Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven-ish years, you know exactly whoChip Gainesis.
What motivated him to go to Baylor University, and did he see himself going into the renovation business?
Was fame ever something he expected for his life?
There are a ton of questions and, luckily for you, we have all the answers.
Read all about the stunning transformation of Chip Gaines.
However, it may come as a surprise to learn that Chip was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“I transferred my sophomore year to Baylor.
My first real introduction to Baylor was basically from a baseball standpoint,” Gaines shared.
Located in Waco, Texas, the university became a cornerstone of the show.
Specifically, he started wearing Baylor gear i.e.
the baseball cap and there was really no clear-cut reason as to why.
“I’ve got pictures of me around junior-high age all of a sudden I started wearing Baylor caps.
Somehow, I had this thing for Baylor University.
I have no idea what planted that seed.”
He told theuniversity’s alumni magazinethat, clearly, the relationship wasn’t built to last.
What would have happened had I not had a serious relationship that kept me in Waco?"
Plus, we’re pretty sure that Chip and Jo are happy they met, too.
As fate would have it, Chip returned to the store, and Jo just happened to be working.
“We met in the waiting area and hit it off immediately,” Jo said.
“He was genuinely engaging and he had such a sincere smile.”
But Chip almost blew it when it came to their first date.
“He didn’t even have a plan for our date.
He said, ‘So, Joanna, where do you want to go eat?’
He didn’t apologize for being late, either.
He had so much confidence.
I don’t know.
I can’t explain it,” Jo recalled.
Yes, Chip was a struggling entrepreneur just trying to make ends meet.
“He always had a wad of cash, but we were broke.
If I needed to go grocery shopping it’s whatever was in his pocket.”
Sometimes, you just have to have a little faith that things will work out.
It was 2004, and he and Joanna Gaines welcomed their first child, Drake.
Three kids sounds like a good amount, right?
Well, the Gaines kept going.
The Gaineses have quite the big family.
“All of this sort of fell into our laps,” Chip said.
“We were just living our life out here in little bitty Waco.
We had dreams and aspirations like most folks, but this has really been something else.”
But, the house didn’t always look like the shiplap dream that it is today.
As noted byCountry Living, Chip took on the project in 2012 when he and Jo bought the house.
If only he knew what was coming his way.
Sadly, Grunewald passed away in 2019.
Chip Gaines transformed yet again, this time into a project manager of sorts
So.
To think that Chip went from broke house flipper to the overseer of a multi-million-dollar project is quite impressive.
That doesn’t mean that becoming an executive has been all rainbows and unicorns, though.
