered in 2006 and aired for three years – while Barry and Peggy hadn’t been very active on TV since then, Peggy’s replacement as host, Brandie Malay is still actively working in real estate, in addition to appearing in several other TV shows such as “Property Envy” and CNN News.

Jasmine Was Discovered With Instagram

To make dreams come true, talent sometimes isn’t enough and a bit of luck is needed. For Jasmine, remodeling houses was something she found herself needing to. However, after discovering she loved it, and was pretty good at building and construction, she slowly took it as her business. Nonetheless, it was obvious she couldn’t just build an entire city by herself, so instead of trying to expand a big company all over the country, she started sharing her knowledge on social media, with the goal of not only helping other people to build their own homes, but inspiring women with the same interest to form an online community.

All in all, Instagram served as the right platform for Jasmine to accomplish her dream. Though she didn’t expect her popularity to grow so fast that HGTV would discover and eventually propose her to host “Hidden Potential”. Funnily enough, when she was first contacted by the network, she naturally thought it was just a joke.

Her First Home

While Jasmine built many things during her early years, including her famous treehouse, or a little shelter for dogs, the real challenge to build her forever home took a long time to come.

It all goes back to her college days, when she met her then-future husband Brett, and after taking a while to get together, they eventually married and set themselves the goal of building their own house in Huntington.

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Unfortunately, that dream was put on hold for years due to their busy careers. At some point, the couple set their project in motion, but it was going just too exasperatedly slowly that it pushed Jasmine to quit her job to build the house herself.

It wasn’t an easy way, though. Going from someone who just wanted to have her family’s house looking the way she wanted, to eventually being skillful enough to make it a reality by herself took its time. As Jasmine admits, in order to learn she ‘had to humble’ herself and admit she knew nothing about it. If a lot of patience and compromise is added to that formula, then it’s understandable why Jasmine turned out to be so successful at it.

Jasmine’s Totally An Entrepreneur

Jasmine’s career in construction and design started as a personal brand on her Instagram.

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However, as her popularity grew and finally took a high jump after her TV debut, her business expanded as a result.

Having studied entrepreneurship in Boston’s Northeastern University, Jasmine’s background career should have been enough to set her path into founding her business right away. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case, and from 2006 to 2012, Jasmine had several jobs in financial and real estate companies. None of those jobs fitted her wish for creativity and craft, eventually leading her to found her design firm, Built Custom Homes in 2012.

Set mainly as a beach house construction company, Built Custom Homes’ goals included helping their California-based customers in every step of the process of building and decorating their ideal homes. More recently founded, The Shop by Jasmine Roth is an online retailing project curated by herself. The Shop’s goal is to allow those who favor Jasmine’s design choices and taste, to buy articles she finds fitting to her aesthetic views.

What It Takes To Be In The Show

As a very popular home improvement star, it’s only expected that many people want their house to be renewed or built altogether by Jasmine Roth, whether it’s in “Hidden Potential” or in her other show – “HELP! I Wrecked My House”.

Unfortunately, just wishing to appear on TV isn’t enough, as most requests sent to HGTV are rejected. Knowing this brings out too many questions, Jasmine took it upon herself to explain what the selection process to appear in “Hidden Potential” and other HGTV’s shows entails.

For starters, the main requirement for applicants is to be located in an area close to where their target show films. This is both to ensure the staff is comfortable enough during filming, in addition to make the production process less time-consuming.

The second most important requirement is the project’s complexity.

If a renovation causes a big impact visually, but takes too long to be completed, the application will most-likely be rejected. In this regard, budgets for projects don’t usually play a big role in the selection process, as much as the aforementioned factors.

There’s A Blog Backing The Show

More than just a show, “Hidden Potential” is basically only one aspect of what Jasmine Roth does for a living. As her compromise with her profession goes beyond TV, she pays special attention to giving her audience the necessary knowledge to do things by themselves, in the best way possible.

It’s due to this, that her online blog has a “Sourcebook” section which explains in minute detail each episode’s project, including the articles used in it, her inspiration drafts, and the creation process’ details.

All of these resources are pretty valuable, especially for those who want to follow her steps in the design world, or are simply interested in certain items they see on TV.

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Either way, it all comes down to how to compromise with what Jasmine does.

Who Pays For It?

One of the most common questions about home improvement shows is – where does the money comes from? Sometimes, shows provide its participants with financial resources to execute said projects, but in the case of “Hidden Potential” it’s not like that.

