What To Know About Hot Mess House HGTV Star Wendell Holland

Building became a side job for Wendell Holland. He was making custom items for friends and family who then encouraged others to invest in his furniture. He grew more confident in his ability so much so that, when the lawyer he worked under retired, he decided to start his own furniture business and leave the field completely. "At that point, I'd been building a lot on the side and I thought that it would be a good chance to try to really do this thing," he told HGTV. "So I started my company: Beve Unlimited."

Beve Unlimited, named after his childhood nickname, was a success. It garnered numerous opportunities for Holland to take on. With that being said, he did take a break from the world of furniture to participate as a contestant on Season 36 of the show "Survivor," which he won. He had applied to be on the show for seven years before finally being accepted. "I think I was on at the right time because I'd lived a little bit," he told HGTV. "I was on when I'd turned 33, and I had had enough successes and failures in life to ... do pretty well on a show like that."