Reality
Father and DIY expert Taylor Calmus, along with his team of skilled builders, help aspiring DIY dads turn their kids' outrageous backyard dreams into playtime realities.
DIY builder Taylor Calmus creates an epic battle fort for three boys.
A dad wants to create a space for his two kids that's entirely their own. With little room in the backyard, however, he and Taylor decide to transform his storage shed into the ultimate, kid-friendly clubhouse.
A father who is eager to get his four sons active and outdoors asks Taylor to create something in his backyard that the whole family can enjoy.
Taylor Calmus helps a widower build his kids an incredible skate ramp.
A dad of two can pick out a hammer if he sees one, but that's the extent of his expertise. With a new house and a giant backyard filled with nothing but opportunity, he calls on Taylor to use his imagination to create an adventure land for his kids.
A dad is ready to make use of his backyard and prioritize what is important: his daughter. Taylor steps in to help him build the ultimate princess castle in his fairytale-esque backyard.
A man's grown sons have already left home, but he and his wife aren't empty nesters just yet. With three young daughters to entertain, he needs Taylor to help him build a treehouse his little girls will love.
A dad needs a space outside the house where his three playful sons can channel their energy. He always wanted a play pirate ship as a kid, so he and Taylor decide to make his childhood dreams come true for his own boys.
Self - Host
Tom McLaughlin, longtime woodworker, teacher and a member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters, teaches the latest wood crafting techniques, as well as tips and instruction for how to create projects that can be passed down for generations. In each half-hour episode, unusual design inspiration will be turned into easy-to-follow projects for woodworkers at every skill level.
Every year, thousands of properties are sold at auction, ranging from modest two-up, two-downs to multi-million-pound, waterfront mansions. But they often have some nasty surprises hidden beneath the floorboards and need a bit of love and affection to turn them into a dream home. Cue Sarah Beeny. She’s been buying, building and transforming properties for thirty-five years and she’s fascinated by the world of auctions. In this series she’ll be offering a dose of realism as brave new owners try and take their auction buys from derelict to diamond.
Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Originally broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s. The object of the show is to take a dilapidated house and completely do it up into a "dream" house. The show claims to "bring together everything you need to know about creating your own dream home under one roof - expert advice, step-by-step DIY guides, tricks of the trade". A step-by-step guide to creating the perfect home, in which a 1950's run-down three-bedroom house in Bexley, Kent is renovated from scratch. The show has a central presenter in Andrea McLean, and a series of experts who offer step-by-step advice and insider knowledge on DIY.
The Renovators is an Australian competitive reality renovation game show that premiered on Network Ten on 24 July 2011. The basic premise consists of 26 contestants who initially compete to become the head renovator of six run-down houses in the suburbs of Sydney, with challenges and eliminations taking place whilst the renovations are in progress. The last remaining contestant responsible for the property that has made the most profit when sold at auction wins the series. Network Ten announced in August 2011 that it had commissioned a second season of the series, but indicated that it would modify the program's format in order to address poor ratings, but to date no second season has been produced.
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
