MyFixitUpLife home show
by MyFixitUpLife Mark & Theresa
MyFixitUpLife is an honest and personal guide to home improvement hosted by residential construction and design specialists Mark & Theresa Clement. In our new season that launches in 2026, our handmade home guides help you make a house into a home with our boots-on-the-ground know-how about power tools, home remodeling, and design updates that are geared to where you are in your home improvement journey. So you know what's reasonable for you to DIY, we break every project into 4 levels of DIY: beginner, handy, skilled, and pro. With our real-deal and realistic advice and tips, you'll be able to know how to create the home you want without spending extra time and money spinning your wheels with frustration and making way too many trips back to the home improvement store. If you need quick advice for a home improvement project, <a href="https://myfixituplife.com" target="
Episodes
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Who created the original TV design makeover show?
Ever wonder who created the original design makeover show? We're talking with him on this episode. Find out why he thought it would work, and how he made it happen. Christopher Lowell is the original design makeover TV guru, combining personal creativity and confidence to create the spaces we…
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MyFixitUpLife radio show: Not So Big House
With the Tiny House movement and the Not So Big House idea we’re going small, saying goodbye to the old way of thinking that bigger was always better. We’re talking with the bestselling author Sarah Susanka. She believes that Not So Big should be the first step in sustainability, both for our own...
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How are expert handy women handling the coronavirus pandemic?
How are we dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic? DIYers and building pros are innovative and used to dealing with surprises, so let's talk about how we can help you get through this challenging time. We're talking about creating a kind of community through the social distancing. Plus, we'll talk...
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MyFixitUpLife Show: Plant a tree, Build a Treehouse
The challenge is that trees move and houses don’t. So to build a treehouse we get into it with Caleb White, owner of New Leaf Treehouse Company and talk details on dialing in a treehouse design that won’t keep you up at night worried it’ll shake itself apart in a storm. We also get into cool…
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Let's talk composting, the environment and deck safety with Mike Holmes Jr.
A refreshingly honest take on life, litter, family and home improvement: Watch this sit-down with Mike Holmes Jr. Whether you’re a doer or a watcher or both, Mike Holmes Jr. is refreshingly authentic in a world that isn’t always that. We get into home improvement tips you can really use from...
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Let's talk about the 2016 HGTV Smart Home with Tiffany Brooks!
You're getting a sneak peek into the 2016 HGTV Smart home! Theresa is chatting about design and technology with designer Tiffany Brooks! If you need quick advice for a home improvement project, check out our 3,300 blogs or 1,000 vidoes. Or just send us a note. We're happy to help.
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Let's talk home trends with celebrity designers and carpenters.
Mark and Theresa talk with guests live from the HomeAdvisor booth during Design Construction Week 2016. If you need quick advice for a home improvement project, check out our 3,300 blogs or 1,000 vidoes. Or just send us a note. We're happy to help.
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What's trending in lighting technology and style? Join us.
Lighting technology is changing the way we use and buy light fixtures and bulbs, and we know how obsessed Theresa is over LED lighting technology. So we’re talking with our friends at LampsPlus about how the innovations with LED lighting can change how you light your homes. But more than…
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The bathroom trends from universal design to 3D printing
We’re spending the next hour in the bathroom, and we’re hoping you’ll join us. Mark & Theresa are talking everything from the best toilet flush to 3D printed faucets to touch-free faucets and universal design from the American Standard pavilion at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Vegas. Yes,...
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The magic of a perfect kitchen, design trendsetters, & more
Live from Vegas, Mark & Theresa are talking with experts and trendsetters about kitchen design, new designer countertops, and their fascination with coffee and plaid. Guests on this episode of MyFixitUpLife include Founder of DesignMilk Jaime Derringer, HGTV's Laurie March, DIY Network's James...
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Kitchen design trends from the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show
Kitchen design trends are ever-changing to meet the needs of how we actually live, and we're talking with the experts and leaders in design and technology on this episode of MyFixitUpLife talk show. From the world of Fabuwood cabinets, Mark & Theresa talk kitchen design trends with HGTV's Chip...
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So what is HGTV's 'Wise Buys'? We're asking hosts Pauli & Chip Wade. Tune in.
HGTV's new show 'Wise Buys' is hosted by one of our favorite DIY couples, Pauli & Chip Wade. They are joining us on this episode of MyFixitUpLife talk to share the story behind the show, what it's like working together, and a few of their expert home buying and renovation tips. If you have a...
