Quotes from Christina Anstead

Tarek and I have a common goal to create beautiful houses for families. We work hard but our priority is spending quality time with our wonderful kids and raising them to appreciate the love of family.

Life has a funny way of letting things fall into place when you least expect it.

I think most people see me as a glamorous type of person, and at the end of the day, I'm more just a low-key mom.

Whether that's from watching shows on HGTV, or magazines, or looking through Pinterest, you really have to have a good idea on what exactly it is that you like and what your style is.

I have a very close, tight group of friends. I lean on them for support and I lean on my kids and just want to be the best mom possible.

I actually have a hard time finding furniture I like.

Running has always been my go-to workout.

I discovered Orangetheory and I'm totally hooked! It combines running, which is my favorite workout, with weight training, which I never do on my own.

Usually I only have 30 minutes for a workout, so I make sure to make the most out of it.

A quick 3-mile run around my neighborhood is what I find maximizes my quick workouts and gives me energy to get through my day.

I like painting, I think it's relaxing. I also like designing; I don't really like the manual labor, to be honest.

Giving back is very important to me, especially during the holiday season.

I love design. That's my favorite part about flipping houses and that's what I'm good at so to be able to go outside the box and not just design houses that are flips.

Flip or Flop' was a house show based on designing houses for the masses - they were always designed so that any person could walk in and like it and picture themselves living in it.

We spend some days just driving around looking for houses that we like that might be for sale.

I met Ant through a mutual friend and it was basically love at first sight.

Our bodies are constantly giving us signals about what we can and cannot handle. It's when we choose to ignore them that we can get overworked and be forced to sit out for a while.

My favorite colors are black, white and silver.

Being married to Ant, he's a little more industrial than I am.

There is nothing like a good three-mile run for me to really clear my head and get my endorphins going. My other go-to is yoga.

I like to do a bronze smoky eye with some lashes and a nude lip. That's my favorite look.

For me, my nutrition routine is a way of life, and I have so much energy when I exercise and eat a healthy balanced diet.

If you aren't mentally healthy you aren't healthy.

Everyone's had a setback, but it's how you move forward and what you do with your future, that's what matters.