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HGTV Fall Thread 2024

Since the most recent comment on the summer thread is about the gays in Detroit, they get the place of honor as the thread photo.

(Until Mike Holmes Jr shares a photo in a jockstrap....)

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by Anonymousreply 84December 3, 2024 10:13 AM

The Harrisburg episode of "In With The Old" on Magnolia.....

Cute-ish daddy with deep blue eyes

and

Suspiciously muscular young Amish men.

by Anonymousreply 1September 22, 2024 3:39 AM

Which episode was that R1? We just started the new season.

by Anonymousreply 2September 22, 2024 3:41 PM

R2

S6/E7 - Old Uptown Revival: The Heart of Harrisburg

by Anonymousreply 3September 22, 2024 4:05 PM

I will shout from the rooftops that THE WORST show on HGTV is Fixer to Fabulous - the middle aged Arkansas couple from Bentonville.

Her voice is SO irritating - it sounds like she has a hearing problem, because she vocalizes in a way that sounds like deaf people talking.

But the REAL shitshow is their 'after' - all they do is simple remodeling we've seen a 1000 times and then they put in the most beige/greige/cream landscape of HomeGoods worthy shit.

ZERO design - seriously. Plus they usually do small renovations - a new kitchen (we're going to knock this wall out and make it open concept! Brave!) and bathrooms. The problem is a whole new everything is going to be an improvement, no matter fucking what.

He's a hot daddy - but they're both so thorough unimpressive. The Mississippi couple is 10x better - and they actually know about design periods and produce different designs.

These 2 produce the most standard Home Depot / HomeGoods combinations - it makes my blood boil.

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by Anonymousreply 4September 22, 2024 4:14 PM

If you edited out R4's name of the show and the names of the hosts, the same could be said for virtually any other HGTV house renovation show.

It comes down to, I think, personal likes and dislikes,of the host(s) and the methods of renovation.

I happen to like Jenny and Dave, but reading R4, I realized how many shows I don't. like for the same reasons R4 listed.

They are all becoming indistinguishable, to a degree, other than personalities. Very rarely do we ever learn anything about renovation or construction. It's all spectacle and reveals.

RIP HGTV

by Anonymousreply 5September 22, 2024 4:57 PM

R5 - I have to disagree. Look at their 'afters' in the episodes. It literally looks like an area from a HomeGoods store. And this specific example was for family of theirs.

It's boring - like the least interesting stuff I've ever seen. It's a new low for HGTV - seriously. They're AWFUL.

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by Anonymousreply 6September 22, 2024 7:56 PM

Example #2:

It's SOOO fucking awful. The window pane with the wreath - the big ass Roman numeral clock, the huge lanterns, the lack of pattern.

Literally stuff you'd walk by in HomeGoods.

I've never seen an HGTV show with the interiors THIS bad.

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by Anonymousreply 7September 22, 2024 8:12 PM

Most of those shows are little more than product placements for Wayfair or some other basic stuff company. The unique taste of millions.

by Anonymousreply 8September 22, 2024 9:14 PM

[quote] Until Mike Holmes Jr shares a photo in a jockstrap...

I think this is as close as you're going to get.

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by Anonymousreply 9September 22, 2024 9:23 PM

I saw an episode of "Love It Or List It" featuring bickering married gay Toronto cops.

They had a huge collection of boots and the top daddy was clearly a rage queen. But I get he lays some great pipe.

I wanna know if any Toronto DLers see them out and about.

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by Anonymousreply 10September 22, 2024 9:45 PM

Why is Shea going with Keith and Evan to New Orleans?

They say all real estate is local, so why is a local from Detroit trying to sell real estate in NO.

by Anonymousreply 11September 22, 2024 10:02 PM

I'm guessing they had to mix it up with Keith and Evan and they sent them to New Orleans instead of Italy where they sent others. I'm less likely to watch them now that they've sold out. Unless N.O. is one and done. What happened to "We'll never leave Detroit.?"

Through the magic of television, Shea now has a license to sell real estate in Louisiana, I suppose.

by Anonymousreply 12September 22, 2024 10:19 PM

I doubt Evan/Keith are doing all the work or that Shea is selling (she's probably licensed only in MI).

But they're going as stars of the show, not actual working people.

This is their version of the Dave and Jenny went to Italy business. Everyone in the last few years has had to have their own little special project on the side made into a short term show and this must be there.

