A house isn’t just a house — it’s a piece of the people who live there. And in designer Veronica Valencia’s new HGTV series, revealedrenovations are based on clients’ heritage and culture.
“I learned early on the importance of honoring your past,” says Valencia, who is of Mexican and Native American descent and was raised amid heirlooms and objects linked to important memories. “We used my grandma’s tortilla maker and thumbed through family photo albums scattered everywhere. I don’t think homes are meant to be precious or perfect; they’re meant to be lived in.”
According to the Extreme Makeover: