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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 love. We're asking the original design expert Christopher Lowell about his inspiration for creating design TV shows, why he loves helping makeover spaces, and how to deal with our relationships with our 'things' on this episode of the MyFixitUpLife radio show with Mark & Theresa. Christopher Lowell combines personal creativity and confidence to create the spaces we love. If you’re inside a holiday haze, here’s a show for you. We’re taking a much-needed holiday hiatus from our hectic FixitUpLife, to strategize our way out of the mound of holiday wrappings and ribbons and into the new year. Christopher Lowell is dropping in to offer his expert advice on easy and affordable décor and home projects. He’s giving us some strategies to use those creative leftovers from our holiday decorating enthusiasm into the everyday… (putting holiday creativity into our everyday homes. )      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. 

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 well being and for the well being of the planet as a whole. Susanka is the acclaimed author of nine best-selling books including The Not So Big House. Theresa shares news of Kohler's hybrid energy faucet. She shared her surprise at the McCormick Place in Chicago’s dedication to recycling and composting. She shares her top drink pick, the TreeTini, the drink plants a tree for every order. Mark talks about super high-end kitchens, Dead-on Tools 14″ wrecking bar/utility bar, and gives a scoop on a few tools he shared with Men’s Health magazine as top tools for guys.  Theresa and Mark also share tips to selecting the perfect wood stove.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. 

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 about our pets, gardens, DIY projects, and home schooling tips.  Kayleen McCabe is a general contractor, TV host, trades advocate, and always good for morale. Kayleen McCabe has been swinging hammers and toting toolbelts since the ripe age of six, when she shadowed her dad’s overhaul of their Denver home. In 2009 she beat dozens of male competitors for the grand prize on TV's Stud Finder: her own series called DIY Network's Rescue Renovation. She’s an advocate of trade careers, with her goal to shed light on the rising demand for trade professionals that’s outpacing vocational training, and to help restore America’s respect for the trades. Carley Ferrara is a blacksmith, woodworker, and mom. Her Iron Mountain Forge & Furniture has grown into an entire team of wildly talented craftspeople, creating custom pieces for clients all over the world. In 2015, Carley was featured as a contestant on the inaugural season of 'Ellen's Design Challenge' which airs on HGTV. Her upbeat enthusiasm for hands-on creativity exudes from everything she makes. We talk about DIY projects to tackle with at home, staying connected while social distancing, DIY ideas for keeping kids moving and building brain cells at home, and their fun healthy tips. 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. 

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 tools and why ropes are better than ladders when you get up in the branches. A certified arborist, Caleb also jams on how to spot a sick or dying tree and the things that make them potential dangers that you wouldn’t necessarily think of. Dead branches aren’t necessarily a sign of a tree in decline. And we talk planting. Bark mulch, root flares and other geeky stuff you’ll love for your landscape. Tune into this episode Tuesday, May 31st at 2pE on YouTube and / or BlogTalkRadio!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. 

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 compost bins to not using plastic water bottles to deck safety, using real wood, and the tools that make it all come alive. We also discuss life and how to disagree constructively with your parents, his dad of course, being the juggernaut of home improvement Make-It-Right-Mike Holmes Sr. It’s simple too, check out this interview Tuesday, May 17th at 2pE!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. 

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. 

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. 

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 lighting, Matt Muenster is sharing his challenges and fun at making over bathrooms on his popular DIY Network’s Bath Crashers, and why he loves heated floors. And we’re inspired by the Cousins, Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri from HGTV’s Cousins Undercover at how they are bringing neighborhoods and families together through their popular series. Bonus: we find out why Anthony Carrino knows about the food court at the Las Vegas Convention Center.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. 

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, universal design is trendy, but it also makes sense to create a bathroom space that works for all ages and for diverse abilities. There are details like toilet height and faucet maneuverability that can make it easier for everyone to live a bit more independently. Stephen Fanuka, HGTV’s Million Dollar Contractor takes our minds on the journey working with and creating spaces for his fabulous clientele, including Tina Fey. But more than just living the life of the famous contractor, Stephen also shares his support of AlzDesign, and Theresa’s mission of creating a Design Prescription for Alzheimer’s. And then there’s the fun of style and technology. The innovators are sharing how they created the 3D metal printed faucets and where you can buy the limited edition line. But, we’re also delighted to talk with Professor Toilet. Yes, he’s a real guy who knows a lot about toilets.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. 