Hmm, that reminds me, haven't seen Dave Marrs and his VPL outline in his jeans for a while.

by Anonymousreply 13September 22, 2024 10:21 PM

*this must be theirs.

by Anonymousreply 14September 22, 2024 10:22 PM

Yeah, Italy was the place to go,

The Magnolia Network (pitooey) even sent the Maine Cabin Masters to Italy. The Maine Cabin Masters!

(They do have my favorite redneck - Jedi.)

Okay, back to HGTV and Shea's wigs.

by Anonymousreply 15September 22, 2024 10:32 PM

Evan and Keith are really doing great work that most of these other 'designers' would totally turn their nose up at.

They are truly renovating communities, saving tear-downs, and providing renovated small affordable homes.

They should be given a fucking medal - those homes are DISASTERS.

by Anonymousreply 16September 23, 2024 12:09 AM

Shea's hair is LAIDT!

by Anonymousreply 17September 23, 2024 3:19 AM

The Laurel folks and Dave and Jenny in Arkansas may be super straight but they always seem to have the hottest clients pop up.

My pants still get all twitchy when I see the Home Town episode with their friend Shuff. He was a sexy motherfucker. I would take a break from eating Josh's ass to get familiar with all parts of him.

by Anonymousreply 18October 3, 2024 5:01 PM

I miss Chase Looney entirely too much. The sheer amount of muscle he put on since leaving the show is amazing.

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by Anonymousreply 19October 3, 2024 5:08 PM

His biceps in some of the last few Fixer to Fab episodes he was on were massive. Definite JO material.

by Anonymousreply 20October 3, 2024 5:16 PM

Still not much new on HGTV.

Watched In With The Old on Max (also on Magnolia) and this guy was pretty hot. He and his wife reno'd a place in Bardstown KY. He has some serious BDF and so did a few of his workers.

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by Anonymousreply 21October 7, 2024 11:19 PM

Speaking of Dave Marrs...

[bold]Court filings reveal new details in lawsuit against HGTV star’s companies[/bold]

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by Anonymousreply 22October 8, 2024 1:47 AM

The Bargain Block boys have, in Charles, a really fine General Contractor down in New Orleans.

And they’re really letting their gay flag fly; Evan telling Keith that one of the reasons they like Charles is that he speaks their language (could be) and that Charles "...has a really nice piece of wood…(pause)…in the back of his truck" (Spanish cedar). Keith snickers and does a look.

Found out they are less in New Orleans because they needed a new angle for Bargain Block than it is because they were finding it too difficult to renovate Detroit in the winter.

Evan’s looking good, too. And Keith left the crazy decor in Detroit; the first house in New Orleans was very “normal.”

The show is still more about entertainment than renovation, as are most HGTV shows these days. Won’t stop me from watching them, though.

by Anonymousreply 23October 14, 2024 7:07 PM

R23 I was about to come and post the same thing. They were NOT being subtle!

I also had to LOL when Keith said to Evan at one point...."Girl....pick up the pace!"

by Anonymousreply 24October 14, 2024 8:01 PM

I'm not generally attracted to younger guys but I will say on Unsellable Houses, Miles (who is the son of one of those screechy bitches, I can't remember which one) is a cute little cub.

(And yes, he's of age and old enough to be working with his mother and to own his own home.)

by Anonymousreply 25October 14, 2024 8:03 PM

I don't understand the concept behind "Unsellable Houses."

So these two bitches come in, suggest some improvements to be made, do the work and get paid for it, and I'm supposed to cut them in on the profit action? Fuck that noise.

by Anonymousreply 26October 14, 2024 8:42 PM

Yeah, I don't understand how that's legal, R26.

I think it's a concept that's fake for the cameras.

And I wouldn't cut them in for part of the profits - all they do is basic bitch, cheap ass Wayfair shit everywhere.

by Anonymousreply 27October 14, 2024 8:59 PM

R26 - what? Yes - because they sell it for over their original listing price.

Let's say a house is listed for 500k and is not selling. They put in 80K in renovations, sell for 650k - they get the 80K back plus half of the differential in house price. It's a good deal for homeowners - actually not such a great deal for the twins when you see how much they get back.

They remodel the bathrooms and kitchen and exteriors - it's not just new furniture. Jesus - not defending them - but the show's been on for 5 years and you haven't grasped the concept yet?

by Anonymousreply 28October 14, 2024 9:31 PM

This week's Bargain Block had another racy joke....

When they had to realign a window because it was crooked, Keith segued to a joke about knowing when something is "well hung."

Oh, my! *clutches pearls*

by Anonymousreply 29October 17, 2024 5:23 AM

The new season of Windy City Rehab has Alison's new assistant, a young gay named Brett.

