Grin and Build It

Home owner Allisun has had to drop out of the dinner party club, because she is so embarrassed by the state of her dining room. Husband Remo is comfortable at the kitchen table but has committed to doing the reno with the Grin and Build…

Melissa and Michael can’t agree…he wants a media center, she wants a guest room. Heather creates a design that gives them both, but removes Michael from the project and puts Melissa in the driver’s seat. Will Melissa give Michael the…

Real life renovators Melany and Ascanio are newlyweds building their dream home. Mel is on nerve’s edge with all the construction, but when Heather takes her handy husband off the site and puts Melany in a tool belt, contractor Jon has…

Rob is a business man with no love for tools or DIY projects, while Melissa is a bit of a control junkie who loves to take the lead on projects at home. Their two boys, ages 5 and 6, need bedroom renos badly; Dad wants to turn the rooms…

When packrat Mark and his wife Maia meet with designer host Heather, they cannot agree on what will stay and what will go. Mark loves out-of-date hand-me-downs he calls ‘family heirlooms’, and Maia just wants to carve out a bit of room…

Real life running-shoe ‘king’ Toddy has literally hundreds of shoes…all over the condo. Rita is a party planner who works from home, but has little or no room to meet with clients. Add to this the fact that she is terrified of colour…

Carolina is a stunning woman; she’s outgoing, an artist and a cabinet maker. Ashley, her writer husband is not at all handy but under his grouchy veneer, he’s witty and extremely clever… they are a modern day beauty and the beast, of…

This couple needs help with a small open concept living space, but he’s seeing red when she’s put in charge and makes decisions for the reno without him. Anthonine is a budding decorator who, in a surprise twist, is put in charge of the…

Pascal is a strong, vivacious woman who has survived a four-year battle with cancer and now wants her life back with husband Robert. Pascal loves antiques, Robert enjoys clean modern lines…. can Heather find a happy middle ground? And…

Diane and Anthony enjoy the good life in their large home, but with five kids even a big house can be bursting at the seams. With a family this size they need to use every inch and they have a dining room and living room that are sitting…

Dana and Amir are a young married couple with 2 great kids, a busy family, and an ugly kitchen that Amir has not yet gotten around to updating. There is a lot of love in this house but with day-to-day life, romance has been on the…

Marc is a handy engineer who is not afraid of any home-reno project and Lydie is a working wife and mother: competent and capable until someone turns on a power tool! In this reality/design episode Heather designs a home office for…

Pennie and Michael are an interesting pair; she is a hands-on lady who loves to renovate and Michael is a gifted lawyer who lives by using his head, not his hands. The one thing that they share is the desire to turn the basement of their…