Northshore Home Magazine (Digital)

FARMHOUSE FIXER

KRISTINA CRESTIN, A MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEAbased interior designer, has recently starred in an HGTV show called Farmhouse Fixer alongside Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block. The two of them restore old farmhouses on the North Shore in this six-episode series, which premiered in March and will be available soon for streaming on Discovery+. Here, we chat with Crestin about her career, her inspirations, and what it was like to film a national TV show.

Q: Why did you decide to go into interior design/architecture?

Growing up, I was an avid Lego builder and I

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