It’s official. A Renovation Resort season 3 duo has been crowned champions. The season wrapped May 24, and now you can stream every moment of the action-packed finale on STACKTV.

But if you’re just getting started, you’re in the right place. There are no spoilers here, just a look at where it all began. Before the builds and standout lake houses, each team had a spark. So how did these duos find their way into renovation and design, and what first drew them in? Start at the beginning and get to know the teams that shaped the season.

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Tatianna and Thomas

Vancouver, British Columbia

Tatianna: Design has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. I’ve always been drawn to how spaces make us feel, even as a kid, I noticed it. After losing my mother in a car accident, I needed to find myself again, so I travelled abroad and something shifted. I fell in love with hospitality, with the way a beautifully designed space could make a stranger feel completely at home. That experience changed everything for me. When I came back, a developer took a chance on me and gave me my first real project, and I never looked back. That was ten years ago. Since then, I’ve built my practice around the psychology of space, designing residential and short-term rental properties that don’t just look beautiful but actually make people feel better. That’s the whole point for me. Every single time.

Thomas: I loved construction at a young age and would always find random projects around the house. From the time I was a kid, building and creating with my hands just felt natural, like it was already in me. That love for the craft led me to pursue carpentry professionally, and eventually earning my Red Seal certification. For me it was never just a career choice, it was always a calling. Construction is my lifestyle, and getting to do something every day that I genuinely love is something I never take for granted.

Taylor and Mehrdad

Vancouver, British Columbia

Taylor: I’ve always been into creative things. I was that kid playing with blocks and Lego, always building something. At the same time, I really loved working with people. It was not until I was in event planning and working in restaurants that it really clicked for me. I started noticing how much a space affects how people feel and how long they want to stay. That stuck with me.

So when it came time for a career change, interior design just felt right. It brought together creativity and people in a way that made sense for me. And once I started, I never looked back.

Mehrdad: I first got into renovation and building space by working on my parents’ home. After seeing the transformation, others started asking me to emulate that same look and feel in their own spaces, and it naturally grew from there. What started as a small, personal project quickly snowballed into something much bigger. As I gained more experience, my interest expanded beyond residential projects into commercial spaces, particularly restaurants and medical clinics, where I was drawn to the complexity and impact of the design.

Chalon and Liz

Dallas, Texas

Chalon: When I look back, I’ve always had an interest in design. As a child, I would study the homes for sale in the newspaper and redraw them in my sketchbook—I was constantly creating floor plans. But that passion got tucked away as I grew up and pursued a career as a lawyer.

Everything shifted in 2013 when my husband came home and told me he had purchased a house for us to flip—and that I would be doing the design. I was completely caught off guard and resisted at first, but we renovated the home in six weeks. Then he told me I needed to stage it… with a $2,000 budget for a 2,500-square-foot house. I sourced furniture from rummage sales, refinished pieces myself and pulled the space together from scratch. When the realtor walked through, he asked who staged the home and said he wanted to hire her. I remember thinking, there’s no way he’s talking about me. I told him, “I’m just a lawyer,” and turned the opportunity down.

But people kept asking. Friends, family—even strangers—would see my spaces and ask me to design for them and I kept giving the same answer: I’m just a lawyer. It wasn’t until 2020, during the pandemic, that everything came into focus. Experiencing loss made me reflect on what I really wanted and I realized I had already been designing for years—I just hadn’t claimed it. So in 2021, I decided that I was more than “just a lawyer” and launched my firm, Design Redefined, where I create culturally curated spaces that tell a story.

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Liz: I’ve been building for as long as I can remember, but it really started at home. My dad introduced me to tools early. He was a handyman and owned an appliance store where he refurbished and sold units, so I was exposed to how things worked from a young age. But the real foundation came after my parents separated when I was six.

My mom became a single mother of five and our home had to evolve with us. From six to seventeen, that house was constantly changing. Rooms shifting, spaces being reworked, even adding a basement bathroom so she could have a space of her own. There wasn’t an option to outsource it. We figured it out. That’s where I learned the work. Ripping up carpet, painting, building, creating my first mural as a kid. It wasn’t theoretical. It was hands-on, necessary and constant.

Later, I formalized that foundation through architecture school, then spent over a decade in retail design and visual merchandising, creating large-scale installations that shaped how people experienced space. But everything shifted when my retail design career ended, and the very next day, I lost my father. That moment forced me to stop playing it safe and fully step into what I was already being called to do. That’s when I built House of Truluck, a design and build studio where I don’t just design spaces, I bring them to life from concept to completion. This work has never just been about how something looks. It’s about how it’s built, how it functions and how it makes people feel.

Marcy and Melissa

Niagara, Ontario

Marcy: I’ve had an interest in interior design for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I would ask my mom to take me to open houses so I could explore different layouts and styles. I was always involved in decorating my own bedroom and would even gather items from around the house to create little “home” setups in the playroom.

I also loved getting creative with Barbie houses, designing beautiful spaces for our dolls to live in. All of these experiences along with growing up in a renovated home, naturally led to my passion for pursuing a career in design.

Melissa: Marcy and I had grown up in a renovated household, being the youngest that’s all I’ve ever known. Our father did it all. Once I got to the age where I could hold up the flashlight and paint brush, I was helping him too. Once I learned how to use the chop saw I fell in love with building, and I always enjoyed our time together and seeing a room transform. As a family we would always watch home improvement shows and would see females working and always knew that’s what I wanted to do.

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