In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip from the premiere episode ofThe Nate & Jeremiah Home Project, premiering October 5 on Discovery+, the married interior designers travel to the borough of Queens in New York City, where they help sisters Lauren and Lisa renovate their dated childhood home following the death of their mother, Florence.
While helping them decide what to keep and what to part with, theRock the Blockalumscomes across a carved wooden end table with a top that opens to reveal a music box that no longer plays. A family heirloom that their ancestors brought over from Italy, the item was a “definite keep” for the sisters.
But the designers couldn’t bring themselves to just display the broken piece. “We had this fixed because it wasn’t playing music before. The meaning of the song is coming home,” Berkus, 49, tells the sisters, who note of the tune: “It just feels like home.”
InThe Nate & Jeremiah Home Project, the fathers-of-two — theyshare daughter Poppy, 6, and son Oskar, 3— help their clients sort through the most sentimental possessions in their life before making over their home while paying tribute to their personal history. “In the end, we deliver homes that feel exactly like the people who live in them,” Brent, 36, says in a press release for the series.
“We believe in telling people’s stories through their homes,” Berkus adds. “We help figure out what matters most to them, because filling a home with things that have meaning is the most important element of design.”
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The couple, whotied the knotin May 2014, recently made a big change to their living situation as well. Theysold their West Village townhouselast month for $13.5 million and have not yet revealed where they’ve moved to. During quarantine, they split their time between the New York City residence and their Montauk beach house,which they renovatedlast year, complete with anewly built cottage in the backyard.
source: people.com
