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Steve Kopec, whose wife, Dagmara, used to work for the Trump household, ran a contracting business in New Jersey called Steve’s Tools in Motion.

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 A home improvement contractor is now working as a special assistant at the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Politico. He’s just another example of nepotism in the Trump administration.

Steve Kopec, whose wife, Dagmara, used to work for President and Melania Trump as a household staffer, ran a contracting business in New Jersey called Steve’s Tools in Motion. Both the Kopecs are originally from Poland and Steve Kopec often goes by his Polis name, Slawomir.

Recent photographs posted on social media show the Kopecs visiting the White House and rubbing elbows with the administration’s senior aides and advisers.

Kopec joined EPA’s Region 2 office in New York as a special assistant on Dec. 18.

“Steve comes to us from private industry, where he fashioned his career around customer service and organizational efficiencies,” Administrator Pete Lopez wrote in the memo. “Steve is an experienced manager with skills in team building, management and organization.”

Kopec speaks four languages and travels many hours a day to the New York EPA office to his home in New Jersey.

However, Steve, like many people picked by the Trump administration, does not have the required skills to perform in his position. However, a spokesperson from EPA defended Kopec, saying he is a “hard-working, dedicated employee.” Another official also pointed out the fact that Kopec’s has an administrative role that does not require a degree in science — often a point of contention in confirmation hearings of Trump’s nominees.

Kopec salary is reportedly $66,000, however, one official argued he does not hold a senior position in the administration. Then what justifies the huge salary?

Scott Amey, the Project on Government Oversight’s general counsel, said both the Democrats and the Republicans have a pattern of “questionable hiring” for decades, and often offer their family and friends the government’s top jobs — regardless of the fact whether they are able to carry out their duties or not.

“If you put friends in high places and they don’t have the proper qualifications it can have disastrous results for the agency and for taxpayers,” Amey said. “We hope that public service positions are filled with people that are qualified to best serve the public interest.”

It is not yet confirmed who made the decision to employ Kopec or if Pruitt was involved in the hiring.

Trump, whose daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner are both senior White House officials, have made a habit of appointing people whom he’s personally close to rather than those with experience.

He appointed Lynne Patton, a party planner who organized events at Trump’s golf course as well as arranged Eric Trump’s wedding, to lead the New York office of Department of Housing and Urban Development.

He announced he was resigning form the role after The Washington Post revealed he lied about having a master’s degree in political science and was fired from a law firm for missing work.

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When Gordon Ramsay announced Christina Wilson as the winner of Hell’s Kitchen Season 10, the Philadelphia-based chef up and moved to Las Vegas to become head of the kitchen at one of Ramsay’s restaurants there. But before she left the City of Brotherly Love, she used her winnings to purchase a 1920s row house to be her home base when she came back to Philly every couple of weeks. With her crazy schedule, Wilson never got a chance to renovate the place — so Ramsay decided to do it for her.

Ramsay teamed up with Houzz to redesign the entire bottom floor of Wilson’s home, including her kitchen, a small dining space, and the living room, for an episode of My Houzz. The Houzz crew lent designer Matthew Ferrarini to the project, and it took Ramsay just minutes to stir us drama.

Eventually Ramsay and Ferrarini, along with Wilson’s brother and sister-in-law, agreed on a design … and the finished product is insane.

The Kitchen

Ferrarani installed French doors in the kitchen along the back wall of the house so more light would filter through the long room that makes up the entire bottom floor. He exposed the 1920s wood beams on the ceiling, painted the cabinets a bold navy blue, and swapped out the existing appliances for commercial-quality ones.

Since the kitchen is relatively tiny, Ferrarini’s redesign included features to expand the existing footprint. He reworked the configuration and added pull-out cabinets that create extra counter space.

The Dining Area

Before, Wilson had her small, black dining table pushed up against the wall, making the entire space feel cramped. Ferrarini brought in lighter furniture and brought some life to the room, hanging vertical plant beds filled with herbs. The brick wall he uncovered was originally red, but Ferrarini painted it white to brighten the room.

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The Living Room

Wilson’s brother and sister-in-law argued that her space needed to match her personality: colorful and inviting. Ferrarini opted for a cozy, velvet couch in a turquoise shade. That — and other vintage-inspired pieces in the room — payed homage the age of the home.

Wilson didn’t hang out in the front part of her house during the winter because it got so cold, so Ferrarini installed a fireplace feature. Ramsay, in particular, was a big fan of the design, saying, “That looks like something right out of Hell’s Kitchen.”