Karen Laine of Two Chicks and a Hammer to retire

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Karen Laine, known as the mom in the mother-daughter duo rehabbing homes in Indianapolis’ Fountain Square neighborhood, announced Monday she is taking a step back from the company.

Laine said she is retiring from daily operations as co-owner of Two Chicks and a Hammer Inc. but will still be a part of the HGTV show that centers on the duo, “Good Bones.”

Laine and her daughter Mina Starsiak founded Two Chicks and a Hammer in 2007. The pair has gained popularity for renovating homes in their free time from their full-time jobs as a lawyer and waitress. 

“Good Bones” began filming in 2015. 

“Although it is hard to leave this wonderful group of people, it is exactly how wonderful and capable they are that makes me comfortable leaving.  I have complete confidence that the company Mina and I founded out of whole cloth, based on the novel idea of improving neighborhoods by rehabilitating the worst houses in a neighborhood, one house at a time, has a bright future. I won’t be far, and will likely just be puttering in the yard, so reach out any time you need me,” Laine said.