“Because I honestly thought, ‘Who wants to listen to me?’ And now that I’m the Ambassador for Women Build, it’s so exciting. It’s just so cool to see people who actually care. And to see all these people come out and ask questions regardless of age or gender. But all of this has taught me not to be as afraid. She also speaks to audiences - that are filled with both women and men. Through getting youth involved in trades, as well as her Women Build Ambassador efforts with Habitat For Humanity GTA, Sherry meets a lot of people discussing women in trade.
Because she is still learning constructive life lessons and teaching them. That trip to New Orleans was 10 years ago, and Sherry’s still in construction.
(Yes, she calls him either Mike - or dad.) “And by the time we left, all the other contractors tried to poach me from Mike’s company.” Plus, the job was finished before deadline. The team built the biggest house in the 9th Ward. Sherry says her goal for that job was to earn the respect of every man on that site. “I had to learn to read a measuring tape on site in front of everybody.” Everyone would say, ‘What’s she doing here? She’s just a young girl.’ And you have to be able to admit, ‘No I don’t know that. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so nervous in my life. More than learning the basics of construction, she learned valuable life lessons, like letting go of ego. And that was that.”Īnd when she says learn, she means back to the basics. And headed off to New Orleans.īut the Big Easy wasn’t so easy. Once she discovered the bigger purpose behind her father’s request, she couldn’t say no.
While she may not have loved construction, Sherry has always loved travel and helping people. It was the opportunity to help reconstruct lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as part of the team for “Holmes In New Orleans.” Well, it wasn’t the lure of constructing homes that changed her mind. I thought, ‘Nope! I don’t want to do that.’ I was just super indecisive and bored with my life.” “When I was 20, my dad asked me to join his construction crew - and be on camera. Not as a career.”īut then construction stormed into Sherry’s life in the most unexpected way. So, when I thought of working in skilled trades, it was something I would do passionately or just on a weekend. So, when we went to visit my dad, every other weekend, he would do building projects with us. “My parents split when I was really young. I had absolutely zero interest in working construction. Takes You Behind-The-Scenes On HGTV’s ‘Holmes + Holmes’Īnd though she’s making these strides for women, skilled workers and the community, this path she’s forging is far removed from the one she would have expected growing up.
The skilled tiler and framer is the first in a lot of things actually - and she’s leading the way to help others mark their important firsts.įrom bringing together women to give back to the community and helping low-income families build safe affordable places, as the Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area Women Build Ambassador, to getting young people involved in skilled trades, Sherry is charging through barriers. So, I’m the first Sherry Holmes,” she says - with just the right amount of sass. “My brother (Mike Jr.) is the second Mike Holmes. But just because his daughter Sherry seems to be following in his work-boot-steps, don’t assume she’s the next Mike Holmes. You may know her father Mike Holmes as the Make It Right advocate - and one of the icons of home renovation shows. (All photos courtesy of The Holmes Group)
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