Think it’s impossible?
What do you usually spend your days doing?
Mika:Oh man, we both stay pretty active.
Mika:Basketball for Brian, paddling for me.
We love to be outdoors, spend time with our daughter.
Two more weeks of summer before school starts again, which is crazy.
I’ve been enjoying the pool more than the girls have.
But yeah, I mean, we work hard, but we play harder.
That’s really funny.
So I don’t know what it is about dads.
Well, that sounds like you guys are having a really nice summer.
Brian:They’re a little bit different.
Mika:That’s a deep one.
Brian:Do you want to hear my first impressions of Mika or her first impression of me?
Brian:Why don’t you go first?
You were a funny guy.
And I was so the opposite.
I sat by myself at lunch.
Mika:I literally was just there to get the grades and be done.
I was done, right?
And so, which is weird because I’m totally different now.
But gosh, yeah.
I was gaga over her.
I could not even talk around her in high school.
I was crazy for her.
And you had no idea that he was, that he felt that way about you?
Mika:I mean, honestly, I don’t think it was like really a thing.
I just … Because he always jokes.
The thing with Brian, and you’ll notice it in the show, everything is a joke.
And so I kind of just didn’t really take it seriously.
Brian:So I was so shy to ask her to homecoming.
Mika:That’s true.
I can’t respect that.
How much about you would you say has changed and how much is the same?
And do you kind of still see those high school versions of each other in one another?
Mika:Yeah, I think that what changes is you just grow together.
It’s just about timing.
And to this day, she still does all the paperwork.
What makes their relationship unique?
That’s really cute, you guys.
What do you think it is about your relationship that is unique and that fans really love?
Brian:I think it’s because we keep it real.
We show the good, the bad, and the ugly of working with your spouse.
Doing these stressful projects, it can get stressful.
The only time I actually see what she was doing is when we watched the show together.
So that’s kind of fun because we’re watching the first time what each other was doing.
Oh, that’s fun.
Yeah, I was going to ask, do you watch your episodes back?
Mika:One time.
Brian:We honestly, we watched them one time, and that’s it.
Mika:Well, the thing is too, we’re actually part producers in our show.
Mika:So by the time it airs, I mean, we’ve made notes.
So yeah, we’ll usually watch it that first night obviously to help the ratings.
And then we’re like, okay, because we lived it.
Brian:Do I really sound like that?
Do Brian and Mika get recognized in public?
That’s so funny.
Do people recognize you a lot?
Or can you go to the CVS without someone bombarding you?
Mika:You’re absolutely taller than he is.
Brian:Yeah, so yeah we do get recognized.
Brian:Can I mention a quick funny story?
Can I tell a quick funny story?
Mika:I guess.
I’m going to step away for two seconds.
Brian:She’s going to step away.
This is so funny and you’re able to put this on or you don’t have to.
You look so familiar."
And I was like, “My wife and I have, we have a show on HGTV.”
She said, “No.
I don’t watch HGTV.”
She said, “Man, I don’t know where I know you from.”
That’s … You’re the karaoke guy now.
That’s what you’re known for.
I love that she’s like, “No, not HGTV.
It’s not that, something else.”
Brian:Yeah, we’ve got some great ones for Season 3.
Brian:So we’ve got 10 great ones this season.
This is their bill, this is their dream home.
So we want to confirm we have a great time and we usually do.
What can we expect?
Where it started and
Brian:Why they needed [the houses].
You’re going to see more of that.
Brian:Live, work, play, right at home.
I mean, what’s something that you think homeowners in general should know?
In a lot of cases, an office now is a classroom.
It’s an office, classroom, slash everything.
So I think functionality and durability are really important when you’re going to pick things.
That’s why we partner with American Standard.
They’re the best around, so.
Especially being in Florida with the heat and humidity that we have, the house has to function properly.
Yes, it has to look good, but it has to feel good as well.
And luckily we have a great team that loves working at the same time.
So we’re able to accomplish all that in three days.
If you wait, these houses can take a year to build.
And what’s your favorite part of the process?
So that’s what
Brian:Or what they don’t want, right?
Brian:When they see something they don’t like.
It’s kind of a tie for me.
Maybe I like landscaping because it means that we’re almost done with the project.
But I mean, just transforming that barren, empty exterior into a beautiful, luscious oasis.
Brian:Curb appeal is key.
So, landscaping’s a lot of fun for me.
I love doing it.
Have things changed for the couple since the start of 100 Day Dream Home?
How would you say that your lives have changed since Day One of shooting your show?
Brian:We’re very strange.
It really hasn’t.
But we’re still the same people.
We work just as hard as we always have.
I mean, I still get my clothes from Walmart.
No, we just, I mean, I think we’re sustainable no matter what.
So that’s kind of what keeps us working hard and the drive.
The biggest thing that we appreciate and just we are who we are on camera and off camera.
People that know us personally and say that and I’m like, “How else would I be?
I only know how to be Mika.”
Mika:Good and bad sometimes.
Brian:Opportunities are coming, which are awesome.
Like the partnership with American Standard, that’s a dream partnership for us.
And we’re already using them in our builds anyways, so it just made sense.
Brian:I do it at my parents' house.
Mika:Oh yes.
Of course we have, yeah.
It’s great because I think the show has created a platform of credibility for us now.
And I’m like, “Well, what do you like?”
But yeah, our opinions now matter a little bit more to people.
Brian:No problem there.
Episodes of “100 Day Dream Home” are available to watch on discovery+.
