Mission Hills native Meg Robinson Piercy’s new HGTV present tries to search out DIY ‘gold’

A brand new HGTV present debuting this Saturday, April 30, options Mission Hills native Meg Robinson Piercy and her co-host and husband, Joe Piercy.

What it is advisable know

• Meg Robinson Piercy grew up in Mission Hills and attended Prairie and Belinder elementary colleges, in addition to Pembroke Hill earlier than going to the College of Kansas.

• The Piercys star as co-hosts of the brand-new HGTV present, “Renovation Goldmine,” which debuts Saturday, April 30.

• The couple say they wish to encourage others to tackle DIY initiatives that breathe new life into outdated areas.

Filmed in Chicago where the couple has settled down, “Renovation Goldmine” goals to showcase their money-saving handiwork in dwelling enhancements, furnishings restoration and different do-it-yourself initiatives.

The present will air on HGTV at 7 p.m. on Saturday nights.

Robinson Piercy stated their focus all through the present’s first season is actually to breathe new life into the outdated, classic and outdated, significantly inside houses that their homeowners have cherished and loved for many years however might have some work.

“I feel persons are going to hook up with it, as a result of… this actually focuses on how one can actually elevate a room or two at a time; you don’t should spend all the large bucks on utterly gutting a spot,” Robinson Piercy stated. “You may make a huge effect with out breaking the financial institution.”

‘Discover the gold’

Behind the couple’s inspiration is considered one of their favourite phrases, “Discover the gold.”

That saying leads them to focus the present on “taking a house and discovering what’s good about it that’s possibly hidden by layers of paint or years of wear and tear, and bringing that again to life,” she added.

The couple additionally emphasizes saving cash by DIY initiatives and taking over smaller initiatives as a substitute of complete home flipping.

Meg leads designing, and Joe handles contract work.

“We really feel like America has was a shopper tradition the place we simply use one thing and eliminate it, and it’s a rustic that’s gotten away from the trades and doing issues your self,” she stated. “So I feel that what we’re hoping is that the present brings individuals collectively, brings {couples} collectively to begin doing issues, DIY, getting off telephones and doing initiatives collectively.”

In regards to the present and MegMade

In its first season, the Piercy’s do greater than a dozen home initiatives, which had been principally filmed in 9 months in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two dwelling makeover reveals are featured in every of the eight one-hour episodes within the first season.

At this level, the primary season is almost utterly filmed, aside from these “on the fly” transitions between scenes, a few of which had been captured as just lately as final weekend.

Robinson Piercy credit their staff of producers in New York and Chicago, in addition to all of the staff members working behind the scenes to make all of it occur.

“Principally, what’s been going by my head is, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s truly right here!’” Robinson Piercy stated. “I really feel prefer it’s extra of a celebration of a bunch of fantastic people who find themselves placing out one thing that we’re actually happy with.”

The couple additionally affords inside design providers and sells wares on-line at MegMade.com.

The couple is hoping for extra seasons, and whereas they don’t have any plans to movie a future season of “Renovation Goldmine” within the Kansas Metropolis space, they’re exploring alternatives to introduce MegMade shops round right here.

Meg and Joe have three sons: Wells, 10 years outdated; Brooks, 7; and Finn, 3.