This ‘Fixer Upper’ House Looks Totally Different From When It Was on TV

On some HGTV shows, like “Home Town” and “Fixer Upper,” the celebrity renovators show their clients a few potential home options before fixing up the one they buy. But do you ever wonder what happens to the houses that people don’t pick?

This four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home in Waco, TX, was rejected on Season 1 of “Fixer Upper.” In the episode, Chip and Joanna Gaines show this house to their carpenter, Clint Harp, but he and his wife, Kelly, pass it up in favor of a different property. Meanwhile, this 1915 house found a different buyer and was renovated.

When it appeared on the show, this house had an unfortunate exterior, looking run down with purple trim. It also had a dated kitchen and one fewer bathroom. Still, Joanna called it a “cute” house.

And now, after a beautiful renovation, this house for $375,000 looks better than ever. Keep scrolling to see inside this little piece of “Fixer Upper” history.

While touring the house on the 2014 “Fixer Upper” episode, Kelly said she’d like to change the exterior purple trim. Apparently, the new owners had the same idea, painting the trim black, which gives the home a clean, modern look.

The owners also carried this look inside, giving the brown trim and door frames a new coat of black paint. In addition, they replaced the original dark wood flooring with a lighter wood tone.

These few updates help this home give a good first impression.

This home is beautiful, but it also seems very livable. Right off the entry, there’s a living room with large windows and a wood-burning fireplace. The kitchen has come a long way from the dated space shown on the HGTV show. It’s been redone from top to bottom, with new cabinets, floors, and an island.

Of course, this house wasn’t renovated on the show but this kitchen certainly seems like a Joanna-inspired design, with a chic black-and-white color palette and a farmhouse style.

Right off the kitchen is a large dining space, and just beyond that, a laundry room with built-in storage.

The bedrooms and bathrooms are just as beautiful as the living spaces, with big windows, new flooring, and a continuation of the black-and-white theme.

Connected to two guest rooms, the Jack-and-Jill bathroom is especially beautiful with patterned floor tile and large-scale shower tile—but it didn’t start that way. On the “Fixer Upper” episode, this space was dated, with a blue bathtub, purple walls, and an old vanity. Joanna called the space “funky.”