Ray and Eilyn Jimenez HGTV
Miami’s dwelling designs are on hearth, and Ray and Eilyn Jimenez could be the ones to thank.
Beginning Tuesday, August 20, HGTV will put the highlight on the 305 when Divided by Design premieres. Whereas the present’s two main stars are fortunately married and each within the dwelling renovation enterprise, there’s one twist: They work for competing design corporations and battle for a similar precise purchasers.
“This present is all about two individuals who love one another however are extraordinarily aggressive and actually need to win, however not mad if the opposite individual wins. It’s bizarre,” Eilyn solely informed Us Weekly forward of the season premiere. “Normally once you’re competing in opposition to somebody, you actually need to win, and sure, you’re blissful for the opposite individual, however you’re like, ‘Rattling! I want I received it!’ For us, even on the finish, even if you need it, you’re nonetheless so blissful for that different individual as a result of they’re your vital different, and that overrides desirous to be egocentric for your self.”
It’s a mindset viewers will rapidly embrace as the inside designers use their skilled rivalry to gasoline their creativity.
Through the years, the hosts and personalities on numerous HGTV collection have been outspoken about their relationships. Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack made a splash on the community when their present Flip or Flop debuted in April 2013, chronicling their property flips in Southern California and their household life as a then-married couple and oldsters of two. The true property […]
Whereas there can solely be one Jimenez who will get the ultimate venture, the opposite companion finds a solution to be concerned in several, heartfelt methods.
“Any time you have got a difficulty or a query or an concept or an issue, you’re going to speak to — in my case — your vital different to see how she would deal with X, Y and Z state of affairs,” Ray defined to Us. “If we had a very powerful day — whether or not it’s with a contractor or a consumer — we’re going to vent, and the recommendation is simply to pay attention. Somebody must say, ‘It’s OK, child. The whole lot’s gonna be OK.’ However it actually is. It truly is one thing particular.”
Whereas design takes middle stage in HGTV’s new collection, Ray and Eilyn can’t assist but additionally showcase their love for each other as they broaden their companies and prioritize their love story. (Eilyn is the founder and artistic director of Sire Design, whereas Ray is the person behind Raymond Nicolas Design Home.)
Ray and Eilyn Jimenez HGTV
The couple met eight years in the past at an Artwork Basel occasion when Ray made the primary transfer and launched himself.
“I’ll always remember that night,” Ray gushed to Us. “She walks in. She has her hair parted to the left overlaying half her face. She’s tremendous conservative, however her face is tremendous exotic-looking, and I’m similar to, ‘What is occurring proper now and what language does this girl communicate?’ I used to be positively .”
In October 2019, the pair received married throughout a vacation spot wedding ceremony off the coast of Barcelona.
To at the present time, each Ray and Eilyn make it a precedence to maintain the spark alive and prioritize artistic date nights within the metropolis.
“We like to exit. We like to do issues which can be out of the field,” Eilyn mentioned. “I feel it’s vital. There’s no one extra grounding for me than Ray. There may be no one that may make all my issues go away or all my stress go away — even when he’s my stress. It’s about having enjoyable and discovering issues that we are able to have enjoyable with.”
A part of that enjoyable could also be teasing one another within the style division. Whereas Ray is responsible of tucking in his signature tank tops, Eilyn loves to purchase just a few too many gadgets on Amazon.
“She calls it a style present,” Ray joked to Us. “She’ll order a bunch of issues on-line — which is my favourite — each different week and he or she’ll get two or three massive bins of garments. … She’ll give me a style present. ‘What do you consider this or that? I can work with this. And I have to get this and they should get that.’”
Whereas HGTV is understood for making feel-good content material, typically drama goes on behind the scenes with the community’s personalities. Exes Christina Corridor and Tarek El Moussa used to host Flip or Flop collectively in 2013 whereas they have been nonetheless married. After saying their separation in 2016, the pair continued to work collectively on their collection. […]
Earlier than poking an excessive amount of enjoyable at his spouse, Ray did give credit score the place credit score is due.
“Her style model I feel is on level,” he added. “It’s skilled. It’s horny. It’s conservative, eloquent, timeless. … It’s simply lots of enjoyable attending to play together with her.”
Divided by Design premieres on HGTV Tuesday, August 20, at 9 p.m. ET.
