Sell This House

                 I started watching this show one Saturday morning for something to watch and now I am hooked.  What happens is people who are having difficulty selling their home call up the show to help them redesign and redecorate in order to get the house more appealing to buyers.  The show is hosted by Tanya and the redesign is led by Roger.  They perform simple (mostly simple) changes that make a drastic difference.  Each house has its own problems and new solutions are brought to the table each episode.

                After the introductions, the show begins with an open house.  Tanya, the home owners, and sometimes Roger, sit down and watch the comments of the people who came to tour the home.  They take the criticisms as a jumping off point for what needs to be changed.  We are able to see the changes as they happen and then in the end the same people from the open house are brought back again.  The comments are always completely different from the first time around.

                What I like about this show is it gives ideas of what people can do to their homes even if they are not trying to sell their house.  Do I agree with every redecorating idea?  No.  But most are good.  I greatly respect how they try to keep the changes true to the aesthetics of the part of the country they are in and the people currently owning the house.  I also like how at the end of the show an itemized list is given to show just how much, or how little, everything cost.  It gives the viewers a feel of what it would take to do everything themselves.