As Jasmine stated in the Question and Answers section of her website, homeowners pay completely for the renovations done to their houses. Though it’s also known that certain homewares are provided by local businesses and designers, for marketing purposes, it’s not known how much this actually positively affects the final budget.

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The Show’s Ratings Are Impressive

Though it’s not common for new shows with unknown hosts to be so successful, for “Hidden Potential” it turned out differently.

Maybe it’s Jasmine’s charismatic personality, her designs or simply the show’s concept that ended up attracting a big audience. Whatever it was, it wasn’t surprising when HGTV affirmed that “Hidden Potential” had 10,8 million viewers during its first season, premiered in July 2018.

For achieving such huge popularity, it wasn’t surprising to see “Hidden Potential” renewed the following year. Nonetheless, while the third season hasn’t come yet, and there are no records of how popular the second season actually was, there’s no doubt that the show won the hearts of many people in record time.

Olivia Wilson

As the Freelance Writer at Net Worth Post, I steer producing riveting stories about the lives and triumphs of influencers. With an unwavering commitment to precision and a flair for weaving compelling tales, I guide our content creation, from the depths of research to the pinnacle of narrative excellence. My responsibilities encompass the full spectrum of editorial management, including the meticulous investigation, narrative development, and upholding the integrity and high standard of our output.

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My Lottery Dream Home: Where Are They Now?

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April 18, 2024

Olivia Wilson

Let’s not kid ourselves – at least once in life, everyone has imagined what it would be like if they won the lottery. While that stays as an unaccomplished dream for many, there are some people whose dream life has actually been achieved with just a lottery ticket.

Though some of those lucky ones spend their newly-acquired fortune on luxuries or founding business, “My Lottery Dream Home” centers around those who want to make their dream of buying an ideal house come true.

Even if it’s not always easy finding a house that fits the winners’ taste, has a good location and is well priced, the show’s appeal and overwhelming success lies in how rewarding the experience turns out in the end.

Nonetheless, it’s impossible not to wonder what happened to those who appeared in the show, and if they’re still living in those properties, or changed their mind afterwards. If you want to know the whereabouts of “My Lottery Dream Home”s participants, then keep with us!

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Where Are “My Lottery Dream Home”s Guests Now?

Danielle & Pete

For a show that has aired for as long as “My Lottery Dream Home”, it’s not easy to choose which participants are the most memorable ones. However, there’s no doubt the first season’s lottery winners are the ones we remember most dearly, just for the sake of nostalgia.

This is the case of Louisiana couple Danielle and Pete Blakeney, who appeared in the series ninth episode aired back in 2016. Just a year before, the pair had won a $1 million prize, and after taxes, their $700,000 was enough to pursue their dream of buying a vacation home in Alabama.

Although they had pictured themselves living in said area even before winning the lottery, they didn’t jump into buying the property right away. That played out well in the end, as when the Blakeneys were contacted by the show, what they wanted was clearer than ever.

Choosing between three equally gorgeous houses isn’t easy, but for them the right one from the start was always the Beach house, a property they still own nowadays, as they affirmed during a special episode of “My Lottery Dream Home” aired back in 2020. As well, Danielle currently works as a physician, while Pete is still working independently.

Nick Costello

While many simply spend their fortune on luxuries, there are others who use it to ensure themselves and their families a better future. The latter definitely describes Nick Costello, who won the “The Fast Road To $1 Million” prize with only one ticket from a gas station.

After tax reductions, Nick and his then-fianceé Jenna had $650,000 to buy whatever they wanted, but instead of spending it on fanciness as many other 20-something year-olds would have done, Nick took a different route.

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As seen in their episode of “My Lottery Dream Home”, the Massachusetts couple’s $500,000 budget allowed them to buy a nice, modern-looking Wilmington family house.

However, as Nick admitted in an interview with YouTuber Timothy Schultz, the rest of the money was invested on three other properties which could afford his family a comfortable life for decades to come, allegedly providing them with income of $90,000 a year on average.

After their goal of financial stability was accomplished, Nick and Jenna finally tied the knot in October 2020. They currently live happily together with their two children in their Wilmington home.

Brian and Tuk Kutz

Some dreams come true in unexpected ways, at least that’s how it was for Brian and Tuk Kutz from Coupeville, in Washington.

The ticket that made them winners of the “Game of Life” prize was bought in a gas station by Brian, who was not only a long-time lottery fan, but also loyally watched “My Lottery Dream Home” with his wife. Though he usually scratched his tickets with a lot of mental preparation, the day he won $200,000 he was unusually careless about it.

