| Title:
Back to the Blueprint |
Network: History Channel |
| Year: 2005 |
Host: Martin Dunham |
| Summary:
"Back to the Blueprint" looks
at a variety of American dwellings and examines the history of the home
from foundation to front door. |
| Web Links:
Back to the Blueprint |
|
| Title: Backyard Blitz |
Network: Nine Network (Australia) |
| Year: 2002 |
Host: Jamie Durie.
CoHosts: Jodie Rigby, Nigel
Buck, Scott Cam (Rosie the Dog - the site manager) |
| Summary: "Backyard Blitz"
perform backyard makeovers and transform
an ordinary suburban garden into a wonderland in just 2 days.
|
| Web Links:
Backyard Blitz
|
|
| Title: Backyard Brigade |
Network: Discovery Channel |
| Year: 2003 |
Host: Billy Derian |
| Summary: "Backyard Brigade" is a
yard improvement show that selects a lucky viewer's dream backyard
project and storms the homeowner's yard - armed with an arsenal of John
Deere equipment and plenty of expertise - to grant that person their wish
(like a new gazebo, fire pit or patio). |
| Web Links:
Backyard Brigade |
|
| Title: Backyard Pleasures |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Deborah Boland |
| Summary: "Backyard Pleasures"
features three entertaining and inspiring segments including: practical
step-by-step instructions for exciting backyard projects, a tour of some
of Canada's most unique and beautiful backyards and a quick and easy
gardening tip. |
| Web Links:
Backyard Pleasures; Visit
their website |
|
| Title: Bare Walls |
Network: Do It Yourself (DIY) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Nancy Golden |
| Summary: "Bare Walls" joins
designer Nancy Golden and her team of experts as they transform bare walls
into the beautiful walls. Nancy will offer great tips on everything from
color selection and furniture placement to those perfect final touches.
She will be joined by a variety of guests who will demonstrate innovative
ways to decorate even the smallest of spaces. The show will cover the most
common rooms of a house with helpful suggestions on maximizing your
budget. |
| Web Links:
Bare Walls |
|
| Title: Be Your Own Contractor |
Network: Do It Yourself (DIY) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Brad Staggs |
| Summary: "Be Your Own Contractor"
shows you how to successfully build a home. You'll learn from homeowners
that did it themselves and their experiences: what they did right and
wrong; how they dealt with subcontractors; what part of the process they
are most proud of and what they would do differently. You'll learn about
materials and techniques from pouring the foundation to completing the
landscaping and the business side of financing and scheduling. |
| Web Links:
Be Your Own Contractor
|
|
Title: Be Your Own Contractor: Vacation
Homes |
Network: Do It Yourself (DIY) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: N/A |
| Summary: "Be Your Own Contractor:
Vacation Homes" presents the stories of those who have built vacation
homes on an island in the Pacific Northwest -- in the Montana back country
-- and in many other tranquil, scenic locations. Viewers will learn about
each unique building experience -- what was done right, what was done
wrong, and what they'd do differently. Experts also offer tips and advice
for those just starting to plan their own vacation home. |
| Web Links:
Be Your Own Contractor:
Vacation Homes |
|
| Title: Bed & Bath Design |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Joan Kohn |
| Summary: "Bed & Bath Design"
focuses on bedroom and bathroom design. Each episode features tours of new
and remodeled bedrooms and bathrooms, interviews with top designers,
visits to bath product manufacturers' showrooms, style and design
information from experts, and trends in products and materials. |
| Web Links:
Bed & Bath Design |
|
| Title: Before & After |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Pat Simpson |
| Summary: "Before & After"
profiles major home remodeling projects. Past projects include turning a
cramped 1950s concrete block home into a spacious New England summer home;
adding a second story to a suburban ranch home from the '70s; and adding a
wraparound deck to a '60s split-level. Before & After is all about
turning eyesores into eye-openers. |
| Web Links:
Before & After |
|
| Title: Best
Built Home |
Network: Do It Yourself (DIY) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Lynda Lyday
|
| Summary:
"Best Built Home" asks homeowners what values
they want in a new home. The show
visits home construction sites around the country to learn specific
building practices and construction techniques that maximize the five
