Extreme Makeover Returns to Nashville in September

“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is returning to Nashville in September and volunteers are being sought. The build  is scheduled September 11-17. Well-known designers Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo, and Tracy Hutson will be joined this season by Leigh Anne Tuohy, interior designer and subject of the nationally acclaimed movie “The Blind Side.” Volunteers and materials are still being solicited for the build. Volunteers and those offering materials can register on The Nashville Build website.

Greater Nashville House & Home & Garden™

Sponsors Home Decorating & Remodeling Show

Lori Fisk-Conners, publisher of Greater Nashville House & Home & Garden™ magazine recently announced that the publication will serve as a sponsor for the Nashville Home Decorating & Remodeling Show September 10-12 at the Nashville Convention Center. In addition, the magazine will produce the official show directory. "We've always worked closely with Vandy Richards & the great people that work at Show Pros, who produce the annual show," Fisk-Conners says. "We're looking forward to this new level of partnership."

“If you don’t know building construction,

you need to know your building contractor”

By Ed Hantel

In the last few months, several homeowners, desperate to have their homes repaired after the flood in the Nashville area, have contacted me to assist them when their project didn’t go as planned. Many of these homeowners were told by their proposed contractor to obtain their own building permits from their county codes department. This places the homeowner in the role of the contractor and the person he/she hired in the role of the sub-contractor. As a result, when sub-contractors hired to do the work fail to meet expectations, the homeowner bears the full responsibility for the job.