Knowing the money wasn’t enough to live on for the rest of their lives, the Kutz put the fortune into making their dream of living in a central Whidbey Island house come true. That’s why they sent a request to be cast in “My Lottery Dream Home”, and while they had low hopes of succeeding, thinking that a low-budget property like their future house wouldn’t catch the show’s audience’s attention, but the response was positive, and so was the experience of appearing in their favorite series.

With the help of the host David Bromstad, the Kutzs bought a beautiful Victorian property featured in the show’s seventh season. In 2021, the couple celebrated their 17th marriage anniversary, and though they don’t reveal a lot about themselves on social media, it’s known they still own the property.

Michael Buinicky

Most people don’t win the lottery even once in their life, so winning it twice is an even more unlikely possibility. That is unless your name is Michael Buinicky, the man who is not only one of the few guys in the world who has won two big lottery prizes, but he also did it in less than three weeks.

After spending decades serving in the Army, luck was quick to ring his doorbell following his retirement, with a $100,000 “Mega Millions Quick Pick” prize. As expected, his initial excitement was great, but it was nothing compared to what happened when two weeks later he scratched another winning ticket, which this time contained a $750,000 prize.

Though the dream of buying his own house was almost a reality, Michael preferred to buy his daughter Tiffany a home for her family first. Later on, “My Lottery Dream Home” contacted him after knowing that he was on the lookout for a townhouse in his native North Carolina, close to his daughter’s house in Charlotte.

Though back then when the show aired in 2019 Michael looked pretty pleased with his house, in 2021 he sold the property to move to the Algarve Region in Portugal, giving this story an unexpected but interesting turn.

Nate and Dixie

Can you imagine turning $25 into $10 million? Regardless of how impossible that sounds, it’s exactly what happened to Nathaniel Waldrop, when in 2018 he won a multi-million lottery prize, thanks to a cheap ticket from “World Class Cash”.

After tax deductions and a lot of thinking, Nate and his then-fianceé Dixie ended up appearing in “My Lottery Dream Home” to buy their family the best house ever, something David Bromstad was more than pleased to help them with, as he was looking for his ideal house in the Orlando area as well.

Some of their house’s specifications included it being located near a lake, having several bedrooms and bathrooms, and a pool.

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With a budget of almost half their initial lottery prize amount, the Waldrops ended up buying a $1,470,000 Orlando house that had everything they dreamed of, and more.

Fast forward to present times, Nate has actually founded his own business Waldrop Investment Group, and works in a local enterprise named Olympus Executive Realty. As well, in 2019 he and Dixie tied the knot after being together for several years.

Although it’s unknown if they still live in the same property featured in the show, it’s nice to know everything looks great for the Waldrop family nowadays.

William Polochak

Despite being a realtor himself, William Polochak actually needed some help to buy his ideal house back in 2016, during the first season of “My Lottery Dream Home”.

William is a sort of lucky guy through and through. While being an already successful business man might have been good enough on its own, winning $9 million with a ticket bought in a convenience store was just the piece which completed the puzzle.

While his “Florida Lotto Jackpot” ticket made him a multi-millionaire, deductions left him with barely over $6,000,000, enough for most people, That didn’t stop him from buying not one but several properties, very true to his business-like mind.

So whatever happened to him? Though William isn’t much into social media, his LinkedIn profile tells us he’s still pretty much active in real estate. Since 2017, he’s been the owner of Fair Realty, a highly successful home-selling business based in Jacksonville. However, it’s unknown if he still owns the properties seen in the show.

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Joe and Rhonda Meath

Money can change everything or nothing at all, which is something Joe and Rhonda Meath from Minnesota know very well.

After winning $11.7 million thanks to “Hot Lotto” in 2015, it was somewhat expected for the couple to just retire right away. However, going against all predictions, the only big change money made to Joe and Rhonda’s life was to move out of their old house.

Knowing they were looking for a new property, and that their newly-acquired status as recent lottery winners meant their budget was quite high, the production staff of “My Lottery Dream Home” didn’t lose time in inviting them to appear in the show.

Despite the unusual invitation to appear in an internationally famous TV show out of nowhere, the Meaths accepted, to be part of that experience described as ‘easy’, ‘friendly’ and ‘accommodating’ by Rhonda.

