Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Biography
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin is an interior designer and former flight attendant. She is the host of HGTV’s series Going for Sold and Two Steps Home alongside her husband Jon Pierre.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Age
She was born on July 22, 1983.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Height
Mary stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Ethnicity
She is of African-American descent.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Name Origin
Mary’s maiden name is Terrell. Tjon-Joe-Pin is the name of her husband. It is the Dutch spelling of a Chinese name, since his father is half Chinese. (It’s pronounced “Chon-You-Pin.”)
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Parents
She is the daughter of Laverne Saulny and Felix Terrell. Her mother is a freelance consultant.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Siblings
Tjon revealed on her Instagram that she comes from a big family of 10 siblings.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Husband
Mary is married to Jon Pierre since March 2009. Jon is a real estate agent who previously worked in the oil and gas industry. He is also the co-owner of Harper Raine Homes LLC, a home design and investment company. He heads the construction department and oversees the daily operation of the business.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Children
She is a mother of two daughters Harper, born in 2015 and Grayson Skye.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Designer
Mary is a designer and co-owner of Harper Raine Homes LLC, a home design and investment company. The company flips, rejuvenates, and remodels homes. She is the head of the design department. She designs and stages all the homes.
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Going for Sold
Mary TJP together with her husband is the host of HGTV’s Going for Sold which premiered in 2019. In the show, the couple renovates homes for families settling in their beloved hometown of Houston, TX. Together, they overhaul homes into affordable properties with high-end, bold designs that potential buyers will love.
The couple began sharing their early house flips on YouTube. The videos caught the attention of several production companies and eventually got the couple a pilot and series agreement with HGTV.
During an interview Mary said; “We didn’t have a lot of followers. We weren’t big names. We were just regular people doing little things and now here we are. When we got the call that they weren’t going to air our pilot and decided to go straight to series, we were upstairs getting the kids ready for school. Jon’s combing Harper’s hair. It was like a normal day for us in the cul-de-sac. It still doesn’t feel real.”
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Two Steps Home
Tjon together with her husband, Jon are the host of HGTV series Two Steps Home and Going for Sold. In the show, Two Steps Home the couple help their Houston-area clients sell, buy and renovate to create their ideal home. Mary’s creative and budget-conscious design ideas ensures the client’s house sells for top dollar while Jon finds the client a new property that meets most of their wish list but needs a few renovations to make it perfect.
HGTV description of the show; “In step one, Mary’s creative and budget-conscious design ideas will ensure the client’s house sells for top dollar. For step two, Jon Pierre will use his savvy know-how of the Houston market to find the client a new property that meets most of their wish list but needs a few renovations to make it perfect. Once their current home sells, Jon Pierre and Mary will invest the extra profit to buy and overhaul the family’s new home.”
Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin Net worth
Mary together with her husband has an estimated net worth of $5 million.