DIY Network

“Made in Milwaukee” airs 11pm ET Fridays on DIY Network. When I go to meet Jeremy “Sham” Shamrowicz at his design studio, I’m expecting him to be wearing either a kilt or some sort of pirate garb. Such is the wont of the eccentric star of DIY Network’s Made in Milwaukee, who has been doing business his way since 2000 and now has his own TV series to show for it. As it turns out, on this wintry day on Milwaukee’s north side, Shamrowicz is wearing a pirate shirt — the kind that might give Jerry Seinfeld pause — beneath […]

  Why did Colin Farrell sleep overnight on the set of Total Recall? Could it be true that a set buyer who is able to shop with $100,000 a day might not have a dream job after all? These questions and more are answered in Hollywood Builders: Total Recall, a one-hour special premiering at 9 tonight on DIY Network. Viewers will learn that it costs $10,000 a week just to keep the set flush in screws. Scenic artists will reveal how they made certain stunt props, like the one Farrell has to crash through in one dramatic scene. The movie’s […]

For the fifth straight year, DIY Network combed the nation’s decrepit home fronts in search of America’s Most Desperate Landscape. Host Jason Cameron (Man Caves) reviewed entries from viewers coast-to-coast who hoped to win the $25,000 yard makoever. Patty and Cas Stochmal of Derby, Conn., who had Jason and his crew give their yard a major two-day transformation that included creating a new retaining wall out of boulders, a new driveway, new concrete steps, a new walkway to the front door, building a 10×14 screened-in porch, and adding more than 100 plants. America’s Most Desperate Landscape airs tonight at 9 […]

For much of his acting career, Bronson Pinchot has had accents and attitudes to hide behind. From the lovably daffy Balki on Perfect Strangers to the scene-stealing art dealer Serge in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, Pinchot often completely disappears into his characters. In his latest project, however, he’s letting the DIY Network audience see his true personality. “I’ve spent a lifetime trying to be something, and that gets tiring,” Pinchot says as he walks through one of the homes he’s renovating in Harford, Pa., site of The Bronson Pinchot Project. “The producers came to me and said, ‘We think this […]

We’re conditioned to think of celebrity homes as paragons of luxury, with all that space between the marble floors and vaulted ceilings being filled with state-of-the-art … well, everything. But none of that happens by magic. Host Janna Robinson shows viewers how these playtime palaces really come together in Hollywood Hi-Tech, which airs Wednesdays on DIY Network beginning July 20. In it, she goes into stars’ homes and gives one room the ultimate technology makeover. While the famous clientele’s financial prowess does allow for higher-end equipment to be on display, Robinson says her show provides plenty of ideas for viewers […]