[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Good Bones: New Beginnings Episode 1, “Mina Take the Lake.”]
Good Bones is again and getting right down to enterprise relating to renovations because the restricted spinoff, Good Bones: New Beginnings noticed Mina Starsiak Hawk deal with a brand new venture, a lake home for herself, her husband, and youngsters to get pleasure from over time. However their try to make over the home is disrupted by some huge and emotional modifications for the household.
Whereas this can be the start of a brand new chapter, it additionally means the ending of one other as Mina shuttered Two Chicks and a Hammer’s headquarters, hoping to make use of cash from the sale to assist with the renovation course of at her lakehouse. However the robust determination didn’t come simply as Mina was knowledgeable the examine used to pay for the area was fraudulent, leaving her to scramble and discover a alternative renter or purchaser.
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Finally, Mina does discover a renter, however that turns her consideration to District Co., Mina’s retailer which she worries is a failure. The choice to shut is hard on her husband Steve who laments the lack of such an essential area that holds so many reminiscences. As they kind out particulars about their different properties, Mina’s friends and fellow Good Bones vets MJ Coyle and Austin Aynes lend a serving to hand within the reno course of.
Whereas Good Bones could sometimes function Mina and her mom, Karen E. Laine, it’s clear after this premiere episode that issues can be saved separate from each other as they deal with completely different reno tasks. Karen doesn’t seem within the premiere and Mina’s ongoing stress along with her mom was not featured within the episode, regardless of her openness about their household fracture lately.
As a substitute, the episode highlighted the emotional journey that Mina, Steve, and her youngsters make as they shut the chapter on District Co.’s authentic spot and finally plan to open a brand new one in Noblesville, Indiana. Leaving the previous retailer is abandoning reminiscences, particularly of Steve’s sister Stefanie, who died in 2020. Stef’s footage have been hanging on the wall within the authentic retailer, and led to an emotional second for Mina and Steve as they packed up the previous District Co.
The installment concluded with the household shifting into their lake home and welcoming others over for a celebration. Whereas huge modifications nonetheless loom, it’s clear Mina and her household are taking the modifications in stride. What did you consider Good Bones‘ return? Tell us your ideas within the feedback part, under, and keep tuned for 2 extra installments to this restricted sequence run on HGTV.
Good Bones: New Beginnings, Wednesdays, 9pm ET/PT, HGTV