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Home improvement & muscles? Geek out on DIY fitness with us.
If you are addicted to home improvement, you know that DIY fitness happens without going to the gym. Let’s blab. Setting up tools, building a project, and cleaning up can lead to some serious DIY fitness. Mark & Theresa know first-hand how a DIY lifestyle keeps us healthy and trim. While Theresa...
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Holiday rewind! Let’s talk holiday parties! …fun drinks included
We love holiday parties, especially when we’re surprised and delighted by little special touches created by the hosts. From custom-designed cocktails to gorgeous decor, as guests it’s always fun to have something unique to discuss with the other guests (especially if we don’t know each other).…
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Time travel day with Spike's Alison and Skip Bedell
We all want a time travel day at some point in our lives. One of those points is when you're looking up at the bottom of the bell curve that any DIY, home improvement, or remodeling project travels. Whether you're doing it yourself---or paying someone who is ostensibly a professional to do it for...
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Taniya Nayak talks Holidays and DIY with MyFixitUpLife
Taniya Nayak, designer for Food Network's Restaurant Impossible is getting ready for the Holidays! We're talking Holiday design ideas, and getting ready for the premier of ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight! Oh, and we can't forget about the easy DIY toy Taniya made for her new and adorable...
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What are your holiday entertaining essentials in a small space?
The space dilemma can be extremely frustrating when entertaining family and friends during the holidays. Is your extended family growing and your house is still the same size? Yeah, we have that challenge, too. We've invited Kim Lewis, the powerfully creative lead designer behind more than 120...
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How the heck do you build outdoors? Restoration Wild, Jay Chaikin, talks
So on this National Take a Hike Day, we’re asking Jay to share a few expert tips for the rest of us who build in less wild situations, but we all have to deal with rain, wind, and uncomfortable temperatures. We’ll also be joined by MyFixitUpLife’s color commentator Justin DiPego. Theresa DIY…
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How we celebrate National Vanilla Cupcake Day
Yes, November 10th was National Vanilla Cupcake Day, and we are celebrating with cupcake ideas from the experts. We knew the perfect cupcake genius to join us on MyFixitUpLife, Liz Latham. As part of her baking and lifestyle brand, Hoosier Homemade, Liz provides easy to understand recipes and...
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Junk isn't junk when you repurpose it... Let's talk holiday DIY ideas
Holiday DIY ideas are everywhere. Our MyFixitUpLife show hosts are inspired to make treasures every holiday season. So Mark and Theresa want to show-and-share ways to makeover older pieces that might seem like junk. But junk is only junk when it doesn't seem useful or charming any longer. DIY can...
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Fire and DIY do mix. We're fired up to talk torches
Fire is a pretty amazing tool, and there are more uses than just lighting your fire pit. We're inviting you to talk with us about fire and DIY. So you like DIYing with fire? Yeah, we do, too. Even if you aren't into the torch arts yet, I know you're curious because you are still reading these...
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What's your halloween diy? Join us for tools, pumpkins & awesome
What's you Halloween DIY and getting-ready-for-winter tools and projects all about? Do you gear up for landscaping and lawn care? Or are you a get the house ready for winter person? And what about pumpkin carving? I mean seriously, what about it? Make the steak knife death grip a thing of the…
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Aging in Place? What does it mean for me?
Designers, remodelers, and product makers have been working hard to help create more adaptable approaches to creating and recreating spaces. We've evolved from being reactive as designers to the limits that aging brings, to being proactive with universal design and design for everyone concepts.…
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Geeking out about Tools and DIY
Tool loves may change, but not the desire to DIY or the desire to blab about tools. We're geeking out with Ty Pennington, Sara Bendrick, TaraDara, Timothy Dahl, Carley Eisenberg, and Justin DiPego about tools with us LIVE from our workshop. We show our black floor mount urinal, a plush pope…
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Home improvement & muscles? Geek out on DIY fitness with us.
