“There’s one thing about it… I really like exhibiting these households what they will get exterior of town,” Jonathan gushed earlier than revealing whether or not he and longtime love Zooey Deschanel would think about a transfer out west.
HGTV’s favourite twins are buying and selling in metropolis skylines for open skies of their latest sequence Chasing the West — and it is a private journey as a lot as an expert one.
Jonathan and Drew Scott, finest identified for remodeling houses throughout America, spoke to TooFab about their newest enterprise, which sees the pair reconnect with their rural roots as they journey by means of Texas, Arizona and California, with the purpose of serving to households escape town and embrace ranch life.
“We have been chasing the West,” Jonathan proclaimed, earlier than reflecting on the nostalgic return to a way of life the brothers knew intimately rising up. “We filmed in Texas and Arizona and California and it was fairly wild. Very, very nostalgic as a result of we grew up on a 160-acre horse ranch with 30 head of horses and a bunch of crops. So, this was lots of enjoyable to showcase that life-style.”
The expertise struck a chord, particularly because the brothers guided households towards a significant life change, one which they themselves are nonetheless drawn to.
“Would I reside on a ranch full time once more? Yeah,” Drew shared. “Perhaps not precisely prefer it was once we had been youngsters as a result of that was lots of laborious work — shoveling stalls and all — however I really like the thought of getting area, being surrounded by mountains. I would have a pair horses, not 30 or 40, however a pair.”
Jonathan agreed, telling TooFab, “There’s one thing about it… I really like exhibiting these households what they will get exterior of town — their cash stretches additional, their youngsters have room to run and play. However the bitter a part of it was, I used to be lacking that for ourselves. Even in L.A., Zooey and I’ve an acre — it is good — however it’s not like what we had rising up, proper on the sting of the Rocky Mountains. That was essentially the most lovely nation you’ve got ever seen.”
Whereas metropolis life remains to be residence base, the present opened up new prospects, with Jonathan sharing that it even had he and fiancée Zooey Deschanel — who he lovingly referred to as “extra of a glamping form of individual” — contemplating ranch life.
“She’s an equestrian. She used to leap, she rides, our youngsters experience — so our complete household, we’re all equestrian,” Jonathan stated earlier than getting lifelike about what a transfer like that might imply for his or her household. “However, like Drew stated, would we wanna be hauling bales of hay once more? In all probability not.”
Although they will not be mucking stalls day by day, the Scotts nonetheless acquired their fingers soiled whereas filming.
“We might compete to see who may throw a bale of hay the farthest. We did roping. Jonathan beat me at roping,” Drew stated with amusing. “However you would be shocked what number of metropolis slickers assume they’re prepared for this life. There is a saying: ‘All cowboy hat, no cowboy.'”
The present would not draw back from the realities of ranch life, from budgeting and infrastructure to the sheer bodily work concerned.
“A few of these consumers had huge desires — they needed horses, or chickens, or an occasion area, or a wellness retreat,” Drew defined. “However they hadn’t thought by means of the financials. A number of them realized rapidly that this is not only a Pinterest board — it is actual life.”
That authenticity is what units Chasing the West aside from their common renovation-focused sequence.
“This present is unquestionably not the deep dive into renovation with our group,” Jonathan stated. “We’re showcasing properties, and I really like that the viewers can comply with alongside and attempt to guess which one the households are going to decide on. Typically they completely shock us and choose the one we least anticipated as a result of it had a lake or further land.”
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Drew added, “It is very entertaining, it is instructional, and it is also jaw-dropping once you see the views. It is essentially the most lovely present we have ever shot.”
Even with the gorgeous surroundings, the households on the present confronted their justifiable share of challenges, and so did Drew and Jonathan.
“What ranch life is to us is not the identical for everybody else,” Drew defined. “So we might actually dig in with every household to grasp what was essential to them. And we realized loads, too — like in a single area, in case you preserve bees in your ranch, you get a tax incentive. That was enjoyable to discover.”
Essentially the most rewarding half for the pair, nevertheless, got here after the cameras stopped rolling.
“My favourite half was seeing the ‘the place are they now,” Jonathan stated. “We might comply with up months later and see — did they do the renovations? Is it working for them? That was rewarding as a result of all of those households had been truly residing that life-style.”
“I beloved getting again on a horse once more. It has been years. I used to be just a little sore on the butt, however it’s like using a motorbike,” Drew famous. “After which there was this house owner obsessive about chickens. She needed tons of… till we took her to a rooster farm and he or she realized she’s terrified of chickens. So that you by no means know what’s gonna occur.”
The present could also be a departure from their common blueprint, however the Scott Brothers’ longevity on HGTV is not any accident. With shakeups on the community seeing main programming shifts and cancellations, even the delay of their very own present, Drew and Jonathan stated they’ve survived on account of their followers and their skill to adapt with the occasions.
“It is our followers,” Drew maintained. “We hearken to them continuously. Between Jonathan and I, we get half one million questions or feedback every week. They inform us what they wish to see and we adapt.”
That adaptability — and a world attain — is what retains their empire thriving. “We distribute our content material in 160 nations,” Jonathan added. “That enables us to maintain the standard excessive throughout all of our exhibits and preserve attempting new issues. Chasing the West feels very recent and new, and I believe everybody’s going to take pleasure in watching it.”
Chasing the West airs on HGTV and streams on Max.