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 Young, HGTV's Jennifer Pate and Barbara Machen and President of Formica Group North America, Mitch Quint. 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. 

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 Wade, Fine Homebuilding's Patrick McCombe, Designers Ken and Janine Wooten, HGTV's Cortney Novogratz and Mike Holme's Jr.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. 

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 question for Pauli or Chip Wade, write in the comments below or Tweet us. We'll include a few of your questions in the interview. Tune in to MyFixitUpLife's DIYtalk LIVE! and be sure to RSVP! Join us live on Thursday, February 4th at 1pmET to listen live to our interview with Pauli & Chip Wade. Our producers will be looking for your comments and questions to include during the show, so tweet @MyFixitUpLife and be part of the interview. After the show airs, you'll find it on-demand on iTunes and it will be shared on the radio, too.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. 

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 keeps the piles of wood, paint cans, buckets, and hammers just to DIYing, Mark on-the-way-other-hand is DIY fitness extreme. Mark actually uses his hatchet, sledgehammer, buckets of rocks, pallets, wood as part of his morning fitness ritual. It’s how he gets ready for a Spartan Race. Our guests are ready to share their DIY fitness tips. This week we blabbed with Jason Cameron, Matt Blashaw,  Sara Bendrick, John Colaneri, Justin DiPego, and Sani. How do you do DIY fitness?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. 

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). And honestly, it makes us feel more special as guests that the hosts took time out of their busy lives to make their event a little more special. So we’re talking with some of our favorite experts in interior decor, drink design, festive food, and innovative desserts to help us throw the ultimate holiday parties. Designer TaniyaNayak might be best known as an HGTV host and designer on Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible. She’s also a successful, Boston-based interior design firm, Taniya Nayak Design LLC., where she adds a fresh, clean look to both commercial and residential spaces. Entertaining designer Lulu Powers fresh approach to hassle-free entertaining – from food to flowers – has made her a sought-after talent, inspiring mentor, and credible entertaining lifestyle expert.  Liz Latham is the creator of Hoosier Homemade, a national baking and lifestyle blog devoted to helping the craft and cooking challenged become domestic goddesses. Food and wine blogger/writer Maggie Unzueta is a recipe developer who shares her creations on her blog Mama Maggie.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. 

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 you---ask your questions and share your fury with us! We've got Spike Channel's diesel contractor-catching Skip Bedell. Teamed up with hilarity-man (and non-slouch carpenter/contractor) Adam Carolla and wife Alison Bedell, talk with Skip about staying on top of contractors. Get real advice and minimize the need for time travel day in a bottle and learn to protect yourself from getting ripped off. Money and progress matter. Guard them wisely. It's live and it's streaming and we want you to be part of the action. So, do it. We'll see you thereIf 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. 

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 puppy, Flynn!    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. 

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 homes for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and is the designer for FYI's 'Tiny House Nation.' When The Washington Post asked Kim how to max storage in a small space, Kim answered: "Storage can come in all shapes and sizes. I say let's get creative with your furniture. You can use things like vintage suitcases stacked as your side tables...Each suitcase is a storage space. Storage ottomans work well as a linen closet! For food storage, I suggest a butcher cart in the kitchen, with bins below -- I have a tiny kitchen, and this is what I do! Also acts as a great island when you're prepping food. For outdoor gear, I have suspended a wood pallet from the ceiling with eye hooks." Theresa challenged Kim's holiday entertaining creativity with a 1-cubic-foot box challenge. What would you pack in a 1-cubic foot box that are your holiday entertaining essentials?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. 

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 dared ‘Do It With Justin‘ to take a hike and make a serving tray for Thanksgiving from what he collects on the hike. Justin DIY dared Theresa to go for a hike and make something, too. Tune in on this blab to find out what they make.    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. 

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 step-by-step DIY craft and party-planning ideas, to help the everyday mom become heroes at home. And the signature collection of recipes are Liz’s cupcakes. So Theresa dared Liz to make a cupcake that she hasn’t yet made, which was a challenge in itself to think of one. And of course, Liz dared Theresa right back. Check out their cupcake DIY dare video.  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. 

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 fix that. Check out our inspirations and share your projects. Share links in the comments section below if you'd like us to help with advice to a 'junk into treasure' project at your home. Don't miss a thing, follow us and subscribe here to the MyFixitUpLife show! 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. 

