Last week was fantastic! I was in NY/NJ to shoot a pilot for a potential new HGTV show! Lots of creativity and inspiration went into it. Can’t say too much yet, but I can say that it was an intense shoot. A MAJOR makeover, tied in with some travel exploration, laced with feel good energy, sprinkled with a little real life drama and polished off with the most adorable homeowners ever!! Whew! It took a lot of people to make the magic happen and what makes it different is that all the “walls” are down. You’ll see just about everyone that is there working from interns to my design assistant to extra carpenters. You will also experience the stress of the the timeline. No TV fluff, this is the real deal!
During the makeover, we had a visit from Jesse, a close friend of the homeowners. What a complete package this guy was! Let me just start by saying…what a hottie. Ok, now that that’s out in the open- I do not want to take any credibility away from this guy. He has an interesting business going on which is totally relevant to the eco-conscience (who isn’t eco-conscience these days??). His company, The Custom Joiner, takes reclaimed wood from old barns and other sites, even uses the trees from the plot of land where a house is being built and mills it to use back into the construction of the house itself! I thought it was awesome and worth sharing. He gave us some reclaimed wood to use for one of our projects and it totally helped take the design and the concept to the next level. Thanks Jesse!
Guess who worked on the pilot with me?? My dear pal, carpenter extraordinaire, Lynn Kegan from Designed To Sell. He will also be popping up on several new episodes of DTS Chicago soon. You will be seeing a lot of this guy!
Fingers crossed that the pilot gets a green light!