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While their previous 10-acre property wasn’t bad at all, their new 7,400 square foot mansion set in a 38-acre property was admittedly better.

Nowadays, they still live in the same house, and even managed to retire regardless of their initial reluctance to leave their old jobs. While not much is known about Joe’s everyday occupation, Rhonda is a proud member of the local German Shepherd Dog Club.

Yassannah And Jesus Fernandez

This couple’s story of how they suddenly became multi-millionaires is nothing unusual. As a worker in a Miami-based financial enterprise, Yassannah Fernandez’ life was pretty much normal until 2018, when she scratched a $15 million lottery ticket she bought in a convenience store.

After tax deductions, her money earned thanks to the “Florida Lottery”, was still over $11 million, but it was enough to buy a house and quite a lot of other stuff. However, Yassannah and her husband Jesus didn’t want to go over the top, and with a budget of $700,000, their only request was a house with an open concept, three bedrooms and a pool.

Though choosing between a gorgeous city apartment, a cozy but modern cottage, and a very Floridian-looking family house shouldn’t have been easy, the Fernandez’ choice to buy the house couldn’t have been more perfect-fitting for their family and friends.

So whatever happened to them? Ever since their “Florida Windfall” episode aired in 2019, neither of them have revealed much on their whereabouts. However, judging by some online registers, it’s confirmed Yassannah and Jesus are still living in their North Palm Beach paradise.

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Rick and Lorie

Few things are as important for a show as its first episode, and “My Lottery Dream Home” surely gave us everything with theirs.

Showcasing Rick and Lorie Knudsen from California, the series sold us quite well on the dream of winning the lottery, affording a dream life and buying an amazing mansion with it. At the time, the Knudsens had recently won the “Mega Millions” jackpot of $180 million, but instead of wanting to spend it on nonsense, the humble and hard-working family opted to stay ‘grounded’, despite their fortune.

With the help of David Bromstad and the series, the Knudsens were initially on the lookout for a South Californian home with a price not to surpass their modest $2.5 million budget. However, at the sight of a mega mansion in the mountains they just couldn’t say no, even if its $5,800,000 cost made them doubtful at the start.

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Though they bought the property anyway, only a couple of years later they put it up for sale at an impressive price of $26 million. Their sudden move was due to their son Ricky’s heart condition, which required him to ‘move to a lower elevation’. In the end, it’s unknown if the house was actually sold, but in 2019 the family already had plans of moving to a 100-acre ranch in another state.

What Happened To David Bromstad?

If you happened to watch the series throughout the years, you surely know “My Lottery Dream Home”s host David Bromstad has been chasing the house of his dreams for a long time.

As good things come to those who wait, David finally achieved that milestone in his life by buying a beautiful Orlando house, shown in the 2021’s special episode “David’s Dream Home“.

Besides showcasing David’s dream becoming a reality, in 2021 “My Lottery Dream Home” aired on TV with great audience ratings, a very fortunate fact for the show’s audience who want to keep on seeing people living the dream for years to come.

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The Untold Truth About Boise Boys: Are They Mormons?

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April 18, 2024

Olivia Wilson

Home renovation shows comprise a pretty successful TV niche on its own. Besides other important aspects, it’s undeniable that part of the winning formula for this genre is having two hosts per show, and HGTV’s “Boise Boys” is a good example.

Hosted by the Idaho-based Luke Caldwell and Clint Robertson, “Boise Boys” shows us what these two guys’ home flipping business – Timber and Love – is able to give both its customers and overall community.

While there are too many differences between Luke and Clint, their few similitudes are what makes everything work well in the end. The results are more than homeowners could ask for, in addition to the sense of accomplishment that every project provides these best friends with.

Nonetheless, there’s still too much to know about Luke and Clint. Who are they? What’s up with their career background and what did they do to become so big in a show? What’s to know about their personal life and religious views? Stay there to learn all the lesser known facts about “Boise Boys”.

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Are The “Boise Boys” Mormons?

When it comes to the “Boise Boys” there’s a lot of interesting topics to talk about, spanning both their professional and personal lives.

In this regard, religion is an usual topic of discussion whenever the names Luke Caldwell and Clint Robertson are mentioned. Whether it is on or off cameras, both men have no qualms when it comes to talking about their faith, and how they apply their beliefs to their everyday life and work.

To clear up any misconceptions, it’s necessary to point out that both Luke or Clint are Christians, not Mormons as has been rumored.

For his part, Luke was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Esterlyn, a worship band founded in 2008 and based in his native Idaho. Though Esterlyn hasn’t released new music since their 2014’s studio album “Love”, they achieved a certain fame in the US’ Christian community during their active years.

Despite not having the same music achievements as his co-host, Clint is also a faithful Christian, and a member of the Samaritan Ministries organization.

Who Is Clint Robertson?

Regardless of their differences, the team formed by the “Boise Boys” Clint Robertson and Luke Caswell, is just too good not to love.

However, they’re more than just two guys who were lucky enough to be cast in a series. Long before “Boise Boys” came to life, these men were already doing their own thing.

Clint Robertson was born in Austin, Texas, but was raised in nearby Fort Worth. Growing up, it was clear for everyone to see that Clint had a natural talent for sports, studies and even singing. As expected, his cleverness and skills ended up winning him a full scholarship at Texas Christian University, where he enrolled into a health-related course.

However, seeing that his chosen career was just too far away, and that he found himself more invested in the business side, Clint eventually changed in 1993, joining the Southern Methodist University to study Business Law.

Unfortunately, the recent passing of his father in addition to his family’s business downfall left Clint in a very rough situation by the late 1990s. Having lost all of his money in unsuccessful investments, Clint had no other option than to add more titles to his career portfolio by becoming a radio MC, and a real estate investor.

Career

Unknowingly to many, Clint Robertson’s debut on TV occurred long before “Boise Boys”. It all goes back to 2008, when Clint left real estate and law altogether to focus on his family. The sudden career change took him to Idaho, where he became a minister and a full-time family guy, occupations he kept for two years until in a bold and sudden move, Clint successfully auditioned for “The Apprentice” in 2010.

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Said show’s 10th season saw Clint not only debuting on TV, but also proving how far his hard-working attitude could take him. As one of the few to stay in until the finale, Clint’s participation seemed to be at its peak during the last challenge, but as affirmed by himself, his apparent inability to catch the show’s audience’s hearts and his habit of saying ‘y’all’, took the big prize out of his hands.

On his return to Idaho, Clint started a gold pawning business which turned out so successful that it allowed his family to buy a nice house in Boise. Now in the center of the city, Clint’s particular sense of spotting good money opportunities guided him to the local flipping business. After becoming a certified contractor and making the right connections, Clint finally found the right place for himself and his family to stay permanently.

Personal Life

Despite the fact Clint pretty much keeps to himself when it comes to his private life, a lot of information about his family and romantic associations is actually known.

Clint met Sandy, the love of his life, during his time in Texas Christian University. As Sandy describes it, meeting her now-husband was life-changing and took her off-course. After dating for several years, the pair eventually tied the knot in 1992. However, despite enjoying their newlywed bliss, other aspects of Clint’s life weren’t as good. His graduation was followed by a nine to six job, leading to one of the most exhausting, unsatisfying and especially frustrating periods of his life.

The following years he spent in studying for his second career, starting a family with Sandy, and often traveling to take care of his father’s businesses. However, disgrace rang his doorbell when his father Joe became addicted to painkillers, a harsh situation which eventually led to the Robertson’s patriarch’s death. More difficult situations were in store for Clint, as he was pushed to sell his family’s house to make a failed investment that almost left him bankrupt.

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Nonetheless, Clint assures that reconnecting with his spiritual side put him back on the right track of life back then. All in all, those bad times have been left in the past, and nowadays Clint’s familiar and professional life is going on well.

Who’s Luke Caldwell?

Unlike his down to earth and more methodical co-host, Luke Caldwell is definitely the creative and more free-spirited side of the “Boise Boys” team.

Although Luke’s education and career background isn’t well known, his early life’s experiences are very much inspiring.

As a man very compromised with his faith, Luke’s father went on a mission to found several orphanages in India. During one of those usually long trips to the distant Asian country, a 12-year-old Luke found himself experiencing a life-changing event by meeting several orphaned children. As Luke affirms, back then his young mind couldn’t comprehend why those kids who played and hung out with him didn’t have families to take care of them, but fast forward to the future, the experience admittedly opened his eyes to situations he wouldn’t have knowledge of otherwise.

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Considering his strong sense of empathy and skill in acknowledging other people’s hardships, it’s not surprising Luke’s religious beliefs were reaffirmed during those trips, and led him to become a Pastor later on.

Career

Just like his show’s co-star, Luke has had a multi-faceted career so far.