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 words. We'll be talking wall art, bending metal, solder, ropes, and a whole lot more cool stuff. It's time to show-and-share why fire and DIY mix. We'd love to see you at the live MyFixitUpLife blab. You can ask questions or comment live, and we might just invite you into an open seat. You never know what might happen live on MyFixitUpLife. Click on this sentence to subscribe and join this week's Blab.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. 

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 past and let's carve like we mean it. We’re talking tools and pumpkins, end-of-season and Halloween DIY with our friends and awesome how-to-ers Chris Lambton and Kayleen McCabe. Chris, host of DIY Network’s Yard Crashers and kick a++ landscaper brings his peculiar touch to this topic. Kayleen McCabe, herself a DIY Network veteran and all-pro woodworking, pergola-building, always-on maker of things wood joins us to talk fave Fall tools, projects and getting the house ready for winter. The days are getting shorter, which means it’s time to put on a sweater and light up our Halloween DIY. Boo!!!! Don't miss a thing, be sure to check out this blab. 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. 

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. But are we doing enough?  We've invited widely known expert designers and contractors to this discussion on blab. Alison Victoria might be best known as the spunky powerhouse host of Kitchen Crashers, but she has been designing interiors for many more years than she's been on our TVs. Alison also is actively involved in donating her time to community non-profit organizations such as Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, PAWS Chicago, and a board member for Chicago Children’s Charities. Matt Muenster is a designer by heart and degree, and hosts DIY Network's Bath Crashers. As a licensed contractor, Matt sees every house project as a chance to use his clever ideas to achieve great design while integrating earth-friendly elements. Stephen Fanuka is host of Million Dollar Contractor, and has built himself an unsurpassed reputation among the leading decorators, architects and elite clientele in Manhattan as the go-to guy for high quality general contracting and luxury interior renovation. Fanuka has a personal passion for designing better aging-in-place spaces. Two of his grandparents died from Alzheimer's. While aging-in-place has been a topic that both Mark and Theresa have great interest, Theresa has passionately focused on one special part of this puzzle, designing for Alzheimer's and dementia, which has been left outside of this aging-in-place discussion until she stirred the pot.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. 

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, light a candle with a torch, share hammers, hatchets, saws, and more.  Head over to https://blab.im/MyFixitUpLife to subscribe to our weekly 'DIY date night' with MyFixitUpLife. Tuesdays @ 8pmET.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. 

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 between caution and bravado when it comes to revving up a table or miter saw, we'll talk tools and techniques. And we'll get into it from the ground up and ask Mike Holmes Jr. about learning his trade, taking on huge projects well outside his comfort zone and see if we can shake loose one of those rare moments where work reflects life and life reflects work. The Home Free Drill-Down test is on with Mike Holmes Jr. Watch this episode on YouTube, listen on BlogTalkRadio or do both right here!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. 

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 can. If you're asking 'Where do I start'?,  this show is all about you. But not just for you. Even seasoned DIYers benefit from hearing how other people rock their projects and how-to. DIY Network's landscape, design, and DIY power broker Sara Bendrick joins power tool empower-er Pretty Handy Girl Brittany Bailey to talk DIY courage and share the things they've learned getting started on their DIY projects to help you get started with yours. We'll cover the bases from Sara's beloved landscaping to tools to projects to working with your spouse, woodworking and more. Oh, it's on! Watch this episode on YouTube.   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. 

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 obstacle course racing journey, without people to build the obstacles—for races or for backyards---the race is just a walk in the woods. So this MyFixitUpLife show will inspire the fire for the DIY of OCR. Spartan Race’s (in)famous Race Director Norm Koch takes us behind the spectacle where the tools are machetes and chainsaws and a whole lotta work. And HGTV’s John Colaneri—co-host of America’s Most Desperate Kitchens and a Spartan racing / Cross-fit nut job (we love you anyway Johnny)—chimes in with fitness tips he uses to stay extra handsome. This isn't about the gym. Or how fast you go. It's about life itself and building your own tools for the journey. As someone I admire wrote: I already know what it feels like to fail. I want to see what it's like to succeed. Life happens to all of us. It's what we do about it that counts; how we handle the obstacles. So tool up and come obstacle course racing with us Lifers, time for a little dirty fun.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. 

