Air Date* |
Episode Title |
Episode synopsis |
| 1/3/09 |
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. |
| 1/10/09 |
Town Home: Fixtures |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew work on closet organizers, a custom metal railing, and the home electronics bells and whistles. |
| 1/17/09 |
Town Home: Hardware |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew put a home office and bedroom in the loft and get the fireplace heated up. |
| 1/24/09 |
Town Home: Finale |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew wrap up the furnishings, the home theater and some unique digital artwork. |
| 1/31/09 |
Garage Update |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew restore the garage floor, upgrade the cabinets and storage, and add a stamped “tin” ceiling. |
| 2/7/09 |
Digging Out the Yard |
(2301) The Hometime crew re-grades a sloping back yard, installs a drainage system, and begins building a series of paver patios. |
| 2/14/09 |
Urban Terraces |
(2302) The Hometime crew weaves several retaining walls, steps, and patios into a small, sloped back yard. |
| 2/21/09 |
Caretaker's Home |
(2303) The Hometime crew restores the porch of what was once the caretaker’s home on a 40-acre, turn-of-the-century lakeside estate. |
| 2/28/09 |
Entrance Plaza |
(2304) The Hometime crew renovates a church courtyard with a textured concrete walkway, custom wood benches, and a raised planting bed. |
| 3/7/09 |
Accessible Bathroom – Reframing |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew start to convert three main floor rooms into a wheelchair accessible master suite. |
| 3/14/09 |
Accessible Bathroom – Finishing |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew finish the accessible bathroom with special counters, plumbing fixtures and furnishings. |
| 3/21/09 |
Revitalizing Blah Bathrooms |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew gut and rearrange two out-of-date bathrooms. |
| 3/28/09 |
Rainfall Shower |
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew install marble floor tile and countertops and wrap up with an elaborate shower system. |
| 4/4/09 |
Betsy-Tacy Home: Decoration |
(2305) The Hometime crew makes its last visit to this historic home to create a sidewalk outside and to finish painting and wallpapering the interior. |
| 4/11/09 |
Eat-In-Kitchen: Demolition |
(2306) The Hometime crew takes a small kitchen and starts work to improve storage and functionality. |
| 4/18/09 |
Eat-In-Kitchen: Cabinets |
(2307) The Hometime crew installs new kitchen cabinets, a new sliding door and new floor tile. |
| 4/25/09 |
Eat-In-Kitchen: Wrap Up |
(2308) The Hometime crew installs countertops and appliances, as well as a new wood floor for the adjacent living room. |
| 5/2/09 |
Sculpture Studio: Framing |
(2309) The Hometime crew converts an unused, tuck-under garage into a metal-working studio with a new heater and a downsized garage door. |
| 5/9/09 |
Sculpture Studio: Finishing |
(2310) The Hometime crew wraps up the workshop with doors, windows and welding equipment. |
| 5/16/09 |
Paver Driveway and Sidewalk |
(2216) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew replace the bland, deteriorating asphalt with concrete pavers. |
| 5/23/09 |
Rocks & Trees |
(2217) The Hometime crew clears and plants an overgrown hill then builds an outdoor staircase with boulders and slabs of stone. |
| 5/30/09 |
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. |
| 6/6/09 |
Shed Finale |
(2219) The Hometime crew wraps up the shed with roofing, flooring and paneling. |
| 6/13/09 |
Stone Retaining Wall |
(2220) The Hometime crew builds a stone wall, then plants and irrigates a hillside. |
| 6/20/09 |
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. |
| 6/27/09 |
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. |
| 7/4/09 |
Basement Plaster |
(2223) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew finish the basement walls with an improvised plaster texture to match the original 1926 surfaces. |
| 7/11/09 |
Basement Flooring |
(2224) The Hometime crew installs ceramic tile, cork floors and stair treads in a basement. |
| 7/18/09 |
Basement Fixtures |
(2225) The Hometime crew installs plumbing and laundry fixtures and cabinets for an entertainment center. |
| 7/25/09 |
Highland Landscape Wrap |
(2226) The Hometime crew builds a pergola to shelter a spa. |
| 8/1/09 |
Digging Out the Yard |
(2301) The Hometime crew re-grades a sloping back yard, installs a drainage system, and begins building a series of paver patios. |
| 8/8/09 |
Urban Terraces |
(2302) The Hometime crew weaves several retaining walls, steps, and patios into a small, sloped back yard. |
| 8/15/09 |
Caretaker's Home |
(2303) The Hometime crew restores the porch of what was once the caretaker’s home on a 40-acre, turn-of-the-century lakeside estate. |
| 8/22/09 |
Entrance Plaza |
(2304) The Hometime crew renovates a church courtyard with a textured concrete walkway, custom wood benches, and a raised planting bed. |
| 8/29/09 |
Betsy-Tacy Home: Decoration |
(2305) The Hometime crew makes its last visit to this historic home to create a sidewalk outside and to finish painting and wallpapering the interior. |
| 9/5/09 |
Great Room Hardwood Floor |
(2311) The Hometime crew installs a super-hard, prefinished wood floor. |
| 9/12/09 |
Travertine Floor |
(2312) The Hometime crew installs large-format limestone flooring.
