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  Are you captivated with home design/improvement television shows? If so, you are not alone. (I try to watch every on of them that has the word ‘office’ in the description - then pick apart the design for what really works and what just looks good on TV. “Ooops - they blocked the drawer to that desk!”)

TVacres.com reports an enormous number of design shows on TV: over  200!

Home design shows first cropped up in the 1940’s but it wasn’t until 1979, when “This Old House”, the grandmother of all TV design shows, first aired, that the current design show craze was born.

How many hours of design shows per week do you watch? If you could only watch ONE show, which one would it be? (My favorite year round is Decorating Cents, but in the summer, I just have to watch Design Star!)

Do you have an example of applying something you learned from design television to a real-life project? I would love to hear!

P.S. Please note that I have added a new catagory titled Decorating Ideas for those posts that have decorating tips & ideas in them - hope you enjoy !!