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 issues. Today we're learning about designing for autism from three insightful designers, HGTV 'Design Star' Jennifer Bertrand, triology e-book series author on 'Designing for Autism' AJ Paron-Wildes, and Sensory Interior Design founder Carolyn Feder. Jennifer Bertrand is best known for winning HGTV's 'Design Star' and her show 'Paint Over!' on HGTV. She  also has designed for Ronald McDonald House. But more than just design talent, Jennifer is raising her son Winston, who has mixed lymphatic and venous malformations.  AJ Paron-Wildes is an accomplished interior designer in healthcare and education, with her design work appearing on HGTV, PBS, and Bob Vila. She also has a son with autism. In her triology e-book series on 'Designing for Autism,' AJ focuses each book on three stages of life, from birth to early childhood, childhood to adolescence, and from adulthood to geriatrics.  Carolyn Feder founded Sensory Interior Design to help clients overcome sensory overload. By focusing on the sensory issues inside a space, Carolyn uses her design skills to help others experience relief from sensory overload. And she finds that the relief is found from the entire family, not just the one diagnosed with autism. We believe that design is a powerful tool, and used with care and sensitivity, design can truly change life for the better.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. 

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 there are a few things you might want to know before you get started. Let's talk. We've proclaimed HGTV host Matt Blashaw as the 'Pallet King' for his creative DIY pallet projects featured on DIY Network's 'Yard Crashers.' Not only has he designed and shared the how-to for his famous pallet into a chair project with Men's Health and USA Today, he also did an entire Las Vegas background in pallets for a showgirl. We believe that Matt has successfully created the current and trendy DIY love for DIY pallet projects. So whether you are curious about DIYing with pallets or if you've gotten started on a pallet project and are looking for a few tips from the 'Pallet King' Matt Blashaw, you'll want to tune into this episode. (Oh, and when you watch the YouTube show, you'll get to take a peek at Matt in his kitchen, too.) Matt is a licensed contractor and a licensed Realtor. His on-camera career started in 2006 when he participated in DIY Network's 'Stud Finder.' Since then he has hosted Yard Crashers, Deconstruction, Project Xtreme, Money Hunters, Blog Cabin and Professional Grade, and specials such as Cool Tools Builders Show, Stud Finder 2009, HGTV's Rose Parade coverage and Worst Kitchen In America. Currently you'll find him on HGTV's "Vacation House for Free' that airs Sunday afternoons. We hope you enjoy this episode of MyFixitUpLife. If you have any questions or comments along the way to your DIY dreams with pallets, MyFixitUpLife's Mark & Theresa are always just a FB post or Tweet away from helping out.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. 

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 family, and your world more comfortable. Plants can take care of our well-being, nourish our bodies, and they can help keep you warm in winter. Plus knowing more about plants can help combat the growing problem about bees. Quick example of gardening jujitsu: The baking, end-of-day sun can practically melt asphalt. And in most houses that means the HVAC---you know, the cool air we all pay for---is working overtime. Ease the load with some smart, simple shade plants that will protect your house and make it look even better, too. Our guests this week are Venelin Dimitrov from Burpee and GardenChat host Bren Haas. Mark and Theresa started learning about the coolness that is gardening jujitsu with plant expert Venelin Dimitrov from Burpee during a tour of one of the company's gardens. We're psyched to learn more about how-to we can do at our home. Host of the popular weekly Twitter chat #GardenChat, Bren started sharing her garden know-how about a dozen years ago when she moved to 18 acres out in the country. Bren now co-hosts the weekly Garden Chatter Google Hangout weekly, and is the community manager for the Ask&Share on HGTVgardens.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. 

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 goer, the founder of Spartan race Joe De Sena live his life true to the essence of the tenets of Spartan life you'll find one the race's website. Joe really does do hundreds of burpees eveyday, and put himself in extreme situatioms that are usually more associated with something we'd watch on TV than do in real life. Mark and Theresa are asking Joe about the creation of the race, his thoughts on family life, home improvement, and his book.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. 

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 our unconventional repurposing ideas test. Pop quiz: What could you make out of these? Fishing rodPool cue and billiard ballsSwim floatiesCharcoal barbeque lid (Tweet us your answer for a chance to win $25 gift card) Anitra Mecadon, the bubbly and fiercely fun host and designer from DIY Network's 'Mega Dens' is sharing repurposing ideas for everything from old doors to fishing rods. She's contributed to HGTV’s All American Handyman, HGTV’s Behind the Build Dream House, HGTV’s Behind the Build Smart Home, HGTV’s Raise the Roof College Challenge and more. Whether she’s dangling from a scaffold or breaking down a concrete wall, Anitra’s rock ‘n’ roll approach gives her an edge not usually found in most designers. Tara Dara makes magic out of discarded objects she finds on walks through her neighborhood, and is crazy-good at sewing. She also studied faux finishing and mural painting, raku pottery, photography, and even Play Doh. Tara shaved her head for St Baldricks Day 2014 to raise money for Childhood Cancer Research. She's shared her expertise with The Rachael Ray show, sewing ideos for PBS, various DVDs, online sewing videos, and as one of Bob Vila’s Bloggers.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. 