Setting up tools, building a project, and cleaning up can lead to some serious DIY fitness. Mark & Theresa know first-hand how a DIY lifestyle keeps us healthy and trim. While Theresa keeps the piles of wood, paint cans, buckets, and hammers just to DIYing, Mark on-the-way-other-hand is DIY…
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Home Free | Build DIY skills | Mike Holmes Jr., crown molding, tools, more
Bring your DIY up a notch or 90 with Mike Holmes Jr. from Fox's Home Free. Mike joins us on the show to give us a behind the scenes peek at Home Free on Fox and rocks out some tips for crushing your next DIY project---safe and smart. From the elusive art of coping crown molding to the fine line...
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Getting started with DIY projects. Step 1...#DIY Courage
You know what the biggest question lots of people have about DIY projects: It's not about what to do. It's about how to get started. What tools do I need? What kind of mess is this going to make? How long does it take? Can I really do this? First, the answer to the last question: YES! Yes, you…
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The DIY of OCR: Obstacle course racing---Inspire the fire
Obstacle course racing is the next soccer. Yeah, it's a 'thing'. You've probably heard of one. Or know someone who has---or will---do one. They change lives. And for us MyFixitUpLifer's there's an extra cool part: It's loaded with DIY of building stuff. So if you’re not lacing up for your own...
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Let's talk about designing for autism on MyFixitUpLife talk show
Designing for autism is more than just creating a safe environment, it can actually make everyone in the family feel better. In our world, where we can become overwhelmed by our own selves, we can all gain from using some of the ideas design experts use when designing for people who have sensory...
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Let's talk DIY pallet projects with HGTV host & 'Pallet King' Matt Blashaw
Also joining Mark & Theresa on this episode is Celeste from Instructables.com. She's sharing some of the pallet inspiration and how-to from the site's recent pallet contest, and their archive of hundreds of DIY pallet projects.DIY pallet projects can be amazing additions to your landscape, but...
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Let's talk gardening jujitsu with Burpee & #GardenChat on MyFixitUpLife
Gardening jujitsu is about little things we can do that really make big differences to improve our homes (and our world). So let's do it in the dirt. While a gardening death match might sound interesting, gardening jujitsu is using the simple and awesome power of plants to make your home, your...
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Let's talk about Spartan Race with the founder Joe De Sena. Aroo!
Getting uncomfortable is where the magic happens in life for Spartan race creator Joe De Sena. The ultimate obstacle course race has to be Spartan race, and there are a milliom people who are taking part every year. Broadcast on NBC Sports, and gaining popularity by the uber-fit to the casual gym...
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Let's talk DIY repurposing ideas with Anitra Mecadon & Tara Dara
Repurposing ideas are like little gems falling from the sky, and we're talking with two creative experts on this episode. We are sharing repurposing ideas for both the newbie repurposer and the experienced. And on this episode, we put two repurposing experts -- Anitra Mecadon and Tara Dara -- to...
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Let's talk about better design ideas for Alzheimer's
Interior design can be a powerful tool to helping everyone live better, whether it's designing for Alzheimer's, babies, or the rest of us quirky humans. Theresa's dad has Alzheimer's. A few months ago, her family decided that to help preserve the health and vibrancy of her mom, it was time to…
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Purge your closet w/ Genevieve Gorder & help kids w/ Shoes that Grow
Grab some tips to makeover your clothes closet with Genevieve Gorder, and make a difference for kids with shoes that grow five sizes. Today's guests are helping us get empowered and inspired to downsize Theresa's shoe 'collection.' Designer Genevieve Gorder, first known as the barefooted designer...
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The ultimate party station with Tom Bury & Carley Eisenberg. Tune in.
Today's show is all about your backyard and creating the ultimate party station. If you've been dreaming about a backyard oasis and are obsessed with DIY Network's 'Yard Crashers', we've got a project that will make your dreams come true in just a day or two. It's the party station. Tom Bury,...
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MyFixitUpLife talk show: Let's talk tools and DIY makeovers
MyFixitUpLife is a the National Hardware Show scouting innovations for better DIY makeovers at the HYDE tools booth with expert friends Sara Bendrick, Cari Cucksey, and Patrick McCombe. We have a little bit of everything for tool geeks and DIY makeovers afficionados on this episode of...
