Rendering of what the office space will look like when completed. We are at the demo and framing stages right now so lots of work to share with you all.
Which topic(s) would you rather see on Hometalk TV?
I am the owner of a design + build firm in Atlanta, GA and am working on ideas for a show for HometalkTV for next year and would love your feedback. Here are some topics that I am exploring:
- Stupid things that contractors, designers and homeowners do their houses and how to fix them...
- A renovation of our office which is a modern design studio shared with a modern luxury designer...
- A renovation of my house with my family helping- we are currently working on the basement to include rehab of the stairs, a bar, 3 piece bathroom plus others common spaces.
- "Q and A" creating videos and a show based on the most popular home improvement questions in the forums.
Other ideas?
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Love the q&a idea! Would love to see some of the questions here answered as a video!
I love unicorn spit and would love to have more ideas for its use. Thank you
All that you mention are great. I would like to see some nightmares homeowners have done. Not stupid things but things done wrong and the proper way to do it. I have gone on jobs to correct things previous owners had done and ended up costing more to correct the problems than if it wasn't done in the first place. There a lot of questions that are repeat questions. Would be great to cover them in videos. Basically simple projects. Weatherstripping doors, hanging curtains, hanging shower rods, ghost doors that open or close by themselves, squeaking floors, etc.
I think its a great idea to do the Q & A - one of the other questions which comes up regularly is how to make weed killer and repainting kitchen units, tiles and worktops.
I have a couple of observations - these are not to criticize but rather a pattern that I want to question that may be relevant to your show. 75% of Hometalk contributions are in Farmhouse/rustic-style with e.g. lots of moulding, shiplap and most often in white. This seems to be extremely popular but there are also many other decorating styles.
Secondly, I personally never watch video tutorials because they are long-winded, it is much easier to read something. Is your target market still literate or more post-literate ie younger generation. Hope this makes sense and is constructive.
Is pallet furniture over done? I have a few designs that I have not see on the internet and can share them as well.
Many people inquire about how to "upgrade" their basic large bathroom mirror without removing it. Perhaps you could show two or three ways to frame them without having access to carpentry tools.
I think pallet furniture is a little over done and so is the "farm house" trend.
I grew up in a farm house, the daughter and granddaughter of farm wives and the farmer husbands and I can assure everyone that we did not have the "old and worn" look in the house, paint was touched up as needed, we took care of things to prevent the old and well used furniture from looking old and well used! And we certainly didn't use chicken wire or corregated metal in the house! That said, I kind of like this country version of the industrial look in small doses.
I think we could benefit from learning about other people's mistakes and how to fix those mistakes. We've probably made a few errors along the way with our house.
Thank you for considering my opinions. I look forward to seeing some of your projects.
I love the show Hometown, not because of how they use shiplap but how they save money and come up with unique ideas. They often preserve old items in the old houses they renovate to keep things out of the landfill, preserve historic charm. Lets face it...the latest isnt always the greatest ! I think that has to be the goal with most people to SAVE because let's face it house renos aren't cheap!
I would like to see more coverage and emphasis on using the correct requisite tools and materials, even if it costs more initially, in order to achieve optimal results. So often folks think that going the cheapest and fastest route is the best, while in the longer run, it just creates more problems.
Something that isn’t gray! Not every thing in the world has to be a
shade of gray. Nor does every house need shiplap.
How about some cheerful color for a change. My house is yellow,
white and orange accents. Can’t you move on from the gray?
I think your first idea is a good one. Just today I drove through a neighborhood full of piles of rock in the front yards. Near as I could tell, the several homeowners had attempted to create dry stream beds, but the results were so bad.
Love the idea about fixing the bad renovations to the house!