Nate & Jeremiah Save My House

Thanks to the streaming service Discovery+, I’ve spent what little free time I have lately with the adorable married team of interior decorators Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus. They are just the right combination of real and celebrity. Relatable but still shiny. And, truthfully, the real hook for me is the emotion involved in their shows. They really do seem to care about the people they are helping — interior design to the rescue! — and every time Jeremiah tears up (and this happens often), so do I. It’s cathartic.

Nate and Jeremiah are not my first HGTV crush. I’ve had other reality-show infatuations, starting with the Property Brothers. When I first signed up for Discovery+ I binged so much “House Hunters International” that I nearly needed an intervention.

In the past, I limited myself to whatever “house shows” appeared on Netflix (if I had cable, I fear I’d never leave my own house) — then came Discovery+ with its never-ending supply of renovations and decorations. It’s important to feel good in the place you live (I’ve lived both sides of that coin, so I know what I’m talking about), and it makes me feel good to watch Nate and Jeremiah make their clients feel good.

— Lisa Lester Kelly, news clerk, The Observer