It's "Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition"! The lucky lady who stole Ty's heart, a Savannah
wedding, and Ty Pennington on The Bachelor?? Keep watching for all the details!
Ty Pennington, host of the popular home-improvement series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for
10 seasons, and HGTV's "Trading Spaces" is officially off the market, choosing to marry
his bride in his own renovation project. The TV host first announced his engagement to
social media manager Kellee Merrell back in July with an Instagram post showing off his
bride-to-be's pear-shaped diamond. According to People, Ty decided to ask for Merrell's
hand in marriage at his Florida home over their daily morning coffee. Ty said to the
outlet:
"I have admired Kellee from afar for years. She's a beautiful person inside and out."
The couple reportedly met back in 2010 in Toronto, but it took a decade for the duo
to turn their friendship into romance. He shared:
"Luckily our paths finally crossed at the right time. It's one of those things where
you just feel happy being around a person. I never thought I would get married, but she
changed that. Glad I waited for the one."
In 2020, Ty and Merrell chose to ride out COVID-19 quarantine together and their relationship
quickly got serious, with a wedding just a year later.
The first glimpse of the wedding between HGTV's Ty Pennington and his bride, Kellee Merrell
came via Instagram.
According to People magazine, the wedding went down in Savannah, Georgia with just a
few guests. The outlet reports the couple wed in the host's 19th-century home that he
is still in the process of renovating.
Ty's wedding has taken some fans by surprise after the TV host revealed to Entertainment
Tonight his reality career almost went from home improvement to relationship improvement.
He explained:
"I got a call from a producer in L.A., 'You would live in a house with like 20 girls and
you would have to spend time with them in hot tubs and at the end of it, you'd have
to decide who you should marry."
"And I'm just like this: Whaaaat? But yes, what a different trajectory my life would
have been if I had done that."
The show in question was "The Bachelor," of course, and we wonder how Bachelor Nation
would've felt about a Ty take-over of the series.
Luckily for Ty Pennington, the HGTV star's possible run on "The Bachelor" remained an
offer on the table, and the TV host was able to find love the old fashioned way... on set.
Ty and his wife Kellee Merrell have given fans a glimpse into their marriage via cute
couple Instagram posts and, while Merrell used to be a social media manager behind the
scenes, she's learning to love being in front of the camera thanks to her TV star husband.
Ty wrote in one Instagram post:
"If you've ever wondered what it might be like to be married to me, please enjoy this
series of me forcing Kellee to take pictures with me."
After the "Trading Spaces" host proposed to Merrell, he again joked of his then-fiancé's
disinterest in selfies in a thank you post to his friends and fans alike, saying:
"Just wanted to say thank you for all the love and nice messages about our engagement.
We are feeling the love! Kellee hates having her picture taken so we're practicing our
best 'blue steel' for the wedding.... clearly hers needs some work (she hasn't taken my
classes)."
Prior to falling in love with his wife, Kelle Merrell, Ty Pennington's lifestyle was the
opposite of settling down.
The home improvement host gained fame thanks to the famous line he screamed for almost
a decade on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
"You guys know what to say. Say it with me: Hey, bus driver — move that bus!"
Back in 2012, the HGTV star told ABC News that, after years on the bus going home-to-home
to surprise families with improvements, Ty became, in his words, "a traveling gypsy."
The series finale of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" meant a change of lifestyle for Ty,
who finally sought out to start a family and settle down. The host told ABC:
"I've sort of become distant, because I've been working so much. So, I'm really excited
to be able to still continue to help people, but also have a little bit of time so that
I can focus on, you know, my family."
Just under a decade later, Ty and his new wife Merrell are focusing on settling into
their Savannah, Georgia home they purchased together in hopes of creating their own happily
ever after.
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