Mina Starsiak Hawk Interview: Good Bones Season 8
8After becoming one of the highest-rated shows on HGTV, Good Bones is back for its highly-anticipated eighth and final season of the beloved home rehabilitation series this month. Since first breaking out onto the scene in 2016, the dynamic team of real-life mother/daughter duo, Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk has swept audiences by surprise with the network’s wildest renovations in their hometown of Indianapolis. With the show delivering some of the highest ratings for the network, including a groundbreaking fifth season that raked in 22 million viewers, Good Bones has cemented itself as one of the best real estate series to date thanks to its affable leads and their stylishly chic and unique renovations. Ahead of the Season 8 premiere on HGTV and Max on August 15, real estate agent, designer, and Two Chicks and a Hammer founder Hawk spoke to Collider in an exclusive interview about the final season, her relationship with her mother, what fans can expect this season, those “magic floating houses” we have all come to be astounded by, and lots more.
With just 10 episodes to go, Good Bones will continue to follow Hawk and her mom, Laine in this final season first announced on Hawk’s podcast Mina AF. The pair will continue to buy more shabby homes in Indy and rehabilitate them while expanding past the Bates-Hendricks and Old Southside neighborhoods. The mother/daughter team will incorporate their signature style with clean, bright designs and green spaces as they put their personal touch on several homes by integrating the work of local artists and craftsmen into each design. As always, the pair demo the houses down to the bare bones and renovate them into dazzling family homes, all while offering a glimpse into their personal lives. In the premiere, Hawk, Laine, and their team will revamp a junk-filled duplex, complete with attic space and a basement. To turn a profit, Hawk will transform the attic into a rental income unit for the new homeowners, by adding bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room with a modern touch.
“That was so fun, and it was really cool to be able to have them come back and see it,” she said. “The couple actually reached out to us personally because they knew we wouldn’t tear the house down. We had a very honest conversation, and I said, ‘Look, I can spend this so I don’t lose my butt on the renovation. You could probably get more from someone else, but they might tear it down.’ So, it was amazing that they chose me to do the property.”
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