Hometime
Hometime is a PBS home improvement television show produced by Hometime Video Publishing, Chaska, Minnesota, in association with WHYY-TV Philadelphia/Wilmington, Delaware, and broadcast on public television and in syndication. It first aired in 1986. In the 1990s, Hometime aired on TLC. Hometime demonstrates both do-it-yourself- and contractor-performed projects, ranging from simple weekend projects to complete homes. Hometime episodes have covered many aspects of home construction and maintenance.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Digging Out the Yard
07-02-200930mThe Hometime crew re-grades a sloping back yard, installs a drainage system, and begins building a series of paver patios.
- Ep 2
2.Urban Terraces
14-02-200930mThe Hometime crew weaves several retaining walls, steps, and patios into a small, sloped back yard.
- Ep 3
3.Caretaker's Home
21-02-200930mThe Hometime crew restores the porch of what was once the caretaker’s home on a 40-acre, turn-of-the-century lakeside estate.
- Ep 4
4.Entrance Plaza
07-03-200930mThe Hometime crew renovates a church courtyard with a textured concrete walkway, custom wood benches, and a raised planting bed.
- Ep 5
5.Betsy-Tacy Home: Decoration
04-04-200930mThe Hometime crew makes its last visit to this historic home to create a sidewalk outside and to finish painting and wallpapering the interior.
- Ep 6
6.Eat-In-Kitchen: Demolition
11-04-200930mThe Hometime crew takes a small kitchen and starts work to improve storage and functionality.
- Ep 7
7.Eat-In-Kitchen: Cabinets
18-04-200930mThe Hometime crew installs new kitchen cabinets, a new sliding door and new floor tile.
- Ep 8
8.Eat-In-Kitchen: Wrap Up
25-04-200930mThe Hometime crew installs countertops and appliances, as well as a new wood floor for the adjacent living room.
- Ep 9
9.Sculpture Studio: Framing
02-05-200930mThe Hometime crew converts an unused, tuck-under garage into a metal-working studio with a new heater and a downsized garage door.
- Ep 10
10.Sculpture Studio: Finishing
09-05-200930mThe Hometime crew wraps up the workshop with doors, windows and welding equipment.
- Ep 11
11.Great Room Hardwood Floor
05-09-200930mThe Hometime crew installs a super-hard, prefinished wood floor.
- Ep 12
12.Travertine Floor
12-09-200930mThe Hometime crew installs large-format limestone flooring.
- Ep 13
13.Seven-Year Plan
19-09-200930mThe 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.
- Ep 14
14.Kitchen Facelift
26-09-200930mThe Hometime crew transforms a kitchen with re-faced cabinets along with new counters, tile, appliances and lighting.
- Ep 15
15.Great Room Update
03-10-200930mThe Hometime crew uses new trim, wood flooring, lighting, paint and furniture to transform a dated, 1970s living room and dining room.
- Ep 16
16.Linoleum Flooring
10-10-200930mThe Hometime crew installs sheet and tile linoleum on the Hometime log cabin basement floor.
- Ep 17
17.Cabin Kitchen Upgrade
17-10-200930mThe Hometime crew modifies and upgrades cabinets, appliances, countertops and plumbing fixtures.
- Ep 18
18.Vacation Home Laundry Room
24-10-200930mThe Hometime crew adds new cabinets and plumbing fixtures to a log cabin lower level.
- Ep 19
19.Historic Summer Home -- Structural Upgrades
31-10-200930mDean, 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.
- Ep 20
20.Historic Summer Home -- Kitchen
07-11-200930mDean, Miriam and the Hometime crew rebuild old cabinets and install historically sensitive countertops, flooring, fixtures and appliances remodeling this 100-year-old kitchen.
- Ep 21
21.Barrel Vault Basement
14-11-200930mThe Hometime crew transforms a bland, unfinished basement by juggling doors and windows, repairing humps and cracks in the floor, and creating an arched ceiling.
- Ep 22
22.Party Kitchen
21-11-200930mThe Hometime crew puts in doors, tile and cabinets for the basement wet bar and peninsula.
- Ep 23
23.Arched Wood Panels
28-11-200930mThe Hometime crew puts in granite countertops and a trendy shower door then wrap up the custom wood paneling around a basement fireplace.
- Ep 24
24.Attic Trusses
05-12-200930mThe Hometime crew shores up the block walls then uses attic trusses to create a room over a flat-roofed, detached garage.
- Ep 25
25.Standalone Garage
12-12-200930mThe Hometime crew seals up the exterior of the garage and the new studio above it.
- Ep 26
26.Yoga Studio
19-12-200930mThe upstairs studio gets paint, flooring, and lighting. The downstairs garage gets flooring and cabinets.
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