Show h F4 Advertising supplement produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporatism The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday March 15 1998 Alls well that ends well on television home shows Home improvement shows have their flaws but are still popular Thinking about sandblasting an intricate design into a glass tabletop? An expert is on hand to demonstrate The question is do you really want to know how to to cite one example spray-paisquares of silk and tie them decaround some stuffing for a no-seorative pillow? Ugly ugly ugly The voracious demand for programs shows such as leads to Yard the on HGTV Gardening by Whatever useful information host Paul James has to offer is overshadowed by his slapstick antics Especially for the casual viewer who may not be looking for specific information the hosts are key to the quality of a show They range in expertise from Martha Stewart (oh Martha well never deniyou with your grate you again values even if some of your ideas are obsessive-compulsivto seamstress Sandra Betzina of Sew Perfect who besides having one of the most annoying speech mannerisms in the world (if she said Do ya see? once she said it 20 times in 30 minutes) also has deadly taste in fabric James of Gardening by the Yard is merely the dumbest among the hosts who rely too heavily on personality to fill their time Lowell on Interior Motives is guilty to a lesser degree of the same sin His one-hoshow seems to be based n on design principles one program was devoted to the effective stone wood use of natural materials in various parts of a and metal house But his theatrical mannerisms and corny asides to a live audience are distracting Lowells segment with Buatta produced more helpful hints than most other home-decshows how to choose a variety of printed fabrics for use in one room how to select a color from the prints for the walls and how to make ceilings look higher by hanging window treatments a few inches above the frame Its just too bad that Lowell felt he had to punctuate the segment with his own remarks But at least Lowell has a personality Host Susan Powell of Home Matters on the Discovery Channel is so insipid she makes every guest seem lightweight Isnt that cute? she gushed to a woman who had just decorated a nt By Susan Cam Knight Ridder Newspapers w Picture this: Mario Buatta interior decorator to US presidents and socialites with even nicer homes and furnishings is considering a phototelevision congraph of a large-scree- n sole set against a backdrop wallpapered in a license-plat- e motif The top of the console is decorated with a long line of beer cans This is an actual room Buatta has been asked by television host Christopher Lowell how the scene could be improved To this point Buatta has cheerfully made suggestions for a number of ordinary-people decorating problems television But the console proves too much for his sensibilities After a second of nonplussed silence Buatta offers his solution: Put a match to it This vignette from Interior Motives on the Discovery Channel is one of the few entertaining moments in a long weekend spent consuming too many television hours of home-relate- d Inane rather than amusing is the word that most accurately describes the vast hours of television programming now devoted to the topics of home improvement and home decor Unfortunately informative is a description that can be invoked only rarely Television has discovered nesting Besides Home & Garden TV devoted exclusively to programs on those topics large chunks of time on the Discovery Channel the Learning Channel and even for crying out loud on PBS are dedicated to home-relate- d programming Thats in addition to the odd show on other stations or cable Aleene s Crafts or Quilt in networks a Day and Martha Stewart Living scattered throughout the daily schedule No topic is too big or too inconsequential to be tackled from how to banish fleas from the house to how to build a fireplace brick by brick Tours range from the grandest mansions to apartments in need of spacesaving ideas Need to clean the gutters? Theres a show that tells how to do it one-roo- m e) wooden box using rubber stamps I think so the woman responded enthusiastically Carol Duvall on the other hand has a wonderfully crusty personality Billed as Americas favorite crafter her HGTV show features experts on various hobbies A recent guest was in excruciating detail demonstrating how to design and make greeting cards with archi-three-dimensio- No topic is too big or too inconsequential to be tackled from how to banish fleas from the house to how to build a fireplace brick by brick Tours range from the grandest mansions to one-rooapartments ideas in need of space-savin- g Need to clean the gutters? There's a show that tells how to do it Thinking about sandblasting an intricate design into a glass tabletop ? An expert is on hand to demonstrate m ur well-know- or ty tectural themes We gotta move it along here Duvall prodded By the commercial break the woman had completed only step one of the process Now we go on to