DIY NETWORK RENEWS FIVE POPULAR RENOVATION SERIES

New York [For Immediate Release - March 16, 2015] DIY Network announced the renewal of five popular renovation series, including season six of The Vanilla Ice Project (Vanilla Ice), season eight of Kitchen Crashers (Alison Victoria), second seasons of Barnwood Builders (Mark Bowe) and Sledgehammer (Jason Cameron), as well as the 14th season of Yard Crashers, now starring Chris Lambton who tackles challenging backyards for a second season.

"If you want to see experts and homeowners swinging hammers, knocking down walls and getting dirty, then DIY Network is the network for you," said Allison Page, general manager, HGTV and DIY Network. "With programs like the Crashers franchise and The Vanilla Ice Project, we've built a successful network that delivers the upscale do-it-yourselfers that advertisers want to reach."

Pop culture icon, "cool hunter" and home renovation expert Rob VanWinkle, a.k.a Vanilla Ice, returns in The Vanilla Ice Project to showcase the latest in home technology and design as his crew remodels another outdated Florida mansion one floor at a time. Demolition is the name of the game in Sledgehammer when host Jason Cameron surprises homeowners with a sledgehammer and permission to trash and remodel their most-hated rooms, while Barnwood Builders follows Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia master craftsmen as they salvage wood from antique barns and cabins to create stunning modern homes.

Meanwhile, more kitchen and outdoor renovations are on the way with fresh episodes from the Crashers franchise. Homeowners get a major surprise when they run into designer Alison Victoria and her Kitchen Crashers crew at the local home improvement store. In each episode, one lucky shopper hands over their house keys so Alison and her team can execute a total kitchen transformation. In addition, landscape expert Chris Lambton is on the lookout for home improvement shoppers who are game to get a total backyard makeover in new episodes of Yard Crashers.

ABOUT DIY NETWORK

DIY Network, from the creators of HGTV and Food Network, is the go-to destination for rip-up, knock-out home improvement television. Currently in more than 58 million homes, DIY Network's programming covers a broad range of categories, including home improvement and landscaping. The network's award-winning website, DIYNetwork.com, consistently ranks among America's top home and garden Internet destinations for entertaining videos, home improvement advice, step-by-step instructions, message boards, blogs, an interactive program guide and more. Viewers can also become fans of DIY Network and interact with other home improvement enthusiasts and do-it-yourselfers through Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., DIY Network is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI).

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(PRWEB) March 11, 2015

California Pools opened a new office on January 13, 2015 in the Fox River Valley region of Wisconsin as they continue to broaden their market out of California. California Pools, the worlds most awarded pool builder, is celebrating its new office headed by Dave Greene that serves the Fox Valley area in Wisconsin. Dave Greene, an entrepreneur who grew up in the swimming pool building and repairing industry, manages their Fox Valley office. This team specializes in the usual California Pools services along with contracting weekly and monthly maintenance for their customers.

Since Wayne Steimle began his family-owned business in the summer of 1952, California Pools has championed over 70,000 swimming pool / spa backyard projects while treating both employees and customers like part of the Steimle family. Each office brings a committed-to-quality design team to work with residential and commercial customers to build, repair, maintain, and remodel custom swimming pools, spas, outdoor kitchens, water features, and backyard accessories.

To learn more about the companys new office or to schedule an in-home consultation for your custom designed swimming pool, visit their website today: http://www.californiapools.com/locations/fox-valley. If you're looking to elevate your career, California Pools is offering license dealership opportunities throughout the United States. To learn more, contact their corporate office at (800) 282-7665.

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When Barak and Carrie Steenlage were newlyweds house-hunting in 2011, they fell in love with a 1939 Cape Cod in St. Louis Park.

The house wasnt perfect. But it had potential. We thought, It needs a little cosmetic work, said Carrie of the story-and-a-half home. But it has the bones of a good house.

Fairly soon after purchasing, Carrie and her mom painted the entire interior of the house. They had only recently finished that project, when the couple decided to tackle a much bigger one: remodeling the entire house. With plans to start a family, they knew they would soon need more space, and interest rates were attractively low. And Barak, who founded Anchor Builders in 2005 at the age of 23 with his brother John, had been renovating homes for years and was eager to work on a project for himself.

The tricky thing, and what would become the projects major challenge, was that the Steenlages wanted a two-story home with the feel of a story-and-a-half. It was important to them to maintain the footprint of the house and keep the character of the home in line with the rest of the neighborhood.

They didnt want a big house that towered over the neighbors, said Shelly Lindstrom, of Fluidesign Studio, the projects designer.

On the exterior, We wanted to make sure it didnt look like all roof.

Barak began a series of conversations with the subcontractor who was building the trusses. There was a lot of back and forth until I was able to get the trusses to look like I wanted, he said.

A front porch and a smaller gable over it, along with a dormer window and an arched portico, all helped break up the roofline.

The Steenlages also used a mixture of textures and materials on the exterior, such as shakes on the gables and two different sizes of siding.

Everything that can create contrast will just create more interest, said Lindstrom.

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(BPT) - Its a sobering truth of real estate that sellers often have to spend money to make money. Even if your home is relatively new, you still face costs associated with getting it ready to show, such as repainting interior rooms or hiring professional cleaners and stagers. If your home could use some TLC and updating, spending as little as $5,000 on key upgrades could improve its appeal for buyers and ensure a speedier sale at a better price.