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 move dad into a memory care facility. Her parents had lived together for 47+ years, so it wasn't a decision made lightly. Theresa kept coming back to one simple question: How can designers help caregivers extend the time at home for a family member with Alzheimer's? So on this episode of MyFixitUpLife talk, Theresa is sharing a quick tour of the common area at her dad's memory care facility, and talking with a few experts to explore how designers can reach into their bag of essentials to make a difference for families. Someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's every 67 seconds and it's the 6th leading cause of deaths in the U.S., so we're betting that this is a conversation that affects most all of us. Marilucy Lopes is talking about how caregivers can modify the home environment, from painting black on doors that shouldn't be opened to using familiar elements from hobbies and family photos to help trigger memories. Lisa Burkholder from the Alzheimer's association's Delaware valley chapter is sharing why pattern can cause fear and confusion, about how including nature into the environment can be soothing, and how to connect with other families through the walk. Mitzi Beach explores how color can both create order and confusion for someone who is memory impaired. Mitzi and Theresa are talking about how there is a parallel between caring for an Alzheimer's patient and a baby. There are tons of resources on how to baby-proof a home, but we are at a loss for resources when it comes to designing for Alzheimer's.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. 

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 on TLC's 'Trading Spaces,' shares her design talent on HGTV's 'Genevieve's Renovation,' 'Dear Genevieve,' 'HGTV Star,' 'A Hero’s Welcome Home,' and hosting HGTV’s White House Christmas Specials, and her new lifestyle web series A Well Designed Life on ulive.com. An alumna of The School of Visual Arts, Genevieve Gorder has worked in studios throughout Europe and New York City. Kenton Lee created 'The Shoe That Grows' while he was living and working in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007. One day he noticed a little girl in a white dress who had shoes that were way too small for her feet. That led to questions about why. And finally an idea: “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a shoe that could adjust and expand – so that kids always had a pair of shoes that fit?” Boom. More than 2 billion people in the world suffer from soil-transmitted parasites and diseases.  The Shoe That Grows adjusts five sizes and last five years, providing better protection and better health for children who have shoes that don’t fit, or no shoes at all. You can buy a pair on TheShoeThatGrows.org or order the $10 shoes for a child in Ecaudaor, Haiti, Ghana, Kenya, or around the world with Hands of Hope.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. 

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, architect and contractor, who is best known for his 24-hour makeover skills shown every week on Food Network's 'Restaurant Impossible.' He worked with Ryobi to create an ultimate party station, and has since been dreaming up even bigger plans. So he's inspired us to start making plans and talking about our dreams for an ultimate party station. We're talking with Tom from his shore house, so if you want to get a little peek into his home decor, you won't want to miss this interview. Fresh from Ellen's Design Challenge, blacksmith Carley Eisenberg is also sIf 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. 

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 MyFixitUpLife, broadcast from the National Hardware Show in Vegas. Lucky are we that Cari Cucksey from HGTV's 'Cash and Cari' and the queen of furniture makeovers joins us to talk about flea markets, Country Living Fairs, and her new paint line that may just be showing up in a retailer near you soon. (Theresa was able to score a few samples to take home and test out. She'll be sharing a blog soon.) For now, head over to Cari's Repurpose Shop online to check out the paint and her amazing creations. Fine Homebuilding editor Patrick McCombe comes ready with a pile of tool finds he's geeking out on from the companies sharing their innovations at the National Hardware Show. Patrick's keen sense of finding the best innovations from the rows and rows of products makes him a savvy expert. After the show, you'll want to head over to Fine Homebuilding to find out what he's sharing next. Your DIY makeovers will thank you. DIY Network's 'I Hate My Yard' host and expert yard-master Sara Bendrick brings her enthusiasm for all things in the landscape, sharing Theresa's motto of 'It's only a weed if you don't want it there.' Composting, yard makeovers, and a quick painting during the broadcast to raise awareness for her favorite charity, you won't want to miss what happens next. Live music by the talented John Valerio.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. 

