Meet an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Star at the Home & Garden Show

While property owners must go away plumbing and electrical to the specialists, Intense Makeover: Property Edition’s Darren Keefe states there are a good deal of surface area-amount tasks that persons can deal with on their own. Keefe really should know. He bought his have get started in the market when he took a aspect work with a typical contractor while they were the two pursuing acting. Keefe has due to the fact released his own carpentry small business but states he however depends on online videos to master when a wooden species stumps him. The Northern Ireland native who’s grow to be recognised on Instagram as the dancing carpenter will be amongst these speaking at the Slide San Antonio Property & Backyard garden Clearly show, open Oct. 8 by way of 10 at the Alamodome.

What was it like to film Serious Makeover: Dwelling Edition? Was all of the filming carried out just before the pandemic?

We filmed it in 2019 ahead of COVID. The practical experience was incredible. It’s whole of coronary heart and it is philanthropic and we generally select families that give to their local community, so it is awesome to be capable to variety of glow a light-weight on them and give them a house that satisfies them and enables them to continue to keep supplying. In every episode I pretty considerably cried. The stories are just so touching and are about folks conquering adversity with confined budgets and continuing to just aid others even at a detriment to by themselves.

You initially moved to LA to act. How did you get into carpentry? What was it like to have all those two worlds collide on the HGTV show?

I moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to go after a occupation in movie and television—I was on Lost, Sons of Anarchy and NCIS. Carpentry was a survival position. A fellow actor that was in an performing course with me had his license as a standard contractor and he brought me on, and we had a crew of actor/carpenters.

I definitely enjoyed the style and design facet of it—I grew up drawing and so I assume my still left mind took over—and I started off creating my own furnishings and then started out a enterprise.

[The show] actually was the ideal of both of those worlds. I hardly ever considered I would do actuality television, not for the reason that there is everything completely wrong with it but just due to the fact it was not what I was carrying out, but Intense Makeover was just a best in good shape. To be capable to talk about carpentry, which is a little something that is close to and pricey to my heart, was just remarkable.

When it will come to property makeovers, what styles of initiatives do you propose people today look at undertaking themselves? When should really they simply call a experienced?

I assume there is a good deal of matters you can tackle as a property owner. Vinyl floors can be click on and lock, so that’s an quick Do it yourself undertaking. Tiling is something that anybody can do with a minor little bit of care, in particular mainly because there are so several how-to films out there now that teach folks how to do points. Certainly, painting is a wonderful way to give a space a facelift.

Nearly anything which is under the surface area is greatest to leave to the professionals—plumbing, electrical, things like that. And remain absent from load bearing partitions.

Are you largely self-taught?

Yes, and I still refer to videos and article content when I’m stumped, primarily when on the lookout at distinctive wooden species.

What are you wanting ahead to at the dwelling demonstrate? 

Assembly folks. Everyday living is about relationship. I also enjoy background, which is why I’m energized about viewing San Antonio. I hope to make it to the Alamo and the River Wander.

Will we get to see you dance?

You know, commonly I relegate dancing to destinations where no one can see me, but you know you in no way know. There are lots of attractive destinations about San Antonio, so who understands, I could possibly get down.