“It was a disaster,” Wolfe said with a laugh. “But eventually we got there. That was sort of the starting point for me. I realized how much I love the transformation process of this, and I couldn’t wait to do it again.

The couple then set up three more houses to live in and sell. Wolfe sold her bridal shop to focus full-time on interior design and home renovations, opening her own business, Kim Wolfe Home, in 2018.

This career move brought her back to television in the new HGTV series “Why the hell did I buy this house?”, where she gets her hands dirty and proves her mettle, this time against buyer’s remorse. The show begins Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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Set in San Antonio, the town Wolfe has called home for 15 years, the show follows the self-taught designer and renovator around San Antonio as she helps frustrated homeowners fall in love with the homes they hate all over again.

Wolfe noted that homebuyers can be swept away by an out-of-this-world feature, like a lush backyard or an updated kitchen, and then regret their purchase when they feel stuck with a wonky home layout, light fixtures, and more. dated or other flaws they thought they could live with or didn’t. I don’t see it coming.

That’s when Wolfe rushes in like a fairy godmother with an iPad and a nail gun.

Wolfe helps the show’s owners much the same way she does all of her clients. First, she meets them in that favorite part of the house that hooked them in the first place. Then she tackles their post-purchase issues with makeovers that give them a new home at the old address.

Wolfe likes to make the most of minimalism with a design style that is southern leaning and sophisticated. Many of her makeovers feature airy rooms with white walls, wood accents, and bohemian touches for what she calls the perfect blend of high and low.

“I think a lot of times we just inherit the house and the spaces that we get, and we don’t feel the license and (the courage) to reinvent it,” Wolfe said. “(You have to) make the most of what you have and make it work for you, maximizing every square inch of potential.”

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In the first episode, Wolfe helps Ned and Laura Hodge, a couple from San Antonio who bought their house in the Alamo Heights area for its idyllic garden with peach trees, only to find themselves buried in a jungle of clutter with the belongings of their children strewn about the house and a cramped laundry room that doubles as Ned’s office.

So Wolfe concocted a new addition for the Hodges’ home with a masculine office for Ned and a spa-like owner’s suite for Laura. She also remodeled the Hodges’ existing space with an open concept kitchen and living room, which now features a larger view of the backyard that first stole their hearts.

Future episodes of “Why the Heck” will feature San Antonio homeowners who question their purchases after being wooed by a five-car garage, an acre of live oak trees and what Wolfe calls “a home that looks like… a time warp of the 1960s”.

This eye for design includes many practical actions. Wolfe usually drives to a construction site in her trusty van, where she comes in to knock down walls, nail down roof beams and pour concrete.

“I’ve never been like a super girly girl,” Wolfe said. “I’ve always liked to get my hands dirty. So, I’m not one to walk away and come back and say, “Wow, that sounds great.” ”

As for the cost of their revisions, Wolfe said budgets ranged from nearly $100,000 to just over $200,000. The average home price in San Antonio is $361,889 according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors.

“There’s so little on the market and the prices are so high that I feel like more and more people are going home and saying, ‘Let’s do this thing together’ and ‘What the hell are you want to be that you ‘are not?’ said Wolfe.

Before starting her own business, Wolfe worked for about a year at Kate Kingman Interiors in San Antonio.

“She’s so go-getter, eager to work and learn, and has such a great sense of style,” Kate Kingman said. “And she was just ready to spread her wings and do it.”

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Wolfe got her first big break as a design guru with an appearance on the Bravo reality series, “Southern Charm,” where she renovated the home of cast member and fellow “Survivor” contestant Chelsea Meissner. ” and close friend.

The first season of “Why the hell did I buy this house?” was filmed last year, with Bryan quitting his job as a data analyst at USAA to help Kim with bookings, budgeting and just about anything Wolfe Home-related while they raise their three children.

If the series returned for a second season, Wolfe said she would like to see more San Antonio represented. Because after living in over a dozen different cities, not to mention a few remote islands, Wolfe has never felt more at home than in Alamo City.

And there’s nothing like falling in love with home all over again.

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