Air Date* |
Episode Title |
Episode synopsis |
| 1/5/08 |
Music Room |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew rework windows, set tile, and build cabinets to create a space for a family’s new baby grand piano. |
| 1/12/08 |
Bonus Room |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew make a play and activities center in an unused room over a garage. |
| 1/19/08 |
Town Home Fireplace Retrofit |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew upgrade a bland family room by adding a sleek new gas fireplace, a stone surround and wall-to-wall custom entertainment cabinets. |
| 1/26/08 |
Town Home Family Room |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew put in a new wood floor, new lighting and new window treatments to finish transforming a bland family room. |
| 2/2/08 |
Accessible Bathroom – Reframing |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew start to convert three main floor rooms into a wheelchair accessible master suite. |
| 2/9/08 |
Accessible Bathroom – Finishing |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew finish the accessible bathroom with special counters, plumbing fixtures and furnishings. |
| 2/16/08 |
Town Home: Cleaning Up |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew plaster the fireplace chase, install the central vac, and clean construction dust out of the ductwork. |
| 2/23/08 |
Town Home: Fixtures |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew work on closet organizers, a custom metal railing, and the home electronics bells and whistles. |
| 3/1/08 |
Town Home: Hardware |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew put a home office and bedroom in the loft and get the fireplace heated up. |
| 3/8/08 |
Town Home: Finale |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew wrap up the furnishings, the home theater and some unique digital artwork. |
| 3/15/08 |
Revitalizing Blah Bathrooms |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew gut and rearrange two out-of-date bathrooms. |
| 3/22/08 |
Rainfall Shower |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew install marble floor tile and countertops and wrap up with an elaborate shower system. |
| 3/29/08 |
Exterior Details |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew wrap up some exterior repairs by patching the interior walls and then adding a new deck railing and flowerboxes. |
| 4/5/08 |
Granite Countertop |
Exterior repairs have left every room in this house in need of painting. Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew demonstrate a variety of painting and decorating techniques. |
| 4/12/08 |
Decorating Updates |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew repair, replace, and update heating, kitchen and entertainment appliances. |
| 4/19/08 |
Wired for Sound |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew showcase the newest whole-house home entertainment technologies. |
| 4/26/08 |
Bathroom Mirror TV |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew add home theaters to several locations in a high-end house. |
| 5/3/08 |
100-year-old porch |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew pitch in to rebuild and expand an ornate porch on a turn-of-the-century home and revisit an historic mansion that's undergone a spectacular 2-1/2 year remodeling campaign. |
| 5/10/08 |
Drying Out a Basement |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew take a damp basement area and prepare it for upgrading into comfortable living space. |
| 5/17/08 |
Mother-in-Law Apartment |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew put in trim, cabinets and countertops for a lower level apartment. |
| 5/24/08 |
Decorating a Basement |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew finish a basement apartment with flooring, doors, plumbing fixtures and furnishings. |
| 5/31/08 |
Stamped Concrete Patio |
The Hometime team removes a plain concrete backyard patio and builds an elevated, enclosed patio with a stamped, colored concrete surface. |
| 6/7/08 |
Motorized Screens |
The Hometime team upgrades a house with a cast stone veneer for the foundation and motorized screens that enclose the porch with the touch of a button. |
| 6/14/08 |
Improving Curb Appeal |
The Hometime team uses new siding, a new entry door, and window upgrades to a makeover to the front of a modest home. |
| 6/21/08 |
Town Home: Planning & Preparation |
The Hometime team takes over construction on a town home in order to push the envelope on design, finishing and furnishing within the builder’s standard floor plan. (Part 1 of 8) |
| 6/28/08 |
Town Home: Insulation & Drywall |
The Hometime team shows the latest technologies for keeping a house warm and for keeping the construction site clean. (Part 2 of 8) |
| 7/5/08 |
Town Home: Low Maintenance Exterior |
The Hometime team combines vinyl siding, PVC trim, cast columns and a cultured stone veneer for the exterior. (Part 3 of 8) |
| 7/12/08 |
Town Home: Micro Landscaping |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime team create an oasis of retaining walls, patios and plantings within the compact back yard of a town home. (Part 4 of 8) |
| 7/19/08 |
Town Home: Doors |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime team install mahogany doors as well as cherry cabinets and colored concrete flooring. (Part 5 of 8) |
| 7/26/08 |
Town Home: Warm and Dry |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime team explore the furnace, fireplace and gutters.