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| 9/19/09 |
Seven-Year Plan |
(2313) The Hometime crew works with a designer to identify and prioritize a house-wide makeover. Then they begin with the first phase: tearing apart the living room and dining room.
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| 9/26/09 |
Kitchen Facelift |
(2314) The Hometime crew transforms a kitchen with re-faced cabinets along with new counters, tile, appliances and lighting. |
| 10/3/09 |
Great Room Update |
(2315) The Hometime crew uses new trim, wood flooring, lighting, paint and furniture to transform a dated, 1970s living room and dining room.
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| 10/10/09 |
Linoleum Flooring |
(2316) The Hometime crew installs sheet and tile linoleum on the Hometime log cabin basement floor. |
| 10/17/09 |
Cabin Kitchen Upgrade |
(2317) The Hometime crew modifies and upgrades cabinets, appliances, countertops and plumbing fixtures. |
| 10/24/09 |
Vacation Home Laundry Room |
(2318) The Hometime crew adds new cabinets and plumbing fixtures to a log cabin lower level.
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| 10/31/09 |
Historic Summer Home -- Structural Upgrades |
(2319) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew remove cabinets, asbestos flooring and a concrete slab then ingeniously reinforce sagging walls and pour a new concrete kitchen floor. |
| 11/7/09 |
Historic Summer Home -- Kitchen |
(2320) Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew rebuild old cabinets and install historically sensitive countertops, flooring, fixtures and appliances remodeling this 100-year-old kitchen.
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| 11/14/09 |
Barrel Vault Basement |
(2321) The Hometime crew transforms a bland, unfinished basement by juggling doors and windows, repairing humps and cracks in the floor, and creating an arched ceiling. (Part 1 of 3) |
| 11/21/09 |
Party Kitchen |
(2322) The Hometime crew puts in doors, tile and cabinets for the basement wet bar and peninsula. (Part 2 of 3) |
| 11/28/09 |
Arched Wood Panels |
(2323) The Hometime crew puts in granite countertops and a trendy shower door then wrap up the custom wood paneling around a basement fireplace. (Part 3 of 3) |
| 12/5/09 |
Attic Trusses |
(2324) The Hometime crew shores up the block walls then uses attic trusses to create a room over a flat-roofed, detached garage. (Part 1 of 3) |
| 12/12/09 |
Standalone Garage |
(2325) The Hometime crew seals up the exterior of the garage and the new studio above it. (Part 2 of 3) |
| 12/19/09 |
Yoga Studio |
(2326) The upstairs studio gets paint, flooring, and lighting. The downstairs garage gets flooring and cabinets. (Part 3 of 3) |
| 12/26/09 |
Betsy-Tacy Home: Decoration |
(2305) The Hometime crew makes its last visit to this historic home to create a sidewalk outside and to finish painting and wallpapering the interior. |