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 Show. On this episode of MyFixitUpLife talk show, hosts Mark and Theresa are checking in with long-time DIY family friend Dan Cary, who is now part of the Woodworker's Journal family. They talk tools, staining, painting, and silly voices, because at the end of the day we're all just making home a happier place for our families. New guest on the show Justin DiPego from DoItYourself.com talks trebuchets and DIY trends. Mark and Justin spent a weekend with a pile of other DIY experts at the Craftsman Makecation making awesome projects. Mark Marotto from Shur-Line shares a few innovations including their paint and primer paint brushes, the staining pad that reaches between the deck boards for maximum coverage, and the paint roller quick release that makes the chore of removing a wet paint roll from a frame so much cleaner and easier. Andy and Candis Meredith, new hosts of a soon-to-be-released HGTV show. They specialize in restoring old homes while raising seven boys inside their DIY family life. Based in Utah, the couple has created a business called Old Home Love which combines their passion for old homes with their incredible ability to renovate these historic properties.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. 

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 HGTV's Peyton and Chris Lambton, Consumer Report's Mark Allwood, and Gary from Shur-Line. If you are itching to upgrade your grill or want to know how to find the perfect Father's Day gift, Mark Allwood is your go-to guy from Consumer Reports. We're talking tech, outdoor living, and how the experts at Consumer Reports actually test all of those grills. Oh, and Theresa is pretty sure Mark Allwood is from the future. You'll have to listen to find out why. The joyful HGTV couple Peyton and Chris Lambton are talking about their whole-house remodel, landscaping, Yard Crashers, Peyton's new radio show that airs weekdays on Cape Cod (and iTunes), crazy hackers which forced Chris to relaunch his website, and Compassionate Care ALS. Chris and Peyton run the Falmouth Road Race race summer to help raise money and awareness for Compassionate Care ALS, which helped his mom and family when they needed it most. And we're talking painting tools and tips that will help make your home makeover fantasies come true, with ease and joy from a job well done. If you haven't used Shur-Line's paint can lid, you'll want to add this to your next shopping list. It's the ultimate paint party hat, according to Theresa. Wait! We're giving away the custom painting from Chris Lambton. Click here starting 5/12/15 for details.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. 

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 homes. It's the designer’s challenge to decipher, extrapolate, and really compare your taste, style, and day-to-day lifestyle. Being able to translate what you say, who you are, and what you do into a design that comforts, inspires, and delights you is what separates the very best designers from the rest. We are talking to three extraordinary designers on today’s show about their ‘designer diagnosis’ style. The ‘Latina Martha Stewart’’ Vanessa DeLeon and the ‘Two Lovely Gays’ pair Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe.  Vanessa DeLeon may be best recognized from NBC’s ‘American Dream Builders.’ She also has shared her design expertise on Food Networks, Restaurant Impossible, HGTV’s Generation Renovation, Designer Challenge & more. Vanessa has a signature 'Glamilistic' style that's developed into luxurious and succulent design experiences. But it all started with designing a Barbie house. And, yes, we’ll be talking about the ‘50 Shades of Grey’ bedroom she designed, too.  The ‘Two Lovely Gays’ Russell and Jordan became sensations in Britain after participating in the The Great Interior Design Challenge on BBC Two. With an exuberance and cutting-edge style the team are making over spaces that dazzle our senses. But the real star of their clan may be their dog Buckley.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. 

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 so much to know and understand before starting on a search for your next home. If you've started browsing and fantasizing about your dream home, you'll want to pause the search and read Egypt's new tell-all book about real estate, 'Keep Calm...It's Just Real Estate.' What do you need to do to get ready to sell your home? What do real estate agents want you to know? What is 'Make Me Move'? And who has been Egypt's most challenging client? And did she really write the book in her closet? Egypt Sherrod is the host of HGTV’s highly rated “Property Virgins,” which has filmed more than 250 episodes and is now in it's 12th season. As a real estate expert with a successful real estate business, Egypt has made appearances on “THE TODAY SHOW,” CNBC’S “SQUAWK BOX”, MSNBC, FOX, CNN and HLN. Egypt has also been featured in Essence, Rolling Stone, The New York Daily News, Time Out New York, Black Enterprise, Uptown, Ebony Magazine, VIBE Magazine, Rolling Out, Today’s Black Woman, Atlanta Magazine, and various other publications. "I truly enjoy helping people find the home of their dreams, but even more so, I find serenity in knowing that I can provide my clients with guidance and answers in an industry that can be confusin and complicated to those who are not familiar with how the process works." -- Egypt SherrodIf 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. 

