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.
Digging Out the Yard
Feb 7, 2009
The Hometime crew re-grades a sloping back yard, installs a drainage system, and begins building a series of paver patios.
Urban Terraces
Feb 14, 2009
The Hometime crew weaves several retaining walls, steps, and patios into a small, sloped back yard.
Caretaker's Home
Feb 21, 2009
The Hometime crew restores the porch of what was once the caretaker’s home on a 40-acre, turn-of-the-century lakeside estate.
Entrance Plaza
Mar 7, 2009
The Hometime crew renovates a church courtyard with a textured concrete walkway, custom wood benches, and a raised planting bed.
Betsy-Tacy Home: Decoration
Apr 4, 2009
The Hometime crew makes its last visit to this historic home to create a sidewalk outside and to finish painting and wallpapering the interior.
Eat-In-Kitchen: Demolition
Apr 11, 2009
The Hometime crew takes a small kitchen and starts work to improve storage and functionality.
Eat-In-Kitchen: Cabinets
Apr 18, 2009
The Hometime crew installs new kitchen cabinets, a new sliding door and new floor tile.
Eat-In-Kitchen: Wrap Up
Apr 25, 2009
The Hometime crew installs countertops and appliances, as well as a new wood floor for the adjacent living room.
Sculpture Studio: Framing
May 2, 2009
The Hometime crew converts an unused, tuck-under garage into a metal-working studio with a new heater and a downsized garage door.
Sculpture Studio: Finishing
May 9, 2009
The Hometime crew wraps up the workshop with doors, windows and welding equipment.
Great Room Hardwood Floor
Sep 5, 2009
The Hometime crew installs a super-hard, prefinished wood floor.
Travertine Floor
Sep 12, 2009
The Hometime crew installs large-format limestone flooring.
Seven-Year Plan
Sep 19, 2009
The 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.
Kitchen Facelift
Sep 26, 2009
The Hometime crew transforms a kitchen with re-faced cabinets along with new counters, tile, appliances and lighting.
Great Room Update
Oct 3, 2009
The Hometime crew uses new trim, wood flooring, lighting, paint and furniture to transform a dated, 1970s living room and dining room.
Linoleum Flooring
Oct 10, 2009
The Hometime crew installs sheet and tile linoleum on the Hometime log cabin basement floor.
Cabin Kitchen Upgrade
Oct 17, 2009
The Hometime crew modifies and upgrades cabinets, appliances, countertops and plumbing fixtures.
Vacation Home Laundry Room
Oct 24, 2009
The Hometime crew adds new cabinets and plumbing fixtures to a log cabin lower level.
Historic Summer Home -- Structural Upgrades
Oct 31, 2009
Dean, 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.
Historic Summer Home -- Kitchen
Nov 7, 2009
Dean, Miriam and the Hometime crew rebuild old cabinets and install historically sensitive countertops, flooring, fixtures and appliances remodeling this 100-year-old kitchen.
Barrel Vault Basement
Nov 14, 2009
The Hometime crew transforms a bland, unfinished basement by juggling doors and windows, repairing humps and cracks in the floor, and creating an arched ceiling.
Party Kitchen
Nov 21, 2009
The Hometime crew puts in doors, tile and cabinets for the basement wet bar and peninsula.
Arched Wood Panels
Nov 28, 2009
The Hometime crew puts in granite countertops and a trendy shower door then wrap up the custom wood paneling around a basement fireplace.
Attic Trusses
Dec 5, 2009
The Hometime crew shores up the block walls then uses attic trusses to create a room over a flat-roofed, detached garage.
Standalone Garage
Dec 12, 2009
The Hometime crew seals up the exterior of the garage and the new studio above it.
Yoga Studio
Dec 19, 2009
The upstairs studio gets paint, flooring, and lighting. The downstairs garage gets flooring and cabinets.
