Our HGTV Story, Part 3: The Waiting Game

Let’s review this little HGTV series so far.

In part one, we applied and found out we’d gotten the show (plus a few tips on how you can do that, too.)

In part two, we discovered which room they’d be renovating.  We met the hosts and they’d taken measurements, noted our style, and told us we were in good hands.

And then, we waited.  There was about one month between when we knew we’d gotten the show and when they’d start filming.  So what do you do when you know a film crew will be taping inside and outside your house?

YOU GET GOING.

In that short month, we– okay, mostly my husband because I was so pregnant– completed as many tasks on our mile long to-do list as possible.  Including hanging new shutters in 20 mile an hour winds.  I still owe him for that one.

As I ran around feathering my nest like never before, deliveries started arriving.

First up, a portable storage unit full of power tools!  {okay, would anyone else be excited about that or is it just me?}

Next, a dumpster.  Not very exciting.  No photos of it.  Don’t be mad at me.

Then boxes from Target, fabric, lumber, and miscellaneous other ‘clues’ as to what they had in store for this sad, sorry sunroom.

 

Here’s what the poor sunroom looked like when we first moved in: mauve, mauve, and more mauve.  Plus paneling.  Lovely.

A pink hot tub, indoors?  Uh huh!  And  leaky one at that.  It took my husband weeks to disassemble it, piece by stinking piece.

Afterward, we were left with this lovely sight:

In short order we replaced the moldy drywall, carpeted the entire floor and painted the paneling sailcloth white.  In our novice design mind, white would bring in more light to our adjoining living room, which has no windows.  My solution to the area left by the destruction of the hot tub?  Cover the drywall with white fabric, of course!  Ugh.

Almost forgot to mention the skylights.  They were leaking.  As in, we had buckets all over the room leaking.  Those needed to be professionally fixed, which we rushed to complete before filming began {just WAIT until you see what HGTV did to them as a finishing touch…}

Add in all our miscellaneous furniture, a few decor items, and a sectional we purchased for the space and you have the most. random. room. EVER.

Here’s the rest of the “befores,” to help frame the “afters” that will soon come:

 

 

 

 

Those ‘beautiful’ sliding glass doors to the living room.

This room was about to change, in a big way.  Because filming was about to start, and we were about to see the inner workings of a reality style television production firsthand.  Plus have a room remodeled.  Dare I admit I was still sorta terrified?!