He is everything you'd think he'd be - young, sparkly, and a big gurlina. He apparently got hired after sending some cake pops to her as well as his resume - you GO, gurlina!

by Anonymousreply 30October 21, 2024 7:49 PM

Been watching a show on Magnolia with Clint Harp - who I think was on Chip and Joanna's show (which I never watched because I hate them).

He is giving serious Josh Hawley vibes. Tonight I watched an episode where he was working on a reno in Akron and he was totally eyefucking the little daddy that was leading the project.

by Anonymousreply 31October 26, 2024 3:51 AM

I follow Brett Waterman on FB and according to a recent post he is working on a restoration for the Liberace house in Palm Springs.

by Anonymousreply 32October 30, 2024 4:28 PM

Maybe this guy should get his own show (see end segment)

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by Anonymousreply 33October 30, 2024 5:27 PM

Wow, Evan and Keith are getting more and more risque on every episode.

Evan looks VERY hot in his short shorts on yesterday's episode.

by Anonymousreply 34October 31, 2024 9:57 PM

In the last episode, Evan and Keith referred to the period when they were dating, which implies that they are married. I hope they celebrate an anniversary in one of their houses.

by Anonymousreply 35November 1, 2024 12:27 AM

In my fantasies, Evan is the quiet but intense top with sizemeat.

But I bet in reality it's Keith, who sounds like a bossy bottom but is probably the top.

by Anonymousreply 36November 1, 2024 1:14 AM

Nah, Keith is a bossy bottom 100%, And Evan is the kind of top that likes to be bossed. You can feel their attraction and love for each other through the screen,

By the way, am I the only one who's noticed that Keith's weight is fluctuating in a big way? At the rehearsal for the Mardi Gras dance, he wore a tight black tee that he never would have worn previously. In the old episodes, he wears loose tops and constantly adjusts them so that we don't see that he has a bit of belly. Now, that belly seems to have gone, and his face has become quite gaunt.

That's how I discovered that not every episode is filmed in real-time. They'll do a shot with Evan and Keith talking, and Evan looks slim. In the very next scene, he's back to his old body (which I like).

Yeah, I spend much too much time imagining them having sex...

by Anonymousreply 37November 1, 2024 3:23 AM

Oh, I got the names reversed. It's Evan that's losing weight. Sorry.

by Anonymousreply 38November 1, 2024 3:24 AM

Did someone say jockstrap?

by Anonymousreply 39November 1, 2024 3:27 AM

Keith and Evan are NOT married and neither one of them is in a hurry to get married.

So glad they're not frau-like bridezilla wannabes.

by Anonymousreply 40November 1, 2024 3:44 AM

R37 you are not the only one. The weight loss had people speculating (here and on Reddit) that he was either ill or on drugs.

by Anonymousreply 41November 1, 2024 3:56 AM

So I watched Unsellable Houses (the screechy twins) this week - season 5 episode 1 "A First House to a Future Sale?"

You have to see it to believe it......the husband was scorching my screen with his FLAMES.

Either he's gay, or that was a trans man. I'm pretty sure he's gay, though.

by Anonymousreply 42November 1, 2024 3:58 AM

NOTHING would induce me to watch that show with two harridans.

by Anonymousreply 43November 1, 2024 12:26 PM

Is Love It or List It no longer in production? That was my favorite HGTV show.

I also like Chicago Rehab, although she gets on my nerves sometimes.

by Anonymousreply 44November 1, 2024 3:10 PM

Windy City Rehab is still active and is in the middle of a new season.

But Love It or List It, I'm not sure. Hilary Farr left after they filmed the last season in 2022 or 2023, so I don't know if they want to continue without her. I think maybe it's done - they have almost 20 seasons of episodes so they can rerun them into perpetuity.

by Anonymousreply 45November 1, 2024 3:13 PM

More....

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by Anonymousreply 46November 1, 2024 7:42 PM

GOTTEN boring and stale? Was she sleepwalking through the fake and repetitive scenarios? Each week's exact same crisis?

Or it could be money.

by Anonymousreply 47November 1, 2024 8:51 PM

She also had cancer a few years back - she probably soaked up a few seasons of $$$ and then decided it was time to retire.

Her solo show was very interesting in comparison to LIOLI and less formulaic.

by Anonymousreply 48November 1, 2024 9:02 PM

Really - How could anyone tell whether the show was a rerun or not? It's the exact same show every time

by Anonymousreply 49November 1, 2024 9:15 PM

There used to be a show where a woman would show what she could do with, I think, $200k. She gave the homeowners a few choices and they would pick one. It seems more realistic than the others.

