I'm a fan of the show

What I really like is they don't get upset about rot, moisture/foundation issues, etc - it's more of just another thing to fix on their checklist.

I also like they're pleasant to one another.

Sidenote - I've also become a fan of Home Town

"Sidenote - I've also become a fan of Home Town" - ME TOO!!

At first, "Good Bones" annoyed me a bit. To be more specific, Karen annoyed me a bit with her braying laugh! I watched last night's episode, however, and found myself a lot more taken with her than I was before. So yeah, I think it's something I could come to enjoy.

I still haven't gotten into "Home Town" though, but I haven't tried. The couple seemed to have so little on-screen persona/chemistry in the one and only episode I sat all the way through that it just didn't hold my attention after that.

Home Town has taken some time to grow on me. I like the husband...he just seems like a big ol teddy bear. Plus he's very talented in his work he does.

I missed Good Bones. Meant to set the recorder.

I do enjoy Home Town. I've been reading her blog long before the show came on HGTV. She's quite genuine.

Aargh, I don't have cable. Move it to Netflix or Prime?

I was glad to see Good Bones returning - I really like the mother and daughter team. Home Town is growing on me; I like their ideas.

Have y'all seen the Nate & Jeremiah show?? It's not on HGTV...it is on TLC or something.,,I love it! They are adorable and very talented. It is interesting bc they have design within at least the appearance of budgetary parameters which you know is not the same budgetary parameters their clients typically have. The shots, interior & exterior, of their own home just make me swoon! And their baby is delish! The whole thing is cute. ;)

Watched the N & J season finale lastnight - never thought I'd say it, but I liked their retro-ish pink kitchen That was a good shade of pink.

I really appreciate Nate & Jeremy designing way out of their comfort zone...and doing a good job of it in the end.

I only have seen spinets of N&J and one full show. They painted the entire place poo brown. It was HORRID. Not impressed at all with that show. Haven't even heard of the other two, but then HGTV has been dead for so long I don't really check for fresh new shows. I will see if I can check them out.

Tried to watch Good Bones, but got SO annoyed with the mother's laugh. It's just so over the top and she laughs at everything, and I mean everything. She's an over-laugher. Did not like Home Town at first, but the wife seems less weird now. It's watchable, and the husband is talented.

Arcy: OMG, that episode blew my mind. I think they just needed something inexpensive to do in that room but the ugly poop brown room was just BAD, BAD, BAD. I don't know what they were thinking.

Good people indeed.

Mina and mum awesome but the laugh, I agree, too much and needs editing. I cannot believe they leave it to ruin the show. She is a lovely human being clearly, it is those who produce and edit that have to get their acts together.

I am a fan of Good Bones. Both are very talented at what they do and they actually work well together.

Home Town is another favorite. Agree, Ben is very talented and she is quite the artist. Such a low key approach to everything.

I really like this show except that Karen gets in my nerves. She's a lovely woman but she has some kooky ideas. I love Home Town. Is my favorite show except for Maine cabin masters in diy channel. Im hoping another channel will pick it up now that diy is changing. ownership.

Funny to go back and read what I wrote 3 years ago. I now turn the channel when Good Bones comes on, but will stop in my tracks to watch Ben and Erin on Home Town. I love them!

I am so glad to hear that others find the mother incredibly annoying on Good Bones. I can’t watch it because of her. Maybe the daughter will marry some hunky guy and boot yhe mother off the show. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

dedtired

19 minutes ago

I am so glad to hear that others find the mother incredibly annoying on Good Bones. I can’t watch it because of her. Maybe the daughter will marry some hunky guy and boot yhe mother off the show. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

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Daughter Mina is married and expecting their 2nd child.

I like the mom, Karen, because she wants to be happy. joyful, and likes to laugh.

It's pleasant to see such positivity these days.

Karen does seem genuine. Like she is who she is, take her or leave her. I do admire that kind of obvious authenticity. I'll take a dozen Karens over one Flip-or-Flop Christina any day.

Oh yeah now I remember seeing that the daughter is expecting. So much for that idea. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Karen's laugh is now cut off just after it starts. I know she can't help it, but sounds a little crazy.

Haven't seen any of those shows, but I came across DABL and have been recording all the old sarah richardson shows: Design Inc, Room Service and Sarah 101. So nice to see a decorating show again instead of all these real estate ones. I sure do miss Candice Olson, Christopher Lowell and Lynette Jennings.

