Hometime Shocker

[sudsmaster]

I was watching a kitchen renovation on the PBS show "Hometime" and was a bit shocked at what they did with the microwave...

It was a minty heavily chromed gen-u-ine countertop Radar Range... just sitting on the countertop looking inoffensive. It was pointed out as being "too 70's" so it was replaced by some generic (maybe Maypool) wall mounted unit integrated with a convection oven. Not bad looking in brushed stainless, but I bet it doesn't last the 40 some years that the Radar Range lasted.

They showed the old wall oven being unceremoniously tossed into a dumpster. I didn't see what they did with the Radar Range. Hopefully it went to someone who appreciates its look and value. I almost felt like writing the show and offering to take it off their hands, but I'm sure it's long-gone by now.

Oh, and the remodel was otherwise OK, but I didn't really care for the peel-and stick wood veneer they put on all the cabinetry... dark walnut, looked... drab and FAKE!

 

[maytagbear]

All too typical

of tv renovation shows. Cheap product placement for manufacturers, and no regard for reusability of appliances or cabinets.

That is a large reason why I have stopped watching such shows. That, and how This Old House canned Bob (yummilicious) Vila.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[autowasherfreak]

They do the same thing on TLC's Spice Up My Kitchen. I can't stand to watch those programs because of the cabinets and appliances that they just throw away.

 

[sudsmaster]

Of course nothing was quite as bad as TLC's "Trading Spaces".

The worst I remember was how they ruined a classic Craftsman Oakland living room by gluing straw to the walls, and sticking bits of broken colored glass to the fireplace screen (in a home with children, no less!).

 

[supremewhirlpol]

The HGTV channel is bad too. I've seen remodelers destroy and throw into dumpsters older 1970's model Kitchenaids that only needed rust spots on the racks to be fixed, or other simple little things. But of course by time you see the show, there is a very high chance that the old appliances have already been crushed. What is also bad is when the home designers redo the kitchens, and replace the perfectly working older appliances with something Stainless Steel in which the name brands used require the service tech from the company to come out and fix them when they break. What the home owner does not realize as they are being shown their new kitchen is the very high repair bill of the $5,000 SS stove that they will get a few years down the road. Boy will they be in for a rude awakening!!

 

[autowasherfreak]

I can't stand it when they take real wood and paint it a solid color. I would like to bright up my bedroom it has all knotty pine paneling, but I absolutely refuse to paint it.

 

[jeffg]

HGTV used to be one of our favorite channels, before Scripps decided to turn it into the Nice Carpenter Ass Network.

Not that that's a totally bad thing. But it was better when their shows had real designers instead of wannabe TV stars. My personal biggest gripe are the "Curb Appeal" clowns who immediately tear out all of a property's mature landscaping, leaving it looking ten times worse than it did before.

 

[whirlcool]

In our subdivision a lot of the dens have very nice block paneling on the walls. It's not cheap quality, either. I love the look of it. Lots of our neighbors have painted it over. They say it brightens up the room. I think they just destroyed it!

 

[matchboxpaul]

Was watching an episode of 'How Clean is Your House, a UK show on Channel 4.

The lady, whose house was cleaned, had a chrome door/black facia Creda 10700 type machine, from the early 1980s.

These machines are rarer than hens teeth in the UK and I hadnt seen one, till the show, for 20 odd years.

Suffice to say, they bulldozed it!

I was gutted!

Beware home improvement shows. They can make for very upsetting viewing, as they do appalling things to old machines.

Paul

 

[dubstar85]

I saw that not too long ago. They replaced it with a Beko! Shameful viewing! There was another episode when a woman had a Phillips series 90 stacked set and that got tossed out for a BOL Whirlpool and a BOL Hotpoint Tumble dryer! Mind you, i wouldn't have used the dryer because she was using it for food hehe. The episodes on 4od the now

David

 

[rp2813]

HGTV, DIY, et al

What I want to see from these networks are something they'd never want people to see.