Here are five upgrades you can make for under than $5,000 to help put your home at the top of every buyers must-see list this spring.

1. Upgrade your entryway Replacing an old, dated or worn entry door can be a cost-effective way to ensure buyers get a good first impression when they walk in your house. Whether you choose a fiberglass, wooden or steel model, installing a new entry door can cost a few thousand dollars, yet the return on investment at the time of resale can be significant. A fiberglass entry door returns about 72 percent of its investment, while a steel door recoups more than 100 percent of its value, according to Remodeling Magazines Cost vs. Value report.

Enhance your new door with attractive plantings, fresh paint and clean windows around the entryway to create a memorable, attractive entry for just a few thousand dollars.

2. Increase natural light More buyers are becoming aware of the mood- and productivity-enhancing benefits of natural light, and homes with big, bright windows have always been in demand. Adding windows to a room can be a costly, time-consuming affair. Not so with adding a skylight. For well under $5,000 and in just a day or two, a professional can install an Energy Star qualified, solar powered no-leak fresh-air skylight, like those from Velux America. Professional installation costs nationally ranges from around $900 to $2,325, with an average of $1,400, according to HomeAdvisor.com.

The low installation cost will leave you plenty of budget to enhance the skylight upgrade even further with energy efficiency-boosting solar-powered blinds. The skylight and blinds are operated by remote control and the blinds are available in designer colors and patterns to enhance your dcor. The products, as well as installation costs, are eligible for a 30 percent federal tax credit to further reduce the cost of the improvement.

The most popular rooms in the home for fresh air skylights are baths, where they provide privacy in addition to natural light, and kitchens, where they vent cooking odors and humidity naturally while brightening this much-used workspace. Visit http://www.veluxusa.com to learn more.

3. Beautify a master bathroom Bathrooms and kitchens sell homes. Making a few cosmetic upgrades to even a small master bath can help increase a homes appeal and value. For less than $5,000 you can easily repaint, upgrade faucets, replace old cabinet hardware and add decorative touches like designer towels.

If youve already done all that, take a look at the floor or countertops two cost-effective upgrades that can wow buyers. Since counters dont make up that much square footage in most bathrooms, replacing them with granite can cost just a couple thousand dollars. Tile flooring is also a relatively inexpensive way to improve a bathrooms look and usability.

4. Heat things up in the kitchen Kitchen remodels can offer high ROI for sellers, but a full remodel may be outside your budget. If youve already done the obvious like repainting and decluttering its time to look for a few more cost-effective improvements that will appeal to buyers.

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) March 05, 2015

Home & Hearth Outfitters partnered with leading fireplace manufacturer, Enviro, to develop a new fireplace insert specifically sized to fit the small Victorian fireplaces commonly found in Denvers older homes. The Enviro Q1 Gas Fireplace Insert was created due to a high demand and interest from homeowners with inoperative coal fireplaces. Before the Q1 insert, solutions to modernize small coal fireplaces were very limited and usually resulted in entire reconstruction of the chimney or covering the fireplace up completely. The new, innovative inserts have received a great response from local homeowners.

Many homes in Denver built in the late 1800's to the 1920's are still used and are in high demand for their historic appeal, Pete Dines, President of Home & Hearth Outfitters said. As homeowners seek to renovate or remodel these historic homes, the Q1 Insert gives them a way to convert to gas that was not available before. This is the first of its kind to allow homeowners to maintain the original purpose of their fireplaces, by taking an old dilapidated and sometimes dangerous fireplace and updating it to a tested and listed furnace rated heater and fireplaceThis winter was the first season for the Q1 and the demand was phenomenal. We definitely had more interest than anticipated.

Starting in the late 1800's, coal stoves were the primary choice for heating a home. They were usually taller than wide and very shallow, and not designed for ventilation to burn wood. By the 1920s, most cities had access to public utilities, including natural gas and electricity -- which resulted in the decline of coal use in American homes. While homeowners remodeled these historic homes throughout the years, converting a coal fireplace to modern day technology was deemed problematic, since the chimneys were not built to support wood burning and a gas insert solution was not commonly available in these smaller sizes.

The Enviro Q1 insert is the long-awaited solution to historic home renovation. Its beautiful, clean faced gas fireplace brings modern design in an array of different stylistic options from minimal to contemporary. The Q1 uses a high definition log set, tray burner with glass or a coal burner to fit any homeowners stylistic taste.

For more information on Denver-based Home & Hearth Outfitters and the Enviro Q1 Gas Fireplace Insert, go to http://www.homeandhearthoutfitters.com or call 303-722-6698.

About Home & Hearth Outfitters Home & Hearth Outfitters has been Denvers premiere choice in high-end kitchen appliances, gas fireplaces, and outdoor furnishings for over 20 years. A leading fireplace retailer and service provider in Denver and the Vail Valley, Home and Hearth Outfitters offers a full line of fireplaces, installation services and custom design in addition to outdoor kitchens and barbecues. Representing the leading fireplace brands and outdoor living products including Jotul, Town and Country, Ortal, Viking, Swiss Grill, Marquis and Enviro, they have two showroom locations in Colorado at 286 S. Logan St. Denver, CO 80209 and in the Vail Valley at 5 Murray Road, Edwards CO 81632.

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