Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

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Ty Pennington being interviewed during the episode with the Muppets

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an ABC reality television series that began broadcasting in 2003 in which a family's house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days while the family is sent on vacation. It is a spinoff of Extreme Makeover.

The show is one of ABC's top-rated series and has become more popular than the original Extreme Makeover.

The show is hosted by carpenter Ty Pennington, formerly from the show Trading Spaces. It is sponsored by Sears (and their properties, Craftsman and Kenmore), for which Pennington serves as a spokesman and which are prominently featured in the episodes. The series is devoted to rebuilding families' homes when the family is in need of new hope.

The band that sings the theme song on the show's opening credits is Of a Revolution.

Cast

Format

After a family is chosen, Ty and the design team visit the family's home and proceed to give the family a "wake-up call" (courtesy of Ty's bullhorn) by shouting "Good Morning {family's name}!" The team will then go throughout the house, finding out about the family's interests as design inspiration.

The family will then be sent off on a one-week vacation (airfare is provided by Southwest Airlines, whose involvement is noted at the end of the show) while the house is renovated or demolished, depending on its condition and the family's needs.

A local home builder and community volunteers begin basic work (electrical, plumbing, roofing, and if the house is demolished framing a new one) while the design team begins designing the creating aspects of the house. Once the basic work is completed, the design team will then add the finishing touches. Shows often feature design team members making a trip to a local Sears store as well as special guest appearances.

At the end of the week, the family returns to their home, to see cheering crowds and the view of their home blocked by a bus. When Ty and the family give the order "driver, move that bus!", the family sees the end result of the team's efforts. Ty's "secret room" is usually the last item featured on the show (a room that gets Ty's special attention, often a child's bedroom). Some episodes feature special gifts given to the family by outside parties.

List of Episodes

Season 1

  • The Powers Family – The family was in the process of renovating their home when Olivia, the youngest daughter, was diagnosed with leukemia. Everything was put on hold while she received treatment.
    • Ty's Secret Room – Olivia's Bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
  • The Woslum Family – Trent Woslum was serving in Iraq when he received an email from his wife that they had been contacted by the show to receive an Extreme Makeover. Trent’s wife, Dawna, and their three sons were sent to Disneyland for the week while the house was renovated. They were surprised on their return to find that Trent was home.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
  • The Cox Family – John Cox is a youth pastor whose wife, Wendy, is a stay-at-home mom raising three girls. The design team remodeled the house for the family.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
    • Special guest – LeAnn Rimes
  • The Mendoza Family – Contessa Mendoza is a social worker and a single mother, who also chose to take in two foster kids. The team also customized the car of the older foster child.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
    • Special guest - NASA Astronaut Commander Robert Green
  • The McCrory Family – The McCrory family was a family of four that was pregnant with triplets. Grandma, who had come to help take care of the family, was sleeping out in the garage. The team expanded the house to make room for grandma and all the new babies.
    • Ty's Secret Room – Tom's "sports bar" garage
    • Design team – Ty, Alle, Michael, Preston, and Tracy
  • The Harris Family – "Sweet" Alice Harris is a woman in South Central Los Angeles who has worked for 35 years to help her neighborhood. Her block, and her home, was flooded in a storm. Her husband, daughter, and two grandchildren also live in the house with her. The team also worked on several projects around the neighborhood.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Paul, and Tracy
    • "Sweet" Alice Harris has appeared in multiple episodes since her home was remodeled:
      • During Season 2, Ty was in the hospital due to appendicitis during the Harper family episode, and "Sweet" Alice showed up to check on him.
      • "Sweet" Alice also appeared in Season 3's 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode (aka "Pay It Forward"), where the Extreme Makeover team remodeled the Los Angeles Free Clinic.
      • Still later in Season 3, she appeared during the Kirkwood family's makeover.
  • The Zitek Family – Robert Gil was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. His mom quit her job to give him full-time care. The design team renovated the house to make his life easier.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Michael, and Paul
  • The Hardin Family – After tracking down his father, Freeman Hardin, Jr. brought him to live with his family. They had no place for him to stay in the house, so he was living in a trailer.
    • Ty’s secret room – Ty converted the trailer into a state-of-the-art movie theater.
    • Design team – Ty, Alle, Paige, Preston, Tracy
  • The Tugwell Family – An SUV crashed into the house of the Tugwell family. No one was injured but a large part of the house was destroyed. The Extreme Makeover team also helped arrange for the engagement of the Tugwell’s daughter to her boyfriend.
    • Ty’s secret room – Ty created a secret storage room off of the den.
    • Design team – Ty, Alle, Paul, Preston, Tracy
  • The Walswick Family – Martha Walsick lost her husband to cancer, leaving her to raise 9 children alone. The nine children and mom were crammed into a very small home, which the team expanded to give all the kids bigger bedrooms and more common space.
    • Ty’s secret room – Ty worked on Martha’s master bedroom suite.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Michael, Paige
    • J.J. Carrell, the man who nominated the Walsick family for the makeover, had also lost his wife to cancer, and started a relationship with Constance while they were building the house. They were later engaged.
  • The Powell Family – Keenan Powell is a 16-year-old boy with major mold and dust allergies. His mom, Carrie, has had a hard time keeping up with all of his health challenges and trying to keep the house as hypo-allergenic as possible. The team redid the house, including installing a state-of-the-art air filtration system.
  • The Cadigan-Scott Family – Diane and Mark Cadigan both died within three weeks of each other, leaving their 8 children to fend for themselves. The older siblings moved back to the house to keep the family together, but the house is way too small – including that they all have to share one bathroom.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
  • The Imbriani Family – Brook Imbriani gave blood to a local blood drive, and then was told that a baby girl with a leukemia was a match with her bone marrow. Nancy Ramirez, the baby’s mother, nominated the family for a home makeover. At the time, Brook was living in a house with her two kids, her mother, her sister, her brother-in-law, and her nephew.
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Preston, Tracy
  • Friends Helping Friends – As part of May sweeps, ABC aired a live episode of Extreme Makeover where the team renovated the apartment of two firefighters from New York City. The renovations were completed in a day, instead of the normal week, and the show also included updates from families in previous episodes and clips of renovations that hadn’t been shown before.