step two through 72 Duvall commented when the show resumed In the second lifetime Im going to have after I finish making one card where can I go to purchase these? Duvall asked finishing the segment And there are of course some hosts Lynette Jennings of House Smart on the Discovery Channel is one She gives the impression at least that she has tried whatever skill it is she is demonstrating whether its decorative painting outfitting a guest room tastefully or scraping the eaves of a house for repainting And she offers realistic warnings: Dont use metallic automobile paint inside I tried it once and I almost died Or before a segment on adding architectural columns for interior inter well-inform- ed f? est: Before I tell you the options you dont use them all or it will look like the Parthenon So choose a few The problem with the smart hosts is there is no escaping them Not only are their shows often scheduled more than once a day but many of them also have more than one show Hometime Jo Anne Liebeler ts on TLC then reappears immediately afterward on Home of the Future She also has an HGTV gig Room for t Change Interior designer and author Chris Casson Madden seems to be in heavy demand on HGTV hosting various interior design shows for the network But for sheer video ubiquity no one beats Bob Vila In fact his shows sometimes go head-to-heHGTV has picked up his classic This Old House series while TLC has his Renovation Guide and Bob Vilas Horne Again Prime time or predawn Vila is there when a home emergency strikes Finally even the best hosts blessed with lavish budgets really cant thoroughly cover some topics in the time available This reality was hammered home in a clever segment of Hometime the show on which Liebeler and cohost Dean Johnson don tool belts safety glasses and workboots and credibly act as though they are building a house or making home repairs On this particular segment the two meet before the show and puzzle over a script in which they are to depict construction of a new office building Shrugging they change clothes and get to work Were using a backhoe to dig our trench here Johnson intones in his usual style It handles real well In the next five minutes the two remove the sites topsoil stake out the buildings perimeter clear brush and level the land then pour 1100 cubic concrete for the yards of ready-mi- x footings Wearing yellow hardhats and compleseemmentary plaid shirts the two erect steel ingly working alone drainage pipes framing lay and begin building concrete block walls In their usual 30 minutes the two have constructed an elaborate and fully landscaped office building a wonderful of the best and worst of home TV By t? v is George Karvel risune Service Kmght-Riddek- T I Q I contracted with a local builder to build my current home in South Carolina in 1988 Last year my roof began to leak in multiple places After having five local roofing com-- " panies come by to give bids on roof replacement I was advised by ALL of them that the architectural shin- - ' gles are improperly placed They each say this is why the shingles must be replaced I have signed a contract for replacement at i a cost of $6000 Does my builder have any respon- sibility for the defective work of the I subcontractors on this project: V A Based on your letter and the representation that five other roofing" company representatives have said -that your shingles were improperly d! installed your builder has an ethical' professional and legal responsibility to replace and install new shinglesContact your builder to discuss your I problem and replacement of the 7 shingles before you have anyone else do the work If your builder doesnt accept the 2 responsibility for the work of their subcontractors and act quickly to correct the roofing problem contact t your attorney and file an action to 2 recover your costs and any losses for 1 damage that have resulted from the substandard workmanship If your -2 attorney is unable to obtain the builders cooperation you may then ? proceed to replace your shingles If other roofing company are will-ing to testify regarding the improper-installatiyou should have little -difficulty establishing the builders' v liability and obtaining a judgement for all expenses " Q We recently sold our house in incurred We have $25000 Kentucky in home equity to cover the sale of the house We have about $150000 equity in our new home Can you tell me if it would make sense to get a ' second mortgage and add the $25000 to our mortgage I hate tire ? thought of paying this off as it will --'I take at least two years I plan on liv- -i ing here for five to seven more adjustable-- years I have a five-yerate mortgage at 58 percent jA The term home equity loan is just another name for a second mort-'-gaThe only reason for refinanc- is ing to obtain a lower interest rate -that will result in a lower monthly mortgage payment When considering the decision to refinance any mortgage a homeown- er must compare the cost of refinanc- -' I ing with the reduction in their of? 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