I recently stated watching Renovation, Inc on Sunday nights on HGTV. This is a Canadian couple, husband is the contractor and wife is the designer. They also made the recent show, Renovation Island, the Caribbean hotel reno project. A new show typically grabs my interest until HGTV goes insane and runs repeats of popular shows until you hate them :)

Never heard of DABL before. So many new streaming options. I can't keep up. Renovation Inc. is Brian Baeumler and his wife?

Not a fan of Good Bones' demo M.O. The gang of misfits approaching the house in slo-mo on demo day, no masks, just eye protection. Ugh. I recall the episode where someone cut their arm because they jumped on a beam (?) to tear it down and a piece of metal just sliced their arm. I mean, really?! Professionals don't demo the guts of a house with such theatrics. It doesn't make for good TV, imo, it makes for loss of credibility. That said, Mina has a good eye and the reveals I saw were lovely.

I recall Lynette Jennings but never saw Candice Olson or Christopher Lowell. As for Sarah Richardson, I lost interest in her recent YT series but did buy her latest "book", "Collected", which is more like a magazine with no ads, featuring some of her and her colleagues' work. Nice rooms but nothing made me swoon. :) Room Service had great DYI projects.

I think the folks on Home Town do such wonderful work, from her livable designs to his incredible workmanship. They have a sweet relationship and both seem like genuinely nice and good people. But the one thing that bugs me so much is that in every shot of the two of them facing the camera, he's got his arm around her in this way that looks so uncomfortable for each of them. It's often hot and humid, his shirt is dripping with sweat and he's got her in a death grip around her shoulder. Ewww! I want to tell him to LET LOOSE OF HER! Or for her to say it. It just looks hot and sweaty and gross, not sweet and cozy. They could stand closely together in a way that looks so much more comfortable and still look bonded.

Annie, I've also never heard of DABL--does that stand for a show title?

Olychick, re. Ben/Erin and how he clutches at her. She wrote about this somewhere; evidently she is/was very introverted and shy, and when the show started she was so terrified of the camera that she literally needed to have her husband touching her to feel comfortable enough to speak naturally. If you watch, especially in earlier seasons, they are almost always touching somehow; he will gently put a hand on her back or an arm around her or just touch her shoulder while she speaks.

At first I was also a bit put off by the touchy feelies because I'm not a toucher or touchee myself. But once I read her reason, it became another of their little sweet couple gestures--one of many. I love the way they relate to and with each other. It's so genuine and so loving. It also fascinates me to see how inexpensively houses can be bought and gut renovated into showpieces in their little town. As a native southerner that region and those houses ring very true to me.

As for Good Bones let me announce up front my next thoughts are obnoxious, parochial (after just gushing about the South) and snobby. I find that show of zero interest. Low budget midwest dumps just don't hold my attention for 5 seconds especially since I also find the daughter's aesthetic way too cluttered and busy. The mother is nuts. I don't watch it regularly at all but happened to be clicking through during one reveal featuring a large farm sink in a kitchen which mom CLIMBED INTO during the walk through?!?! WTF??? Bizarre and not in a charming way.

I was fascinated by the Baumler island hotel makeover in Renovation Island but of course that's a natural draw for me. Creating that high end, elegant but understated island style without shading into tropical kitsch is a very subtle and interesting design niche, and I think Sarah Baumler nailed it. Random silly observation: I also think she's one of the most classically beautiful women I've ever seen. A bit overdramatic with the facial gestures sometime but wow is she gorgeous!

I wasn't sure I liked his persona at first but Bryan's pretty funny and now I'm watching the Renovation Inc follow up series which I think was actually filmed before they did the resort.

Thanks for that info Running about the clutching; that makes it more palatable. It's not touching in general that bothers me, I think it can be very sweet and tender. It was the hot, sweaty arm surrounding her so fully that gave me claustrophobia, I guess.

DABL is a channel on our cable tv line up:

https://www.dabl.com/schedule

They also broadcast Escape to the Country which is total eye candy of beautiful homes with the most incredible views in the UK countryside. Plus the way everyone talks so slowly and deliberately, it's like a meditation.

I just found out if anyone wants they can watch the DABL channel on the computer.

Horrible fake loud laugh

Have never liked Good Bones. Don't like the dumps they renovate, and daughter acts like she wishes her mother would not talk at all, and she is barely tolerating her. Do love Home Town. Also liked Renovation Island, it seemed REAL. Made me nervous watching though, with so many things going wrong, but interesting. Don't miss Chip and Joanne at all. Nice houses and style, but they were intolerable. Agreed that HGTV runs the shows soooo much that we will be tired of all the people soon. Just not interested the one about renovating vacation cabins.

