Gray Benkois adding a huge splash of color toMagnolia Network’s newest renovation series!
The photographer-turned-interior designer will be starring in an all-new design show calledHappy to be Home with the Benkosalongside her husband Mike. And the couple’s maximalist designs featuring wall-to-wall rainbow hues are just about as far from shiplap and white wash — the signature materials oftheir new Magnolia Network bossesChip and Joanna Gaines— as you can get.
PEOPLE got an exclusive first look at the trailer (above) for the new series, premiering Sunday, April 9, in which the design couple will transform properties in their South Carolina home town.
“Summerville is filled with historic homes and we are committed to preserving that charm,” Gray says in the trailer. “Some of my ideas are crazy,” she adds with a smile as the video cuts to shots of vibrant pink, purple and blue-painted rooms.
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While Gray handles the design element of their projects, Mike combines his skills as a woodworker, painter and craftsman to help preserve the historic charm of each home.
The couple, who share two children, also get a helping hand from Gray’s contractor father who they call “Grumpy.”
One of the challenges the Benkos highlight in the upcoming series is how difficult it can be to work on historic properties.
“With these old homes, you’re looking at 200 years of layers,” Mike says. “Renovating a historic home has its own set of problems.” Gray concludes that they happily accept those challenges because “it means a lot to us to be able to bring that happiness into the homes that we work on.”
Chip and Joanna launched their Magnolia Network, which replaced the DIY Network, in January 2022 following the digital launch of the Magnolia app the previous July.
Happy to be Home with the Benkoswill be joining the network’s already stacked lineup of design and cooking shows, includingFixer Upper: Welcome Home,Magnolia Table withJoanna Gaines, Restoration Road with Clint Harp, and The Lost Kitchen, to name a few.
Happy to be Home with the Benkospremieres Sunday, April 9 at 8 p.m. EST on Magnolia Network.
source: people.com