Season 2

  • The Wofford Family – Brian Wofford is a single father of 8, whose wife had died 4 years earlier. The kids were all crammed into a few bedrooms with 4 boys out in the garage. The makeover team completely demolished the old house and built a brand new house, including a large personal workout room for the family.
    • Ty’s secret room – Luke’s do-it-yourself bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
  • The Garay Family – Veronica and Johnny Garay have 4 children, including a son with autism. Three years before the makeover, Johnny’s mother was killed by a stray bullet while visiting her son. He and Veronica chose to take care of the five younger brothers and sisters. They lived in a 100-year-old house, which was falling down and had only one working bathroom.
    • Ty’s secret room – The third floor music and study area
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
  • The Pope Family – Shelby Pope suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), more commonly known as being "allergic to the sun"--any exposure can cause severe sun poisoning. She is practically a prisoner in her room because the house has so many large windows. The design team builds a new house with UV protected windows and a large backyard covered by large tents, so Shelby can enjoy the outdoors. The design team used the large farm to install huge solar panels to practically eliminate the family’s energy costs.
    • Ty’s secret room – An old bar, which Ty turns into an entertainment room / wine cooler
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Paige, Paul, Preston, Tracy
    • The Pope Family also appeared on the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode where they and the Extreme Makeover producers arranged a special night-time opening of Walt Disney World for other children suffering from XP.
  • The Grinnan Family – Hannah Grinnan was born with a heart defect and needed a heart transplant. When Hannah started to reject the heart, the family moved from Arizona to California to be able to provide her with the best medical care. As part of the makeover, the family installed an air purification system to try to eliminate the risk of mold and germs affecting Hannah’s health. For the oldest son and his finance, the show built a mini apartment as part of the house, and they also gave a new truck to the dad and a new car for the oldest daughter.
    • Ty’s secret room – Hannah’s bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
    • Special guest – Lee Ann Womack
  • The Mackey Family – Consuella Mackey runs Operation Confidence, a foundation to help people with disabilities get the help that they need and improve their own view of themselves. Consuella’s sister and daughter live with her, in addition to a niece and another teenage male relative. Consuella often gives up her own bed for someone that may need a place to stay. The design team completely remodeled the house, including making it more handicap accessible, built a small beauty parlor, and fixed Consuella’s old pickup truck.
    • Ty’s secret room – The new Operation Confidence office
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paige, Paul, Tracy
  • The Ali Family – Lucy Ali and her two adopted sons, Paul and Koran, were forced out of their house after a contractor took their money and destroyed their house. Lucy is paying rent on an apartment in addition to paying her mortgage. The design team completely remodeled their house.
    • Ty’s secret room – Lucy’s master bedroom suite.
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paige, Paul, Preston
  • The Vardon Family – Judy and Larry Vardon are childhood sweethearts, who have been married 20 years. They have two sons, Lance, who is 12 years old, blind and autistic, and Stefan. Judy and Larry are also deaf. The design team remodeled the house and put in a bunch of safety features to help take care of Lance.
    • Ty’s secret room – Lance’s play room
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
    • Special guest – Marlee Matlin
  • The Elcano Family – Jennifer Elcano lost her husband, Glen, in an auto accident. It left her to raise their two young children and run their family farm. The design team ripped down the old house, built a new house shaped like a barn, built a new barn, and helped plant the fields. The design team also gave the family a new Ford F250 pickup truck and a Ford Freestyle.
    • Ty’s secret room – GlenJen Farm Office
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Paul, Preston, Tracy
    • Special guest – Randy Travis
  • The Burns Family – Benjamin Burns was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as “brittle bone disease”. The design team worked on building a home that was easier and safer for him, including more padding on the floors and the walls, non-slip flooring and grab rails throughout the house.
    • Ty’s secret room – Pamela’s sewing themed bedroom
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • Design team – Ty, Michael Paul, Preston, Tracy
  • The Broadbent Family – Patricia Broadbent is a former social worker who has adopted three girls with HIV. Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, she’s worried about having a secure place for the girls to live if anything were to happen to her.
    • Ty’s secret room – Patricia’s master bedroom
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael Paul, Preston
    • Special guest – Elton John
    • The Broadbent Family also appeared on the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode where they helped Wayne Newton deliver meals to people who were alone for the holidays. Additionally, they decorated the apartment of a man who had recently lost both his elderly partners and his partner.