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MyFixitUpLife talk show: Old home love and DIY family life
We're geeking out on old houses, DIY family life, paint innovations, and project trends at the National Hardware Show. Mark and Theresa have a soft spot for other couples who love renovating old homes, and they might just have fallen hard for Andy and Candis Meredith at the National Hardware…
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Yard crashed, grilled, painted (by Chris Lambton?!) on MyFixitUpLife talk
Yard crashed, grilled, and painted, let's talk MyFixitUpLife. Today's guests are the ever-fun HGTV's Chris Lambton and Peyton Wright Lambton, Consumer Report's Mark Allwood, and tech expert Gary from Shur-Line. Mark and Theresa are talking tips to paint makeovers, grilling, and landscaping with...
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Designer diagnosis. How do know what your clients really want?
Top designers are talking about their strategies for ‘designer diagnosis,’ sleuthing out what people really want in their interior design. Designers tread a careful path when trying to find out your true interior design dreams. What we say we like, isn't necessarily what we really want in our...
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Real estate realities with Egypt Sherrod
Real estate expert and HGTV's 'Property Virgins' host Egypt Sherrod is sharing what you need to know before you buy your next home. HGTV's "Property Virgins' host Egypt Sherrod is sharing her time-tested secrets and tips to staying happy when buying real estate. You'll want to tune in. There is…
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Tool porn? What tools and workshops do you envy?
We're talking about tools on MyFixitUpLife. Forget the must-haves and the innovations, let's just drill down to it: The likelihood you have enough tools is not likely. You know what tools you like. You know what tools you want. And you definitely know tool-drool...Come on...You know...Walking…
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When is grass a lawn? with Roger Cook + Chris Lambton
We're talking with the experts HGTV's Chris Lambton and This Old House's Roger Cook: What makes a grass become a 'lawn'? Tune in. Green grass rules most lawns, but is that the only thing that makes a lawn? Mark started his career in home improvement as a landscaper in Cape Cod and has strong...
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How would you build Stonehenge today?
So, how would you build Stonehenge today? We're asking expert builder and craftsman Paul Dimeo and blacksmith Carley Eisenberg. Stonehenge is probably the most famous prehistoric monument in the world. What seems to have started as an earthwork enclosure, it developed into the ring of stones that...
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Design + construction trends (with selfies)
What happens when high-energy experts talk design and construction trends? A lot of advice surrounded by silliness. MyFixitUpLife talk show is thrilled to be part of the Wellborn Cabinet's showplace at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Vegas. Broadcast live from their booth, hosts Mark and...
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Remodeling advice from the gurus of construction
Finding a home improvement contractor just got a whole lot easier. If you have ever thought about remodeling your home, you know that it could get complicated in a hurry. And while we're licensed contractors and have been banging around in the remodeling world for more than a decade, we still run...
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Kitchens and bathroom design trends
Like most American designers and remodelers, we're obsessed with kitchen and bathroom design trends. Here's what cooking this year. We were lucky and honored for Formica Corporation to host our talk show at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Vegas. Surrounded by amazing designs from...
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International Builders' Show trends
Live from the International Builders' Show, we're talking trends from the Spax booth. Join us. It's not every day we get to find out innovations in the building industry, so we're like kids in the candy store when it comes to our annual pilgrimage to the International Builders' Show in Vegas. And...
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LIVE! MyFixitUpLife talk show: What's new in lighting trends and design?
Live inside the LampsPlus booth, watch on YouTube and Google+ as MyFixitUpLife talk show hosts Mark and Theresa take you inside the show. You won't want to miss the unveiling of new innovations in lighting, and interviews with experts and celebrities about the hottest trends in kitchens, baths…
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MyFix show: What are the top 2015 DIY trends? Let's talk.
Grab your crystal ball, we're looking into the future to share what will be hot as 2015 DIY trends. So, we've been hearing some mainstream news sources talk about what's going to be hot as 2015 trends, and we're skeptical. If the mason jar and pallet obsession hasn't faded by now, will there be...
About this show
MyFixitUpLife is an honest and personal guide to home improvement hosted by residential construction and design specialists Mark & Theresa Clement.
In our new season that launches in 2026, our handmade home guides help you make a house into a home with our boots-on-the-ground know-how about power tools, home remodeling, and design updates that are geared to where you are in your home improvement journey. So you know what's reasonable for you to DIY, we break every project into 4 levels of DIY: beginner, handy, skilled, and pro.
With our real-deal and realistic advice and tips, you'll be able to know how to create the home you want without spending extra time and money spinning your wheels with frustration and making way too many trips back to the home improvement store.
If you need quick advice for a home improvement project, <a href="https://myfixituplife.com" target="
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