HGTV has been teasing their new show, “Small Town Potential,” for almost a year, which finally premiered in March 2024. The renovation series will feature engaged couple Davina Thomasula and Kristin Leitheuser fixing up modest houses in the Hudson Valley, New York, area as they are transformed into more glamorous dwellings. Thomasula is a real estate agent, while Leitheuser is a contractor who works alongside her father, Don. Thomasula and Leitheuser have been a couple for nearly a decade, and the contractor told HGTV, “After college, I played on a New York City area recreational basketball team and once, after a game, we went to a bar because someone knew the bartender — who turned out to be Davina! I played it safe and ordered a Guinness … and the rest is history.” The duo is stoked to be an LGBTQIA+ couple on the network and Thomasula stated, “We’re the only two queer-identifying female hosts.”
It looks like “Small Town Potential” has been in the works for years. In August 2022, Thomasula wrote on Instagram, “This is what grateful looks like. Sitting in the experience of a lifetime and trying to just take it all in. What a ride so far. Coming soon to a [television] near you!” It seems their patience has finally paid off, and fans will at last witness Thomasula and Leitheuser team up to transform houses into dream homes.
