From an unknown Pinoy Big Brother housemate to one of ABS-CBN's prized talents, Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu has, indeed, come a long way at the tender age of 21.

In April of this year, Kim was able to make her first big investment since entering showbiz—a three-story, four-bedroom house in an exclusive village in Quezon City.

Kim proudly welcomes YES! into her first new home this December. But an added bonus is that she has it grandly decorated in Christmas finery: tree, reindeer, Santa, stockings, lights, lights, and more lights.

Kim's brand new home was originally meant to be an all-pink house.

She tells YES!, "Talagang pink and violet dapat itong bahay na 'to. Pati kitchen. Lahat! Pero sabi ng ate ko, 'Uy tatanda ka rin. Pagsasawaan mo rin 'yang pink."

So Kim gave in, but went all-out in decorating her own room in her favorite hue.

As she puts it, "Sa lungkot ko, ginawa kong mini-condo 'yong kwarto ko. May sarili siyang buhay. Meron siyang sala, meron siyang stairs paakyat sa room, meron siyang C.R. ganyan."

It is a condo-loft unto itself! Only integrated into the second floor of her home.

When it came to the other aesthetics of the house, Kim was specific about what she wanted: "Parang gusto ko kasi, parang Polly Pocket. 'Yong pagbukas mo, maraming laman. Parang pagpasok mo, marami siyang dimensions."

Kim was very hands-on in the planning of the house's design and picking its furniture. She joined interior designer Janet Torio in picking swatches, lamps, and other items whenever she could find time.

Janet tells YES!: "The kind of design that I used in the house is eclectic. It's a combination of classic and modern design."

A testament to her hard work, Kim's house is what she considers her most prized possession.

It is, also, she admits, the only house she and her siblings have ever owned.

In what sometimes turns into an unexpected emotional tale, Kim speaks matter-of-factly about their family history—of living in one-room dwellings where the living/dining/bath/bedroom all fitted them in; of having their mother walk out on them when she was not even in her teens; of having a loving father who, however, has another family to take care of; of Kim building this house for all of them; and of them all having Christmas together for the first time in a place they can call their own.

So is she both light-hearted and serious when she says: "Sa lahat ng commercials ko, sobra akong thankful na hanggang ngayon kinukuha pa rin nila akong endorser.