I think it only lasted one season

by Anonymousreply 50November 1, 2024 9:30 PM

I saw a House Hunters in Bordeaux and GLORY BE, Adrian Leeds was the agent. Haven't seen her on any Paris ones in a long time. She was, as always, a delightfully frothy mix of friendliness topped with a splash of cunt!

by Anonymousreply 51November 4, 2024 1:18 AM

Have been watching "A Home Away" on Magnolia - it's a married couple in Columbus renovating an old B&B. The husband is a tall light skinned black guy, and while he's a bit quiet and odd sometimes, I kinda think he's hot. He's very tall, has huge hands and feet, and boy, does he have some VPL.

by Anonymousreply 52November 9, 2024 5:11 AM

Don't want to disappoint all of her fans, but...

Leeds was the real estate agent for two of my friends (American) that are now expats in France. They don't have a lot of nice things to say about her as an agent or as a person.

Another case of "no one should meet their heroes."

by Anonymousreply 53November 9, 2024 1:57 PM

R53 I know HGTV is a performance......she's delightfully cunty on air but yeah, I don't know that I'd want that in a real life situation.

by Anonymousreply 54November 9, 2024 2:35 PM

This week's Unsellable Houses had yet another scorchingly nellie husband.

Not quite as flaming as the one from a few weeks ago, but definitely quite light in the loafers nonetheless.

by Anonymousreply 55November 15, 2024 4:03 AM

I was watching that today and laughing my ass off! Gurrrlll!

by Anonymousreply 56November 15, 2024 6:10 AM

Sorry responding to reply 55 - don't know why it is not showing up anymore.

by Anonymousreply 57November 15, 2024 6:14 AM

Sorry must have had you on ignore somehow :)

by Anonymousreply 58November 15, 2024 6:18 AM

Unignore me, R58!

by Anonymousreply 59November 15, 2024 2:23 PM

I did Alex, I don't want any more trouble from you!!

by Anonymousreply 60November 15, 2024 6:07 PM

R60 Hee hee! 😜

But seriously, that nellie husband was clutching his hands together like a big ole gurleena. Is there some sort of Mormon sect in that area where obviously gay men are paired with women? It's just so obvious.

by Anonymousreply 61November 15, 2024 7:26 PM

This week's Windy City Rehab - something about a "Brag House" was the title - had a newlywed gay couple.

Neither were big gurleenas as some of the recent husbands posted here were.....but they were kinda Every Gay Professional Couple Of A Certain Age in Chicago.

The reno was kinda nice, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 62November 22, 2024 10:42 PM

The twins on Unsellable Houses had a gay couple with a duplex on. The one guy had such a queeny voice - I don't know how you even cultivate that voice unless all your friends in your entire life have been total queens, too.

by Anonymousreply 63November 25, 2024 9:56 PM

Yes R63.....one was super queeny. And their house was kinda ugly, too.

by Anonymousreply 64November 25, 2024 10:16 PM

Adrian Leeds quoted in this article about the expense of French chateaus.

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by Anonymousreply 65November 26, 2024 5:47 PM

The Hawaiian guy on Renovation Aloha is really hot.

by Anonymousreply 66November 28, 2024 12:53 AM

R66 Agree, though he doesn't always look great in photos....better to see him in action

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by Anonymousreply 67November 28, 2024 1:09 AM

I'm trying to imagine his dick - do Hawaiians have big dicks or are they more Asian-like? Is he uncut or cut, I wonder?

by Anonymousreply 68November 28, 2024 1:41 AM

[quote] Evan and Keith are really doing great work that most of these other 'designers' would totally turn their nose up at. They are truly renovating

And they should stick to renovating and not decorating. When the houses are finished they almost always look like shit because of their pet projects they insist doing.

by Anonymousreply 69November 28, 2024 1:55 AM

What about the "Down Home Fab" couple with the chick obsessed with black. Their HOUSE is black, their kitchen is black and if you hire them, you better know you're getting black somewhere. One client insisted no black and her head practically exploded.

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by Anonymousreply 70November 28, 2024 1:59 AM

I love Evan and Keith, but their show no longer has anything to do with renovation. Its now a situation comedy of sorts, with a B story of doing some shit around the house. It's all about their personalities and interactions. Particularly during the NOLA shows, where they were obviously and outrageously letting their gay flag fly. Was very funny.