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 down the aisle, envying the be-jeezus out of that table saw and what you can make with it. So join us to talk tool dreams, tool fantasies and tool stuff, all of which we're just calling tool . Tool expert David Sheinkopf joins us on this episode of MyFixitUpLife. He's been building for clients both on and off TV for many years, originally seen on HGTV's Design on a Dime, and most recently has enjoyed the sublime features of Ellen's workshop on Ellen's Design Challenge. David is sharing which tools he prefers, what tools have to be nearby on any project, and we're going a step further to talk 3D printing, boots, and more. Join our conversation online and share your tool envies with us. Tune in to watch our chat with David Sheinkopf.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. 

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 opinions about grass, yards, and lawn equipment. He's often seen 'walking the property' and loves to care for their yard. Theresa is not a lawn expert, and sees a landscape as art in terms of color, shape and texture. So we've invited two landscaping experts to join Mark & Theresa to talk about lawns and yards. Chris Lambton and Roger Cook are diving in to share favorite mowers, spring planting tips, landscaping pet peeves, ways to enjoy a yard, water conservation issues, and dealing with the new view of what is a 'lawn.' Chris Lambton is DIY Network's 'Yard Crashers' host and landscaping expert. A Cape Cod native, he and his wife Peyton Lambton hosted 'Going Yard' on HGTV. Often seen on The Weather Channel with his landscaping expert dad, Chris' passion for yardscaping is infectious. Roger Cook is the landscape contractor for the Emmy Award-winning This Old House, and appears on its sister show, Ask This Old House. Roger motivates aspiring green thumbs and inspires stumped professionals with expert advice learned over the course of a lifetime in landscaping.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. 

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 is highly recognizable by architecture and history geeks alike. So how did the Neolithic people build Stonehenge? It's a topic that has been discussed and discussed. We're fascinated by the engineering feats and organizational achievements that went into setting the stones. But more than that, we're curious how we could build it today. Here are the challenges: 1) Dig the ditch, about 320 feet in diameter. It is about 20 feet wide and about 5 or more feet deep. 2 ) Transport 25-ton sarsen stones, which are a type of sandstone, about 20 miles. 3) Transport 2- to 5-ton bluestones about 250 miles. 4) Work the stones into shape. 5) Create mortise and tenons to fit the upright stones to the lintels. 6) Erect the sarsen and bluestones into a monument Paul Dimeo is best known as the carpenter on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Paul began his interest in home renovation when he was five years old, after his family's home was destroyed by fire. Currently Paul can be seen on National Geographic's 'Building Wild.' Carley Eisenberg recently appeared on Ellen's Design Challenge on HGTV, sharing his innovative design abilities with her on-camera partner Jeff Devlin. Carley is a blacksmith with a master’s degree in furniture design, and has a forge where she fashions everything from hooks to trowels. 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. 

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 Theresa talked about everything with expert guests. There were selfies. There was crocheting. There was live music and belly laughs. (We can't wait for next year.) Guests on this episode include DIY Network's 'Million Dollar Contractor' Stephen Fanuka, DIY Network's 'Man Caves,' 'Sledgehammer,' and 'Desperate Landscapes' host Jason Cameron, Wellborn Cabinet's designer Karen Salyer, Fine Homebuilding editor Patrick McCombe. Tune in and be sure to share your thoughts below!?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. 

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 into situations where we need to find a reputable electrician or plumber. So Mark and Theresa were psyched to learn about HomeAdvisor's solution. It's like Tindr for construction. Mark and Theresa also are talking remodeling advice, trends, tips, and design ideas in this episode from the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. Guests on this episode include our construction idols Norm Abram and Tom Silva from This Old House, Brooke Gabbert from HomeAdvisor, DIY Network's 'Rescue Renovation' host Kayleen McCabe, HGTV 'Design Star' and Kohler expert Tyler Wisler, celebrity chef Joe Arvin, and HGTV's 'Income Property' host Scott McGillivray.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. 

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 nature-inspired to bold graphics from Jonathan Adler's new collection with Formica Corporation, we talked with the trendsetters in kitchen and bathroom makeovers. Guests on this episode include National Kitchen and Bath Association president Maria Stapperfenne, DIY Network's 'I Hate My Kitchen' host James Young, Amanda LeBlanc of Organized Living, president of Formica North America Mitch Quint, and Dan DiClerico from Consumer Reports. If you want to know what the design insiders are predicting for trends this year, you'll want to tune into this episode.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. 

