Fixer Upper

      One of my favorite shows on HGTV is Fixer Upper staring a married couple, Chip and Joanna. Chip is the muscle and constructor and Joanna is the interior designer in this duo. together they own their own fixer upper company and they help people who are looking for a nice home and find them a home in their price range that needs some damage control but has a lot of potential and has a quality that another perfect house doesn't have such as location, view, and amount of land. what I love about this show is it is not just an interior design shows, it also has humor, heart, and we get to know chip and Joanna and their kids. In each episode they find three different homes for the costumers that will fit their price range which adding in the renovations. for examples the customers price range may be 150,000 so they will find three houses for them. one that is in pretty good condition, needing minor renovations and in a okay location, maybe having a few things they don't like but can live with them, price ranged at around 110,000 and giving them 40,000, for those only minor renovations they need. another home they show them may be move in ready and only need few things done this house however is usually at the top of their price range at maybe 145,000 giving them hopefully enough to fix some things. then of course they always show them the worst house imaginable that looks like it cannot be done, however usually this house has some other factor that makes it a great deal such as its location, or land size. these homes are set at the very bottom of their price range but it gives them a lot of room to make the renovations them need. I love it when the customers pick the completely run down house because Chip and Joanna always make it into a dream home.
      The only criticisms I have about this show is you see the same technics of interior designing in every single home. only certain times so I see Joanna do something specific to the costumers preference. otherwise they all look like Texas homes. there was only once when a house they build was a different style and that was because the costumers specifically said they were looking for a French-country home. now they are located in Texas and I think that contributed to Joanna's style being the same in every home because they are all in the same location and I guess most of them have that same taste. she does however used distressed wood on almost everything. yes this look can look great but sometimes I don't get why you would want everything to look old and warn out. and I know my mom and dad and any one else who hates the idea of painting over beautiful wood would hate this look in this show. for those of you that don't know distressed wood is a technique that designers use where they paint a piece of wood furniture such as a picnic table or chair and paint it. the distressed part is when after the paint is dry then sand some of the paint off to give it a worn out and old look. however I do agree this is a good look for any piece of furniture that is already a big warn down already. Joanna uses this technic in every homes and it gets a bit annoying. one customer straight out said he hated that look and I think it looks good to an extent but I would not want to use that style in every piece of furniture.
          Overall this is a great show filled with funny, and interesting moments when watching them build and transform these fixer upper homes.