Born and raised in Boise, it only makes sense that his projects were always based in that community. Besides his years as a local Christian Pastor, Luke’s wish to preach and reach young audiences led him to join the music industry in his early 20s, by founding the rock band Grand Prize. Formed by ‘guys who love Jesus’, in the 2000s Grand Prize was signed by Apostrophe Records, through which they released several albums, including the highly praised “Identity”.

While the success of the band was impressive, a change of route was due eventually. That’s how Grand Prize passed to become Esterlyn, a band with a softer sound but with the same goal as its predecessor. As Esterlyn vocalist, Luke released five studio albums, which in his words were meant to ‘represent Jesus Christ’.

Though at the time his career as a Pastor had apparently long ended, his music allowed Luke to financially support his young family. However, when he and his wife went on their mission to adopt several children in need, the money provided by music wasn’t enough anymore. This led Luke to explore another side of his creativity, by becoming a self-taught interior designer, putting Esterlyn’s activities on hold for years until it eventually became just Luke Caldwell, as a soloist.

Personal Life

Luke Caldwell has been married to Miranda, the only sweetheart he’s ever had. As stated by Luke, his wife had similar experiences with traveling and adoption as he’d had during his early years, something which made them click immediately.

Though both were very open on the topics of children and adoption, the couple actually took five years after their marriage to welcome their biological children. Parenthood opened Luke and Miranda’s eyes to adopting kids with special needs, feeling that such kids unfortunately had less possibilities of being adopted under normal conditions.

As affirmed by Luke, what ultimately prompted them into adopting kids was a vision Miranda had of ‘a Chinese boy sitting next to her’. Then she started looking for foster houses online in China, and though they didn’t take the big step right away, the couple eventually adopted a physically-impaired boy named Morris, and adopting three other children from the same orphanage not long afterwards.

My precious little girl Arrow Cleone Caldwell #❤️ 1/21/21 pic.twitter.com/iL8w66EaqN

— Luke Caldwell (@lukecaldwell) January 21, 2021

In 2021 Luke and Miranda finally welcomed their seventh child and third biological baby named Arrow.

All in all, the Caldwells’ mission to give a home and a family to as many children as they could, is nothing but inspiring and a good example of the type of stars we admittedly would like to see more often on TV.

What Is “Boise Boys”?

Though “Boise Boys” has aired just two seasons so far, it’s undeniable that they’ve caught the attention of fans of interior design and house-flipping all over the world.

While there are already a lot of shows centered on renovations, “Boise Boys” offers its audience with a simpler but enthralling point of view of remodeling houses. Teaming up to achieve their project goals for every property it’s not always easy for the very different Clint and Luke, but it’s their down to earth personalities, realistic work approach and undeniable compatibility that makes “Boise Boys” a great show.

What’s Timber and Love?

The reasons for entering the flipping house business are very clear from both sides. While Clint Robertson wanted another try in real estate, Luke Caldwell was in it to afford his children’s adoption.

By the time Luke and Clint met thanks to a mutual acquaintance in their local Church, they had already been in the business for a while. Even so, both men still needed something else to push their individual projects forward. That’s how not long after meeting him for the first time, Clint ended up finishing one of Luke’s ongoing renovations at the time, which turned out so well, that they had no hesitation in keeping on working together.

With the goal of bringing positivity and something unique to every project, their co-owned design firm Timber and Love finally became a reality in 2015. The name of the business is self-explanatory, as while they always incorporate timber into every house build, each project also includes special care for detail and a lot of love from their side.

By doing everything themselves, Timber and Love eventually attracted the attention of HGTV, starting what we now know as “Boise Boys”.

Do They Have A New Show?

Ever since “Boise Boys” second season ended in mid-2020, fans have been enthusiastically waiting for another season to drop. However, seeing that no new episodes have premiered since then, it makes us naturally wonder: could “Boise Boys” have been cancelled?

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The truth is that while the show hasn’t officially ended, no news about its renewal has been announced either. Instead, HGTV took a different route by premiering Luke and Clint’s new show, “Outgrown” in mid-2021.

This new show also focuses on their business Timber and Love,, though this time the pair helps families all over the ever growing Boise city by transforming their bland-looking properties into dream-like homes. By personally knowing the individuals and families who are going to live in these houses, Clint’s and Luke’s work in “Outgrown” pays more attention to detail, and whatever makes homeowners the happiest.

It’s still uncertain if this new series is a replacement for “Boise Boys”, but for now we’re simply happy to see the two friends on TV again.