CHLOE Magazine Summer 2016 Wine and Travel Issue Volume 7 Issue 2 Volume 7 Issue 2 | Page 156

HOUSE OF BAEUMLER Then, there’s the online blog, the subscription gift box business, and her different avenues of social media. Add to the miscellaneous activities and chores every Canadian woman deals with; it seems Baeumler lives two days in one. Speaking with her, she sounds sweet, bright and full of life. There is no trace of exhaustion, it’s 1 in the afternoon on a beautiful summer day in late May, and it seems everybody’s already had their lunchtime coffee. Warm and charming, it’s very easy to tell why HGTV Canada and Canadian media audiences are drawn to her - Baeumler simply exudes vivacity. “I’m an energetic, busy woman [who] tries to balance a lot,” she says of herself. “I don’t always succeed but I have a lot of fun trying!”Watch any of her HGTV shows with her husband and her four rowdy kids - it will be apparent.When it all comes down to it though, Baeumler’s number one priority are her children. Her motherly affectionate for those mini-Baeumlers is palpable through the phone line. Her voice lights up in pride. When she and Bryan decided to have a family, she says she wanted to emulate the close bond and family values she experienced with her parents growing up. “Neither of us inherited a family company. We were both taught that hard work and long hours and putting your family first basically pays off in the end.”Clearly, these are some valuable life lessons - they may be cliche, but it rings so true. And it’s evidenced by the children’s actions and attitude throughout the filming process of the Baeumler’s shows. For the uninformed, Sarah and Bryan Baeumler brought their children into a renovation home, whilst being filmed. Think any home improvement show meets Keeping Up With The Kardashians, except with a whole lot less media extravaganza and crazy antics. The Baeumlers made their television debut in 2010 with House of Bryan, and they continued to make HGTV waves with each new iteration of the series. Throughout each show, the husbandand-wife duo lug around their growing family through a renovation. Not an easy task, but Baeumler attributes the children’s easy adaptation to Bryan. “If you’re sharing these experiences as a family, it makes it much easier to endure.”This year, the Baeumlers are taking on a different type of project, sans children. In tow. According to Baeumler, the new show evolved from the people that followed and supported them.