But it's no longer a renovation show.

Actually, none of them on HGTV are anymore. But Keith and Evan are nice and funny and kind guys, which can't be said for a lot of those shows and their hosts.

I'm interested in where they're going when they get back to Detroit.

by Anonymousreply 71November 28, 2024 2:49 PM

R71 Yes, that changed on HGTV a few years back. Most of these shows could be cut down to a half hour if it was just reno footage. So they have to cram other stuff in there, the B story.

Which is how we get the bits with Evan, Keith and Shea going shopping, or going to the casino, or the xtra-gay stuff they were doing in NOLA.

Or the Screechy Twins teaching their kid how to drive. (Although the one son who just bought his own house.....I mean if they wanted to show his OnlyFans I might not complain.)

Somehow these shows all think we want to see the personal lives of these hosts. Unless it's Dave Marrs and his assistant Chase having a shirtless circle jerk I'm not really interested in hearing about their berry farm.

by Anonymousreply 72November 28, 2024 3:01 PM

I can't watch "House Hunters". The women are so picky, they just seem totally First World spoiled. I can't believe how whiny some of them are.

by Anonymousreply 73November 28, 2024 8:38 PM

The Zillow Gone Wild host is SOOOOOOOOOO gay - he's kind of annoying.

by Anonymousreply 74November 29, 2024 10:28 PM

Jack McBrayer? Yes, we know..

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by Anonymousreply 75November 29, 2024 11:08 PM

^ Well, THAT landed with a thud.

by Anonymousreply 76November 30, 2024 12:16 AM

[quote]Adrian Leeds quoted in this article about the expense of French chateaus

Not an altogether terrible article as they usually are, R65.

Americans tend to do the same thing wrong every time:

--Paying too much for a house and not negotiating

--Buying 30 bedrooms when 12 would be ample - and then coming up with some half-baked scheme whereby the house will pay for itself

--Underestimating the cost of restoration/renovation

--Thinking that there are highly trained local craftsman who can reproduce ancient skills for a kind word and a few coins

--Overestimating the scope of restoration/renovation work. Not every château has to be nor should be completely taken apart at the molecular level and steel reinforced and the stones and millwork freshly cut to look brand spanking new. They never know when to stop and want to leave their own mark, however slick and tasteless.

--Underestimating furnishing and finishing costs (and the time it takes to furnish a huge house)

--Thinking that they can do it themselves

--Thinking that there is a huge untapped market for mindfulness retreats or destination weddings or some fucking loopy thing for a remote house 5.5 hours from Paris

Most buyers go way too far. They could have achieved a beautiful old house that's been made safe and sound and comfortable, instead they insist on putting their stamp on everything. Driven by ego they keep going long after they should have stopped. A 700-year-old château should show some signs of age, not be made over in the style of some tech titan's monstrous new-build on a golf course in Santa Barbara.

They get themselves in over their heads and just keep digging deeper. And it's always Patrimonie's fault and never their own egos. (And those British clowns with the TV show demonstrate that it's not entirely restricted to Americans.)

by Anonymousreply 77November 30, 2024 2:48 AM

Thanks R77 very informative.

by Anonymousreply 78December 1, 2024 4:57 AM

Ben Napier on Home Town is kind of hot, but he's more fat than fit-fat. I want him to have a bigger rounder butt than he has.

by Anonymousreply 79December 2, 2024 11:33 PM

When did this trend of displaying books with the binding facing the wall start? It's so stupid - it makes the designers appear illiterate.

by Anonymousreply 80December 2, 2024 11:54 PM

R79 I think he's actually gotten almost too thin.

But his chest is a thing of beauty

by Anonymousreply 81December 3, 2024 1:56 AM

[quote] When did this trend of displaying books with the binding facing the wall start? It's so stupid - it makes the designers appear illiterate.

It's not a design element. It's done on HGTV for one reason and one reason only - so HGTV does not have to pay any author or published if their book is seen on screen.

by Anonymousreply 82December 3, 2024 1:57 AM

I was watching an old episode of Mexico Life and this episode had a gay couple. I think they were named Jose and Omar. They were moving to Puerto Vallarta.

by Anonymousreply 83December 3, 2024 8:15 AM

[quote]When did this trend of displaying books with the binding facing the wall start? It's so stupid - it makes the designers appear illiterate.

Maybe the same time these idiot designers started putting open shelving across kitchen windows so you can't open them or clean them easily.

by Anonymousreply 84December 3, 2024 10:13 AM
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