  • The Dore Family – Roseanne Dore is a single mother in Kingston, Washington raising three daughters. In March 2004, their house burned down and the insurance policy that Roseanne thought she had didn’t exist. The family moved into a shed, with no plumbing or electricity.
    • Ty’s secret room – A new bed and breakfast
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Michael, Paige, Preston
    • "How’d They Do That" episode aired on Monday
  • The Anderson Family – Michael Anderson was visiting his family when he was shot by gang members, who had mistaken him for someone else. The bullet caused him to be a paraplegic and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. His sister, and her three children, moved into the family home to help take care of him. His family had received a grant to make his home wheelchair accessible, but it was stolen by a contractor. In addition to renovating the house, the design team also planned a wedding for Michael and his fiancée after the reveal.
    • Ty’s secret room – Parents’ master bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Paige, Preston, Tracy
    • "How’d They Do That" episode aired on Monday
    • To date this is the only house that took longer than seven days to complete (eight days were needed).
  • The Sears Family – Jhryve Sears has Krabbe disease. She’s been living in a hospital since doctors have deemed her home in Martinez, California, unsuitable due to a mold infestation. The team came in built the family a new home with a hospital-grade filtration system.
    • Ty’s secret room – Gym and Endless Pool
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • This episode included ABC's apology to Martinez, CA for calling the city "Oakland" the previous night (the producers claim this was intentional to misdirect attention from the family).
  • The Correa and Medeiros Families – The Extreme Makeover teams works with HomeAid America and Colorado Homeless Families for the Correa and Medeiros families. The Correa family had been living in a homeless shelter and the Medeiros family had been living with friends. They also arrange a job for Dusty Correa and another man from the homeless shelter.
    • Ty’s secret room – Community center
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Paul, Tracy
  • The Harper Family – While living in the projects in Brooklyn, New York, Patricia and Milton Haper lost their 2-year-old son to a choking accident. Wanting a better life, they moved their family to a home in Atlanta. Unfortunately, their home is a mess. The basement fills up with raw sewage any time it rains and forces the family to spend many nights sleeping in their minivan.
    • Ty’s secret room – Music Room
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
    • Special guest – Jeff Foxworthy
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • During this episode, Ty suffered a perforated appendix, and his segment of the show was taped from a local hospital. "Sweet" Alice Harris came to visit him during his stay.
  • The Harris Family – The Harris family consists of Chris, Diamond, nine-year-old son DeWayne, and America’s first surviving set of African-American sextuplets. In addition to raising seven children under 10, the Harris home was also damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The Extreme Makeover team built the Harris Family a better house, including a giant playroom for the sextuplets.
    • Ty’s secret room – Master Bedroom Suite
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
    • Special guests – Florence Henderson and the Muppets
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
  • The Okvath Family and University Medical Center – Kassandra Okvath is an eight-year-old cancer survivor who asks the Extreme Makeover team to help renovate the children’s cancer wing of the local hospital to make it a happier place for those receiving treatment. While the Okvath family was sent to work on the hospital, the Extreme Makeover team surprised the family with a home makeover of their own.
    • Ty’s secret room – Kassandra’s Garden Bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Paige, Preston
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
  • The Leomiti-Higgins Family – After the parents of the five Higgins’ children died, the Leomiti family invited them to live in their small 3-bedroom house. The Extreme Makeover team tore down the old house and built a brand new house for 11 people.
    • Ty’s secret room – Leomiti Master Bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Michael, Paul
    • Special guest – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • In August 2005, the Higgins siblings who appeared on the show sued ABC, the Leomiti family, and Pardee Homes, the contractor who built the new house, accusing the parties of fraud and breach of contract. The Higgins' said the family that took them in after their parents died later drove them out of the nine-bedroom mansion that was built for them. The Leomitis claim that the Higgins' voluntarily moved out of the house.
  • The Leslie Family – Robin Leslie recently lost her husband and oldest son in a car crash and was left to raise her three young sons alone in a fixer-upper farm house in Louisiana. The Extreme Makeover team gutted the inside of the house instead of demolishing the entire house to help keep the historic nature of the house. As an added gift, Robin was given a scholarship to finish her master’s degree.
    • Ty’s secret room – Master Bedroom Suite
    • Special guest – BMX champion Mat “The Condor” Hoffman
    • Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Paige, Paul, