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When Kim Wolfe won Season 24 of CBS’s Survivor, she may not have realized it yet, but she also aced a proving ground for her future successes in design and real estate. As she parlayed her winnings into investments, she’s shined on HGTV with her show, Why The Heck Did I Buy This House? She also has blazed a trail right through San Antonio and across South Texas. The San Antonio Spring Home + Garden Show is proud to welcome Kim Wolfe to speak on Friday and Saturday, where she’ll share her style secrets and more. Meanwhile, here are three things to know about San Antonio’s own celebrity designer.

She fluently speaks and parlays the unique SA vibe.

It might be said that San Antonio’s general aesthetic reflects a proud, eclectic spirit. If you had to put your finger on something, you’d find that it’s not necessarily any one thing. What makes San Antonio special is many kinds of things put together in very special ways. That’s what makes it so much fun for Kim. She loves to draw her design inspiration from anywhere, including diverse colors, shapes, and textures that come together well.

She really, really gets the design process.

On her HGTV show, Why The Heck Did I Buy This House?, Kim considers it an honor to work with all kinds of homeowners and their different challenges. She can get up to speed quickly to assess each situation and set up a plan and a process with each family’s individual needs in mind. That’s not easy to pull off, but her approach is certainly easy to appreciate. A major takeaway people seem to learn from her process is how important it is to set up functionality and fundamentals first before getting to the finishes and other fun stuff.

She makes design happen in every budget.

Kim understands that style can come from everywhere, and she’s not afraid to pull inspiration from all kinds of places to fit all kinds of price points. She believes that good design doesn’t have to be expensive or out of reach. What’s better, she’ll also share some of the special ways she makes that happen for clients, and give you plenty of tips to get started on your design journey, too.

Come see San Antonio’s Kim Wolfe, star of HGTV’s Why The Heck Did I Buy This House?, winner of CBS’s Survivor: One World, designer and renovator, and owner of Kim Wolfe Home at the San Antonio Spring Home + Garden Show on Friday, February 21 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, February 22 at 4 p.m. Tickets available now.