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 we're not alone geeking out on tools, gear, and more. There were an estimated 160,000 other building geeks with us. And we were lucky enough to hang out with our friends at Spax to talk with some of the most acclaimed trendsetters and trend-finders. Guests on this episode include Anthony Carrino from HGTV's Cousins Undercover, Karman Hotchkiss from Better Homes & Gardens, President of Spax Eric Rohrschneider, Phil Moore from Spax, and fastener artist Andrew Myers. Spax makes the kind of screws that, once you've used them, you'll wonder why you haven't been using them all along. From small DIY projects to remodeling, decks to pergolas to retaining walls, Spax serrated tip construction screws and PowerLags are awesome accessories for everything from weekend work to full-tilt-boogie job site production.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. 

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, and lighting. Guests include designer Michael Murphy, Laurie March, Lauren Hunter, David Grey and Karl Mutchnik. And you never know who else will stop by. Michael Murphy is an interior design and trends expert. He was the Supervising Producer on TV design guru Christopher Lowell's "Work That Room." Recently, he has completed projects with celebrity designer Kenneth Brown and fashion icon Heidi Klum. Follow Michael on Google+ “Interior Design is about using what you LOVE; COLOR dramatically changes everything; and GREAT STYLE doesn't have to cost a fortune.” Laurie March is the on-camera talent for HGTVRemodels, host of "Good to Know' for CookingChanneltv.com, and has worked on more than 50 homes and 100s of projects. David Gray from LampsPlus is sharing lighting trends and simple tips that designers and builders can use in projects to make customers delighted. "The perfect living room should include seating for a dog too! :) Dogs Make the Best Accessories." Karl Mutchnik is the solutions manager for Trane, which offers energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that save homeowners money.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. 

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 something to knock those longtime favorites off the top spot of choice DIY fixations? What will take the top spots as the 2015 DIY trends? We're dishing with some of our favorite experts about what they think will be the top 2015 DIY trends. Guests include DIY Network's "I Hate My Yard" host and landscaping expert Sara Bendrick and color expert Kate Smith from Sensational Color. Sara Bendrick is a landscape designer who started as a DIYer by sewing clothes for her dolls and creating a worm farm. She's the host of DIY Network's "I Hate My Yard,' and has a degree in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. "I feel very fortunate to have a career that can combine artistic expression & environmental awareness with purpose & function," Sara Bendrick. Kate Smith is a well-recognized expert sought out for her unmatched ability to show her clients how to use color to gain recognition and generate revenue. She is the Chief Color Maven at Sensational Color, a company that provides color knowledge and know-how to corporations in the home industry. Kate is an inspirational keynote speaker and seminar leader, blending color theory and psychology into entertaining and informative talks that bring color to life. "Long before my desk was covered with Pantone decks and paint chips, my desire to put colors together was satisfied by a big box of still-in-the-wrapper Crayola factory-perfect crayons," Kate SmithIf 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. 

The 2015 Pantone color of the year is Marsala, and we're wondering why. Let's talk. This year, we're not quite sure. So we're talking through the Pantone color of the year choice Marsala with some of our favorite color and design experts this week on MyFixitUpLife talk LIVE! We'll be talking about how the Pantone color of the year selected, why was Marsala selected for 2015, and if Marsala is going to affect what we're doing in home decor and interior design. Amy Wax is an artist and experienced color consultant, recognized for her expertise in the world of color and design. Her first book, Can’t Fail Color Schemes is a nationally recognized bestseller on interior and exterior color ideas.  Amy is also the creator of the award winning Color911 app, which many have recognized as a "Must-Have" app for color help and inspiration! Kelly Morisseau is a designer for a residential design/build firm in Northern California, and a writer and author who has been specializing in kitchens and bath for more than 25 years. She's also the author of a guidebook for avoiding common kitchen design mistakes, Kelly’s Kitchen Sync, Lori Sawaya is a color strategist and International Association of Color Consultants and Designers North America (IACC-NA) certified color expert specializing in architectural color consultation and color order systems. Lori is the author of Color Secrets Unlocked and the founder of the #colorchat on Twitter. Virginia DesRoches is an interior artist and the host of "Blank Canvas" a webshow that shows you how to make over any room into a Vibrant, Striking space.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.