Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer are coming back to TV after a few years of living life off-camera. The former Teen Mom 2 stars‘ new HGTV show, Down Home Fab, premieres on Monday and, while many fans are excited to see Chelsea and Cole again, others have been vocal on social media saying the couple doesn’t have enough experience in the design field to warrant them having a show on HGTV.
In an exclusive interview with The Ashley, Chelsea and Cole addressed the criticism, and spoke out to the HGTV fans who may be hesitant to watch ‘Down Home Fab.’
Chelsea and Cole admitted that they don’t have the experience that many HGTV stars have, but say that’s what makes ‘Down Home Fab’ somewhat unique for the network.
“We are just going into this. This is a new thing for us. We’re learning as we go, and also that’s part of the story,” Chelsea told The Ashley. “We’re learning how to do this and juggle everything in our lives. When we started building our house, it became our life. We were researching absolutely everything we could research and reading every book we could find.
“If we’re going to do this, we want to be good. We want to know what we’re talking about. This is something we take very seriously. This business is new to us, and you can follow along and watch us get our feet wet,” she added.
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Cole– who had worked in construction for 12 years previously– agreed that he and Chelsea aren’t trying to pretend that they are as experienced as other HGTV stars.
“They’ve all got to start somewhere and this is where we are,” he said.
The couple never expected to end up on HGTV, although it was always a dream.
“When we were building our house and we were documenting it, we would just kind of pretend we were on HGTV and explain what we were doing,” he said.
One night, Chelsea said she randomly decided to private message the HGTV Instagram account and tell them about their home build.
“I said something along the lines of, ‘It would be so cool if you followed this [home-building] process.’ I am such an HGTV fan—Cole and I have been for a long time— but I am not that kind of person to do something like that! But I just did.
“Later, I was so embarrassed that I did that! I deleted the message. But they messaged me back and they were so kind. The social media gal over there passed it up the ladder and it just spiraled from there. Put yourself out there! Shoot your shot!” Chelsea said.
Chelsea and Cole said they understand that some HGTV fans may not give ‘Down Home Fab’ a chance due to the couple’s MTV past. (Chelsea started her reality TV career at 17 on 16 and Pregnant and went on to appear on ‘Teen Mom 2.’ Cole eventually joined the show with her.)
Still, Cole said that those who are unfamiliar with their ‘Teen Mom’ history will find the show interesting.
“I feel like we’re relatable to a lot of people. We have four kids, we have a good relationship and we have a lot of fun together. I feel like people can relate to that,” he said. “We’re all juggling a busy life of working, and finding careers and finding time with our children… and trying to find time to do it all.”
Chelsea said that longtime ‘Teen Mom’ fans may be going through the same things she is at this point in her life.
“People watched me and [my daughter] Aubree grow up. I started when I was 17 and now I’m 31,” she said. “We are at the age to where we’re buying homes, getting apartments, and that natural progression to the phase of life we’re in. I think the people who have grown up with us are relating to being in that phase of life too.”
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‘Down Home Fab’ premieres Monday on HGTV.
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I think this show is adorable, they are happy people and it shows in a big way!! Those of us that have rehabbed for years only wish we could have their light hearted fun. I love the design eye that they have and I think there are more out there watching HGTV that are just getting their feet wet and these two can show them that it is ok to do the style that works for them. I believe they will relax into their own and the show will blossom as it goes. Negative people should pick a project and get busy on their own place and not judge these two for having good ideas and a little fun too. Best Wishes with the show!!?
Besides their teeny tiny voices, I like Chelsea and Cole on the show and think they did a pretty good job. I know not everyone likes her style, but I would let her redo my house. After years of watching Christina on Flip or Flop with her white shaker cabinets, this dark, moody style is nice to see. If it’s done on every single house they do, I can see it getting boring, but I actually really liked the finished house a lot. I would love to see them try a dark academia style design.
I watched it! & loved it. They did a great job.
YOU ANIT GONNA LEARN AND BECOME GOOD AT IT UNLESS YOU TRY AND WHEN YOU KEEP ON TRYIN AND TRYIN THEN YOU LEARN MORE N MORE AND WHAT DOES THAT DO ITS GETS YOU BETTER N BETTER AT WHT UR DOIN N WHT I THINK CHELSEA N COLE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YOU ARE DOIN GREAT DNT MIND THE NEGATIVE THAT PPL SAY WHICH I KNOW U DNT LET IT GET TO U GUYS BUT STILL HAD TO SAY IT PROUD OF WHO U TOO ON OF WHT U BECOMING IN LIFE HAPPY FOR YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK……….. P.S. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS N HANDSOMS BOYS SUCH GREAT PARENTS…. PEOPLE STOP JUDGEING AND HATEING BE HAPPY FOR THIS YOUNG FAMILY THERE DOING SOMETHING GOOD ……. LOVE ALWAYS SELENA RAMIREZ……..
Cole did construction for 12 years? Since when?
We were never allowed to hear his job. It was such a secret.
I believe he said it was during and directly after college?
They mentioned multiple times during the show that Cole worked as a traffic control specialist.
Chelsea please stop with the fillers and Botox! You were way prettier before
I watched the episode last night too and I enjoyed it. Chelsea is so grown up! Her and Cole seem happy. There were some snippets of her house and kids which was great to see but the show mostly focused on the remodel.
Chelsea looks like Cher now
commercials for this are cringeworthy. It will be a hard passfor me on this one.
Is it just me or does she have a completely different face?
I just keep picturing Chelsea’s valley girl voice and I can’t
It’s the cheesy potatoes baby talk for me ?
My goodness what has Chelsea done to her face!! She looks nothing like she did on the TM series. Yikes!
I noticed that too, she was so much prettier back then but with the way TM2 became such a drama fest after she left (with the additions of Bri and Jade), I’d wanna be basically unrecognizable too.
There’s no way I’d wanna be going down the street and have somebody say “Hey aren’t you Chelsea from that teen mom show?”
I’m proud of Chelsea for quitting that crap show, she knew when it was time lol! I’m not a big HGTV fan, I’m not sure I’ll watch their show, but I absolutely wish them the best!!
I watched it last night and I like it so far but I will how this series develops with time!!! She has come a LONG WAY from being on the other show from asking her father’s help to virtually not asking him for help!!! I have always loved Chelsea even when she had some mistakes and learned from them but no one is perfect!!! At least Cole has over 12 years of experience in construction and accepting Aubree and raises her as if she is own daughter!!! Not many teen moms find their Prince Charming over night. I have yet to find mine but I hope to find one like Cole one day!!
Jenelle is working overtime in comment sections across the web to crap on Chelsea but she’ll just have to accept that Chelsea and Cole are everything she wishes she and DKD could be LMAO
No she isn’t lmao. Why are people so obsessed with Jenelle being “jealous” of this fat faced horse looking chelsea and her feminine husband
Hi Jenelle!
Have you not got some f*cking raking to do, Lurch?
Jenelle, sweetie, you’re beyond jealous of her. You’re not fooling anyone “Anna”…
I’m sure Jenelle will be the first person who HGTV will contact if they decide to air a new show like ‘How to invest in drugs and men with crimimal records’. Then she can laugh at us, haters.
She doesn’t have time for that HGTV stuff…remember all those offers on Amazon, Netflix, etc?! Her calendar is full, I’m sure!! Lol. She wishes.