Chip Gaines has his hands full — and he couldn’t be happier about it!
“We are so freaking optimistic and excited,” Chip tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. And he’s not afraid of the hard work still ahead. In fact, the family’s motto is “the Gaineses can do hard things.”
“I want our kids to be drawn to what’s uncomfortable because the good stuff takes work,” says Chip, who shares Drake, 16, Ella, 14, Duke, 12, Emmie, 10, and Crew, 2, with Joanna. “It’s an honor to do a hard thing because we know that it’s going to produce great results, and on the backside of those results is where you have the opportunity to change the world.”
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The last year has proved to be a “hard thing” for many and the Gaineses were no exception.
Winter Storm Uri wreaked havoc across Texas in February, including in Waco. “We had a busted pipe at our restaurantand frozen pipes at our house, but we were pretty fortunate. We knew much worse was playing out for thousands of people,” says Chip, who jumped at the chance to help out. Magnolia raised more than $350,000 to help families in need.
Covid-19 alsoimpacted the launch of Magnolia Network, which was originally planned for October 2020 before being pushed back twice due to pandemic-related production delays. But Chip promises it will be worth the wait for fans.
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The Magnolia app, which will be available July 15, will offermuch of the content promised on the network: the complete first seasons ofFixer Upper: Welcome HomeandMagnolia Table with Joanna Gaines,the completeFixer Upperlibrary and full seasons of several of its new shows, includingGrowing Floret, The Lost Kitchen, Homegrown, Family DinnerandRestoration Road with Clint Harp.
Discovery+is currently airing previews of several of the new Magnolia shows, includingthe first four episodes of theFixer Upperrebootand Joanna’s cooking show as well as single episodes of many others.
Chip also opened up about what it was like to get back in his tool belt forWelcome Home.
“My mom texted me the other day after watching and said, ‘It seems like it’s you again. You seem relaxed and happy,'” he says. “We are excited to go to work. Something happened withthat time off that gave us the little bit of restthat we needed, the little bit of gas in our tanks, and we’re full and refreshed.”
Pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE to read more.
source: people.com