Titles like "Curb Appeal Revisited," "Yard Crashers Revisited," and in particular, "Desperate Landscapes Revisited," all of them checking in on what things look like a year later in the yards they worked on during the prior season with no regard for irrigation needs or maintenance requirements or the fact that the people who own the homes never had or will have the inclination to maintain the landscaping.

 

[kqkenmore]

Has anyone written or contacted the Home and Garden channel to discuss this with them because I to have decided not to watch these shows or the House and Garden channel because of the waste.also they have lost touch with the common man not everybody can or will ever afford a million dollar house.

 

[norgeway]

When I see!!!!

When I see some fish eyed fool take out a set of Youngstown steel cabinets in mint shape, to put in some abomnible monstrosities from Lowes,I change the channel!!

 

[oldhouseman]

This Old House

paid us a visit to see the restoration of our 1797 house. They told us since we were not going to add a "media room" and put in a huge kitchen and baths we did not "make the cut" for their standards.

The house has been restored to look as it did in the early part of the 19th century. And I stopped looking at "this old house" on PBS a very long time ago. Sad really when you realize that even PBS has sold out to mass media and marketing.

 

[qsd-dan]

"They told us since we were not going to add a "media room" and put in a huge kitchen and baths we did not "make the cut" for their standards."

What a bunch of assholes! I personally applaud you for restoring the house back to its ORIGINAL glory and not some idiots take on the "flavor of the month" type modern creation that we all know will quickly change and become so called "outdated" in the near future.

 

[tolivac]

Interesting solution for the Home show garbage on TV-After they have put in their new trashy appliances and cabinets-go to the dumpster and take out the old ones and put aside-next get your Sawzall out and promply cut out the new trash cabinets-all of this shown on TV of course.Now call the trash company and have them bring out the EZ Pack Goliath RL trash truck.Now put the TRASHY new cabinets in the truck and pull the lever!the camera shows the crappy cabinets being crushed to splinters and shards.Now its the crappy appliances turn--in they go!!The lever is pulled and they are crunched into compact delightful plastic and tin pancakes.EZ packs have such powerful crushers-go to Youtube and look up Classic Refuse Trucks and you can see what they can crunch!.After the crushing session the old cabinets and appliances are fixed up and reinstalled.!I also HATE these shows-so unrealistic!So trashy!quit watching them years ago.And the householder DOESN'T get to pick the new appliances and cabinets.And these cretins aren't going to touch the wood cabinets in my early 70's kitchen-drather have them then the new particleboard crap.

 

[runematic]

It's funny that this subject came up. I was at home the other day and I had the TV on in the background while I was preparing a pork loin for the smoker. I couldn't change the channel because my hands were "porky" and Spice Up Your Kitchen was on. These folks had an older kitchen and it didn't have a dishwasher. They really wanted one. They "only" had a budget of $35-45K for the redo. So the designer takes the woman appliance shopping. She talked them right into stainless KA dishdrawer. The designer poo pooed the bol & mol models. Then she talked them into a KA cooktop without the "analog" controls. That's the one with the touch controls for the burners. They thought it would be easy to maintain since there were no controls. I hope nothing ever goes wrong on that one. They also bought a TOL KA wall oven & micro combo & a KA SS bottom mount. So on a $38K redo, they spent over $9K on appliances! I just thought that those folks were nuts.

 

[estatesale_gary]

Beauty and the Beholder

Look at the renovation of this 50's/60's rec room. Cut down and stained the wainscoating to look more "mission". Covered up a linoleum floor that most enthusiasts would kill to have. The result is pretty sterile (and sad).

http://kitschdesigns.com/post/DIY--Den-of-A-1960s-Tri-Level.aspx

 

[toggleswitch2]

Dont get cheeky with me, dear.

~Was watching an episode of 'How Clean is Your House, a UK show on Channel 4.

We see this on BBC America. LOVE THOSE LADIES! Homes in the UK and un the USA are featured. It is a wonderfual chance to see British appliances! Soem of their clenaing tips are amazing!

anyhoo....

There was a classic front-loading Hotpoint with a brown fascia panel off to the side (in the UK) and something more modern acutally working and connected.

I am proud to say, I just knew it was a classic from following this website. Off to the krusher it went. :-(

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/100/index.jsp