Today we’re sitting down with Kelsey & Ryan — the powerhouse couple behind @Newbuild_Newlyweds. With 1.6M TikTok followers, 518K on Instagram, a #3 spot on Forbes’ 2025 Top Home Creators list, and an HGTV debut on Battle of the Beach, they’ve built a DIY empire from the ground up.

We talk all about:

• How their DIY journey started
• The messy moments nobody sees
• Ryan leaving engineering
• Moving states + flipping houses
• What really happened behind the scenes of HGTV
• The questions they get asked the MOST
• Rapid-fire relationship + creator life moments

It’s real, inspiring, and a reminder that “mostly thriving” is still thriving.