Chip And Norm Analysis

“In the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes” (Andy Warhol). This is exactly what happened to Chip Gaines and Norm Abram, Neither chip nor Norm expected to be famous but that is what ended up happening. They both got their 15 minutes of fame and that ended up being their gateway to stardom with their own TV shows. I believe Chip and Norm Abram are two of the best carpenter/designers of their era. Norm and Chip both learned their carpentry skills in different ways. Norm first started seeing the carpentry trade as a young child by watching his father. Norm refined his skills remodeling and building custom homes with his father through high school and college vacations. Chip began learning about the carpentry trade by working at his family’s flooring store business. He also started playing baseball in first grade and when he was a junior and senior in high school he played second and third base on the varsity team (Norm, Colleyville). In spite of Norm and Chip both learning the carpentry trade at a young age that’s not what they planned on pursuing after high school. After chip graduated from Grapevine High School he got a baseball scholarship from Northlake College in Irving. After playing baseball for a year there he wanted to transfer to Baylor University in Waco. He
They both grew up in different types of childhoods. They also came about learning their carpentry skills in different ways but ended up famous with their own TV shows. Before researching Chip and Norm, I never heard of them before. I have learned a lot on how they started out and how they got to where they are now. They have also made me realize that you never know when you will get your 15 minutes of fame. To learn more about these two you should watch some of Chip’s show “Fixer Upper” and Norm on “This Old House” to see why they are some of the best