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Would you watch HouzzTV?

12 years ago
I'm tired of HGTV. I'm starting to think Houzz could do a much better job of programming design shows.

Comments (339)

  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I don't think so. I think the website has covered just about every topic available, but I do think chook chook should have her own show.
  • 12 years ago
    Pretty much the only "no" votes are from people who don't watch TV. So it seems clear that TV watchers among Houzz members are starving for good programming.
    Some really great comments have been made about the shortcomings of current HGTV programming. I especially liked the comment that a show with 28 minutes of makeover and 20 seconds of showing the end result is extremely frustrating. A new channel could do a lot better. I do agree that the realities of advertising revenue would probably put pressure on any new channel to show the reality schlock everyone else is showing. But at least we can dream.....
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Personally, I miss Norm Abram.
  • 12 years ago
    HGTV is stuck - so tired of being told your home is second rate if you don't have yellow walls, stainless steel, granite countertops, hardwood floors, or an open floor plan. I would watch Houzz if you bring it back for the common person!
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I miss design shows. No one is doing them anymore. Come on Houzz! Step up for us!
  • 12 years ago
    Yes I would watch religiously . I am also sick of people looking for homes in other countries!!!
  • 12 years ago
    Yes, and we should all be on it. Take real people with design problems.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I agree. I am sure that all of the designers on Houzz would be more than happy to be on Houzz TV.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Yes, HouzzTV would be great for the realistic person! So tired of the phony staged shows.
  • 12 years ago
    That would be great!!!
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I'm afraid that watching a real reality show might be like being at work.
  • 12 years ago
    Not if I have to pay for extra cable channel(s).
  • 12 years ago
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    WOULD LOVE IT IF HOUZZ KEPT IT TO DECORATING SHOWS, HOPE U AIR SOON!!!!!!!!!! .....
  • 12 years ago
    Absolutely. I am ready to watch it now. HGTV needs a make over. Their shows are not realistic. Too much drama. Too much focus on people and not enough on design. I cannot wait for Wednesday and Sunday to read your newsletters. In fact I spend at least an hour a day on Houzz. My husband would tell you I spend three hours a day. Go for it.
  • 12 years ago
    I would watch Houzz tv all the time!!!!!
  • 12 years ago
    You are asking that question to people who love interior design and are fed up with House Hunters, House Hunters International, buying Beachfront property or Hawaii property, I don't watch HGTV at all anymore because I am not interested in programs that are scripted and no longer deal with interior design. I truly don't care which house these people choose.
  • 12 years ago
    I will. In return, would you watch our animals when we go on holidays?
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I just want to be a real Holmes on Homes....real people, real problems and real polite.
  • 12 years ago
    We wish we could send some cameras and a makeup artist and get you on the air! Welcome Ironwood.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    I don't have a TV. Do you think Ironwood needs makeup???
  • 12 years ago
    Yes! I thing you should do it
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    "I'm tired of HGTV. I'm starting to think Houzz could do a much better job"

    Setting the bar a little low, aren't we?
  • 12 years ago
    Wood wrights, like myself, will flock to something like that, many of us are currently working hard to keep the craft alive. YouTube is sadly now "gooder" than the DIY network etc.
  • 12 years ago
    Most definitely. I set my recorder to for the very few decor shows that HGTV shows, mostly reruns.
  • 12 years ago
    How about it Houzz??????
  • 12 years ago
    Yes!
  • 11 years ago

    The question still remains.... Would you watch Houzz TV???

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Yes! There's a program in the UK called "Grand Designs" so i expect it to be a little like that but perhaps more focussed on the interior.

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    A hard yes without knowing the show outline. No scripted Property Brothers (any version), House Hunters Renovation no show where the design plan is to "knock down all the walls and create a BIG kitchen island". As others have said throw out the HGTV model. High and midsize budget builds and design solutions. Combine garden, hardscape and home design and build information. Please, please, please give consideration to Fair Trade materials, recycled resources and I'd LOVE to see a show which highlighted a demolition crew taking out usable material donating said material to Habitat for Humanity or getting in touch with a recycling center. It kills me to watch the PB's and their ilk take sledge hammers to anything and everything in their path without care or concern for what goes into land fills or could be reused by sustainable & low income home builders. No show provides information on this subject yet your site often highlights design using reclaimed resources.

