My evening last night was what you might call less than productive. I finished up with work, got some dinner and made my way home around 6:30. By 7:00, I was lost in the world of first-time property owners and decorating on a dime.
I don’t usually watch a lot of live TV but for some reason the shows on the HGTV network (that’s Home and Garden TV for you newbies) get me every time. They’re the kind of programs that you can leave on in the background and not have to give a lot of thought to, yet they’re entertaining and enjoyable to watch and I always learn something new.
Property Virgins, for example, helps new homeowners find their first home. It’s always fun to see if their expectations are realistic or if they are way off the mark. I tend to watch and compare the new home owners to my husband and me when we were looking for our first house. I’d like to think that we weren’t as naive and clueless (since the CPA had been a homeowner before) but I’m guessing we probably were just as bad.
Then there’s Color Splash, with David Bromstad. The guy is amazing. I love watching what he does with color. As an added bonus, he creates an original painting for all the rooms he works on and he makes it look so easy to do. One of these days I am going to try it. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
After Color Splash came my favorite show, House Hunters. In this program, the person looking for a house is shown three different properties and at the end of the show, they choose which one they want. I love trying to decide which house I would choose if I were in their shoes. Last night’s episode featured a neurologist and his wife who have a farm house property in upstate New York and who were looking to buy a vacation home in the Caribbean where they would live for six months out of the year. As soon as the show was over, I proclaimed that the CPA and I were definitely in the wrong occupations – we should have chosen neurology.
Finally, around 10:30, I decided I had had enough. (Actually, my husband was waiting in bed for me and I couldn’t very well tell him I wouldn’t join him because I was busy watching HGTV. I don’t think he quite understands my obsession with it.) So I reluctantly said goodbye to my shows, turned off the tube and headed upstairs.
But suddenly I realized – there’s always tomorrow night!
Do you watch HGTV? If so, what is your favorite show?
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