(Part 6 of 8) |
| 8/2/08 |
Town Home: Flooring and Countertops |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime team put walnut on the floors, limestone on the fireplace and quartz on the kitchen counter. (Part 7 of 8) |
| 8/9/08 |
Town Home: Ready to Paint |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime team wrap up the carpentry and tiling and turn the painters loose. (Part 8 of 8) |
| 8/16/08 |
Betsy-Tacy House – Interior Demolition |
The Hometime crew returns to the home that was the setting for the “Betsy-Tacy” children’s novels to gut the interior and repair the framing. (Part 1 of 2) |
| 8/23/08 |
Betsy-Tacy House – Insulation and Drywall |
(2112) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew help a preservation group rebuild the interior of this historic home. (Part 2 of 2) |
| 8/30/08 |
Circular Window |
(2209) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew re-work the bones of a small rambler and install new windows and doors. |
| 9/6/08 |
Warming Up the Rambler |
(2210) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew work new air conditioning, state-of-the-art insulation and heating systems into a small rambler. |
| 9/13/08 |
Rambler Cabinets |
(2211) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew guide the rambler remodel into the final phase with new cabinets and a complete remodel of the only working bathroom. |
| 9/20/08 |
Rambler Interior Wrap |
(2212) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew bring the rambler’s bathroom and bedrooms back on line and install the rambler’s new wood floor, appliances and furniture. |
| 9/27/08 |
Ashlar Paver Patio |
(2213) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew rework a cluttered backyard with a tumbled paver patio with plenty of circles and curves. |
| 10/4/08 |
Boulder Waterfall |
(2214) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew create a backyard water feature, put up a maintenance free fence, insulate an attic and install a new roof. |
| 10/11/08 |
Garage Update |
(2215) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew restore the garage floor, upgrade the cabinets and storage, and add a stamped “tin” ceiling. |
| 10/18/08 |
Paver Driveway and Sidewalk |
(2216) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew replace the bland, deteriorating asphalt with concrete pavers. |
| 10/25/08 |
Rocks & Trees |
(2217) The Hometime crew clears and plants an overgrown hill then builds an outdoor staircase with boulders and slabs of stone. |
| 11/1/08 |
Half-Finished Shed |
(2218) The Hometime crew jumps in to finish off an ambitious backyard shed when the homeowner is deployed overseas with the National Guard. |
| 11/8/08 |
Shed Finale |
(2219) The Hometime crew wraps up the shed with roofing, flooring and paneling. |
| 11/15/08 |
Stone Retaining Wall |
(2220) The Hometime crew builds a stone wall, then plants and irrigates a hillside. |
| 11/22/08 |
Basement Headroom |
(2221) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew reclaim unusable basement space by abating the asbestos, removing low-hanging pipes, and re-working drains in the floor. |
| 11/29/08 |
Patching the Slab |
(2222) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew work with the radon mitigation contractor, re-pour some of the concrete floor, and get the basement spaces wired. |
| 12/6/08 |
Basement Plaster |
(2223) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew finish the basement walls with an improvised plaster texture to match the original 1926 surfaces. |
| 12/13/08 |
Basement Flooring |
(2224) The Hometime crew installs ceramic tile, cork floors and stair treads in a basement. |
| 12/20/08 |
Basement Fixtures |
(2225) The Hometime crew installs plumbing and laundry fixtures and cabinets for an entertainment center. |
| 12/27/08 |
Highland Landscape Wrap |
(2226) The Hometime crew builds a pergola to shelter a spa. |