performance qualities -- comfort, health, safety, durability and
efficiency -- that make up a Best Built Home. Working with home builders
and contractors certified by Ibacos in utilizing these best-building
practices, homeowners nail down the construction qualities that make their
new home everything they desire. |
| Web Links:
Best Built Homes |
|
| Title: The Better Home Show |
Network: ABC |
| Year: 1951-52 |
Host: Norman Brokenshire |
| Summary: "The Better Home"
features Norman Brokenshire, an ex-radio announcer who handles home
renovation and repair issues. |
| Web Links: N/A |
|
| Title: The Block |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: 2004 |
Host: N/A |
| Summary: "The Block" features
four couples who each move into an apartment in a four-plex block where
the units are in a similar state of disrepair. With limited time and
dollars, the couples must fix-up the apartment before putting it on the
market. The couples keep any profit from the auction, with an extra cash
bonus going to the couple whose apartment sells for the most. The
Block is one of the most popular lifestyle programs in Australia. |
| Web Links:
The
Block: For more info
Visit Their Website |
|
| Title: Blueprint for Home Building |
Network: Do It Yourself (DIY) |
| Year: 2003 |
Host: Jeff Wilson |
| Summary: "Blueprint for Home
Building" provides everything you want and need to know about building a
home: types of foundations, roofing options, wood or metal studding,
plumbing, wiring, flooring, windows, doors and special features and much
more. With Blueprint for Home Building, you have the blueprint to
successful home building! |
| Web Links:
Blueprint for Building
|
|
| Title: Broken House Chronicles |
Network: Discovery Channel |
| Year: 2002 |
Hosts: George and Leigh. |
| Summary: "Broken House
Chronicles" is a weekly half-hour series that chronicles the adventures of
first-time homeowner, George, and his roommate and co-host, Leigh. Each
episode the do-it-yourself duo tackles a home improvement project with
enthusiasm, attitude and humor. |
| Web Links:
Broken House Chronicles |
|
Title: Bugs: The Secret World Of
Gardens |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Martin Galloway |
| Summary: "Bugs" takes you deep
inside a world of mystery and seductive beauty: your yard! This half-hour
nature documentary series shows the intimate relationship between
flowering plants and wildlife in the yard, including the process of
pollination and the work of such insects as the butterfly, ladybug,
bumblebee and beetle. |
| Web Links:
Bugs: The Secret World of
Gardens |
|
| Title: Bugs and Blooms |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Hosts: Donna Balzer, Todd Reichardt |
| Summary: "Bugs and Blooms" is a
smart, fast-paced show that explores the issues unique to the urban
garden. The hosts of the series take viewers through the challenges and
pleasures of urban gardening. From potted plants and window boxes to just
a small patch of turf, the show motivates you to make the most of what
you've got. |
| Web Links:
Bugs & Blooms |
|
| Title: Building America's Home |
Network: Discovery Channel |
| Year: 2005 |
Host: N/A |
| Summary: "Building America's
Home" is a 10-part, reality series that chronicles the design-an-build
process of a new state-of-the-art home that, upon completion, will be
presented to one very lucky family. |
| Web Links:
Building
America's Home |
|
| Title: Building Characters |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: Bryan Ashby, Troy Norton. |
| Summary: "Building Characters"
explores how spaces that were originally commercial structures (an old
Texas jail to a long forgotten firehouse) have been transformed into
one-of-a-kind private homes. Hear the dramatic stories behind each
structure, and see how extensive remodeling has created truly unique
residences for unconventional homeowners. |
| Web Links:
Building Character |
|
| Title: Burke's Backyard |
Network: Nine Network (Australia) |
| Year:
1987-2004 |
Host: Dan Burke |
| Summary: "Burke's Backyard"
is a popular life style series covering
environmental issues, gardening tips, pet care and visits to celebrity
homes. |
| Web Links:
Visit his Website |
|
| Title: Buy Me |
Network: Home & Garden Television (HGTV) |
| Year: N/A |
Host: N/A |
| Summary: "Buy Me" follows the
real-life drama of real estate. Each episode chronicles the history of a
different home, from former owners and renovations to the real estate
agents and parade of prospective buyers. |
| Web Links:
Buy Me |
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