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BrYaN BaEuMlEr:
ThE FiXeR
Baeumler and his wife Sarah, with their four children Lincoln, Charlotte, Josephine and Quintyn, are the stars of Bryan Inc.
HGTV and home renovation expert Bryan Baeumler’s fixation on fixing life, work and everything he can get his hands on
ith his Bryan Inc. being the most-watched show on HGTV, breaking the previous premiere record held by his former show House of Bryan, Bryan Baeumler finds himself as an over 10-year veteran in the reality TV world with no plans of stopping. Now and for the past few years, Baeumler has transitioned from shows solely about his work and moved to ones also showing his family life, highlighting 42
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his wife, Sarah, and four kids, Quintyn, Charlotte, Lincoln and Josephine. “The kids were born into this and they find it quite normal,” Baeumler says. “The camera crew actually has become family. They are over for birthdays and we’re shooting at the house quite often, they stay around at the end of the day for dinner and a campfire.” While being on camera is the only life the kids know, the same cannot be said for Baeumler himself. “I never got
into this for the notoriety or to have people wave to me and yell my name as I’m driving down the street. It’s not something, to be honest, that I’m super comfortable with,” Baeumler says. Baeumler wanted to advertise his company and saw HGTV as a good opportunity to do so. His natural sense of humour and personality led him to host the show Disaster DIY, and since then he has moved on to having numerous shows over the past decade. www.mycitylife.ca
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Written By Brandon Harripersaud