    A lot of what I'd like to see in a show has already been mentioned. This Old House was a great model, Sarah's House as well. No screaming show hosts, show created deadlines for dramatic effect, scripts which control the repetitive language of the participants i.e. dream home, spa retreat when referring to a master bath (it's a bathroom...in you're home...the kids are still banging on the bedroom door and the toilet is still staring you in the face), en suite, upgraded stainless appliances (just because it's stainless doesn't mean it's top quality), dream quartz counter tops (done to death, better, newer materials), dream anything and everything.

    Yes I'd watch Houzz TV. The question you probably want the answer to is would I pay for Houzz TV, I'd want to test the content. NETFLIX may be the way to go if your production values are high.

  • 11 years ago

    I don't watch TV at all, so, No....

  • 11 years ago

    ok, i did not read everything it is too long. I agree with Jeri, Make it a combination of this old house, Christopher Lowell, the old design on a dime-not the $2000 wonder they have today, the lady who was on at the same time at Christopher (brain burp again, sorry) . a little martha stewart is good too. yes, it can incorporate that fab thing they had before i left fl 15 years ago, where they actually sold the house parts, including landscape, before they tore it down. In every state, show us cool places to get things, with names and cities. not just go to your local metal working shop, where is that? Also, all my shows come from the net, I have never paid for cable, never will. When they changed the tv, the entire southern part of DE and Eastern shore of MD lost NBC, so make it somewhere we can actually watch it, like PBS. Have good diys in it. A quality show with lots of variables. This could be on forever i think.

  • 11 years ago

    time for some NEW views yes to Houzz TV

  • 10 years ago

    Yes! I most definitely would! But there needs to be more of a balance between budgets. Not only million dollar homes, but a level more achievable instead of just a Wish List. :-)

  • 10 years ago

    Let me get this through too. HACK!

  • 10 years ago

    Absolutely!


  • 10 years ago
    Oh yea! My dreams will be crushed if this doesn't happen!
  • 10 years ago

    I would have all the shows recorded! Fantastic idea.

  • 10 years ago

    I would absolutely loooooooooooove if Houzz started its own TV programming. The ideas I see here on the website are out of this world specular, so I know the TV shows would knock my socks off. I would be the biggest fan everrrrrr!

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Yes.

  • 10 years ago

    In case you guys have missed this, while we aren't on your TV at this time, we have been producing some great stories you can find here: http://www.houzz.com/houzztv

  • 10 years ago
    Finally, the name I couldn't remember. Lynette Jennings!
    Thanks.
  • 10 years ago

    Thank you Emily for the TV info!!! The story of the Hollyhock House was/is fascinating; an opposite of the lego house!

  • 10 years ago

    Absolutely!

  • 10 years ago

    Oh ya!

  • 8 years ago

    I can’t stand any of the rehab phony Unreal REAl estate shows...knock down walls..big island kitchens. Used to see a few good interior dedigners but not on my cable service now. So .. yes. hOUZz style Tv! And puleeezzzz. Gardening too and not all only reflecting gatdens as outdoor “decor”. Thoughtful ideas for people who know it is “habitat” for all of US living “ critters.

  • 8 years ago
    Yes! So sick of HGTV.
    Same shows over and over.
  • 8 years ago

    I'd watch Houzz TV in a heartbeat & yes kinda tired of HGTV although I still watch Fixer Upper. Probably because we are about to embark on a whole house reno. So I personally would be interested in something construction oriented but with varying design styles. Most of the HGTV shows focus on one style only.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Yes, call it "Insult youurr Houuuzzz TV" and good luck finding any sponsors. Any business that has to do with home improvement has been insulted by the steady drumbeat by the "pros" on this forum.

  • 8 years ago

    Hi all, for those of you that were interested in watching Houzz TV, have you discovered our Youtube Channel? Lots of original content there! https://www.youtube.com/user/HouzzTV

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Yes! I would watch Houzz TV. it has to be realistic though. I do watch hgtv however feel like the remodels can’t possibly be done by the price they say. We live in an older home and have done remodel projects and they are always more expensive than anything on hgtv..