I think part of what makes Home Town appealing is that the people seem real and relatable. So many of the other HGTV stuff follows a prescription of beautiful people looking glam even in the midst of dirty, sweaty renovations. It's like they're trying to sell some aspect of sexiness which I find incredibly annoying. I don't care to watch while Barbies and Kens strike poses. THIS is a "brand" I'm not interested in buying:

ladypat1

18 hours ago

Have never liked Good Bones. Don't like the dumps they renovate, and daughter acts like she wishes her mother would not talk at all, and she is barely tolerating her.

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That's one of the things I respect about them, they take an old place down to the studs and rebuild it--it's just not a cosmetic flip....you 're buying an old home w/no issues.

By saving the old houses, they also keep the character of the neighborhood.

As for mom Karen, she has a big personality-- and marches to the beat of her drummer, which I like.

Not sure why ppl would spend top dollar in a neglected neighborhood?

Agree about Karen - she is indeed unique!

ijust saw the N&J poop room today- horrid! As was the green room. And this was with a healthy budget. Makes zero sense.

Neglected areas around here (that have been restored one house at a time), have gained great value and have become popular areas to move to.

Started watching Good Bones, but lost interest. Home Town I've grown to like more. My favorite is Hilary Farr and David Visentin in Love It or List It. They're a great pair, interesting, fun and have great taste.

Oh my gosh Arapaho - those 2 make me want to bite something!! The coy fighting seems so staged.

Proof positive we are all very different people. I love the concept of Love It or List It, but can't watch due to those 2. You can enjoy it for the both of us. :)

What is most annoying about Love It or List It though, is the way that everyone whispers at the end before the homeowner announces if they'll "love it" or "list it." It's SO ridiculous. Just speak in normal tones, already. The hushed stage whispers do nothing whatsoever to add any heightened sense of drama to an already highly fake scenario. Gah!

I kind of like Good Bones. The mom doesn't bother me at all. I always wonder how much work they actually physically do or if it's just a show for the cameras. It's nice to see more modest homes restored.

I absolutely cannot stomach Love it or List it. I find nothing of interest in either of those people; he especially. The fake drama is just so offputting.

I cannot get enough of Boise Boys and recently started watching old episodes of the High Low Project. I adore Samantha and while I don't love all of her designs, it's fun to see the replacements for high end things she uses. And her assistant is brilliant! Is there anything he can't do??

I tried watching something new with David Bromstead (I think that's his name). I liked him a lot when he first started, but omg, what happened to him? I didn't make it through one episode.

patrice, how funny is that! Yes, different strokes. Most likely scripted. What bothers me most in any of the shows is the music behind the scenes that can become loud and irritating.

I am so glad to find that there are so many other people that get annoyed with Karen. I can't stand her laugh and she is weird as far as some of her ideas. I would sometime not watch the show because of her. I do love Home Town and Fixer to Fabulous.

I've never watched Good Bones - the commercials/previews were off-putting enough for me never to want to see it. I do like Sarah Richardson's show, although I do not like the buttons she frequently puts on pillow covers - those are simply not comfortable. I loved Nate & Jeremiah when they were on, but my favorite design show is probably Desert Flippers because it shows houses in Palm Springs that I can relate to, especially now that I have a desert house in adjacent Cathedral City.

I've been watching DABL a lot here in the desert because we decided not to have cable here and really do not miss it. Since we have a Samsung TV, we get all the Samsung streaming channels for free, many of which we like. I've been watching Escape to the Country on DABL, which is on a local channel, and while I like the show, I do not like any of the houses but look at them as curiosities. I always laugh when they talk about the "stunning" views of cow pastures - a view I've always hated, having grown up with cow pastures. Parts of England are scenic, but nothing strikes me as "stunning." I have a view of snow capped mountains from my pool patio here, with palm trees in the foreground and around the house. To me, that is more stunning than a cow pasture.

I agree that Good Bones would be better if edited, ie Karen's laugh is a bit overwhelming along with the constant repeating... however like any other reno shows, I keep watching just to get to the end result. I don't necessarily pay attention to all the drama that is being incorporated and/or acted out, really just watch them for the insight from the work and designs. I even watch replays!