I am going crazy in our overcrowed 2 bdrm home. We have the finances to add on to make a babies room (well, actually a new master room) and a new family room. Can you ladies help me decide which show would best fit what I am wanting to do? I want to apply to have it done.

I was thinking of the show where you have 3 designers make a plan and you pick one. I don't think we fit the parameters for "Make room for Baby" since the baby is already here. Wish I knew about that show while I was pregnant!

TIA for any info you can give me about the programing. I wanted to save some time of researching before I hit the website to view the various shows. There are so many out there these days.

By Yjja123 on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 02:36 pm:

Apply for any/all as it is difficult to get on them. Trust me, I was interviewed for "While you were out". I lost out because my space wasn't big enough (they need lots of room for camera crew)

By Dana on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 05:13 pm:

Thanks for the tip. Are there shows on TLC that do new construction? Most of the ones I see there are those quick fix it up to look nice shows.

By Yjja123 on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 05:24 pm:

Not that I know of. Most are a couple days work so it would be impossible to do new construction with that time frame. There is one called Before and after but I am not positive that it is new programing or just repeats.

By Breann on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 10:02 pm:

I think that show is called Designers Challenge. All the ones that I've watched have had quite high amounts of money that they have available for the remodel. ($50K for a kitchen, $35K to redo a master bedroom and bath) I don't know if that plays a factor in how they pick people or not. And, maybe you are looking at spending $50K+. I think it depends on your area. We could almost build an entire house on that much $$ here, lol.

That would be great if you could get on the show! I wonder if they compensate you?