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| 'Fixer Upper' stars Joanna and Chip Gaines (Photo: HGTV) |
Source: Erin Jensen, USA Today
It's not goodbye, it's shiplap ya' later.
The fifth and final season of Fixer Upper premieres Tuesday (9 p.m. ET/PT), more than four years after HGTV first introduced us to dream home team Chip and Joanna Gaines. The husband-wife duohas partnered for an impressive 77 redesigns in the Waco, Texas area, with Chip heading up construction (and his beloved demo day) and Joanna in charge of design.
The couple, who have four children, shattered mercury glass-hearts everywhere when they announced in September that they would push pause on their reality program.
"We have poured our blood, sweat and tears into this show. We would be foolish to think we can go and go and fire on all cylinders and never stop to pause," the Gaines wrote in a blog post of their experience.
The post continued: "This is just us recognizing that we need to catch our breath for a moment. Our plan is to take this time to shore up and strengthen the spots that are weak, rest the places that are tired and give lots of love and attention to both our family and our businesses."
Following their final Fixer Upper reveal, filmed in early November, Chip and Joanna devoted some time to the rest they spoke of in Italy. "We both slept for 15 hours and missed breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon of shopping with friends, but that rest felt good!" she captioned an Instagram of the two in Florence.
Fans of the series will be satisfied with the premiere episode, which features a couple leaving Austin to purchase their first home in Waco. Viewers will swoon at the touches Joanna puts on the home with a “Parisian eclectic” vibe — raw pecan shelves, a tiled fireplace and framed original blueprints of the house.
Whether people watch for Joanna's relaxed, farmhouse chic aesthetic or Chip's unpredictable antics, or a balance of the two, the farewell season offers 19, one-hour episodes to look forward to. Famous faces, like former first lady Laura Bush and athlete Tim Tebow, will also appear.
While the Gaineses are exiting Fixer Upper, they will appear in a half-hour spin-off called Fixer Upper: Behind the Design beginning in May. The new series will pull back the sliding barn door on Joanna's design process.
Chip and Joanna will also stay busy tending to, among other projects, the Magnolia Market at the Silos where guests can shop, play games and dine, in addition to a real estate business, Magnolia Table restaurant and their quarterly Magnolia Journal magazine.
Need more of Chip and Joanna in your home? Just think Target. The couple's line with retailer, Hearth & Hand, offers home decor, kitchen and dining items, holiday decor, stationery and gifts.
Though Fixer Upper is done, luckily for fans Chip and Joanna are far from it. "Jo and I are entrepreneurs at heart," Chip told USA TODAY in August. "We love having our hands in a lot of different things, and we are always thinking up new projects."
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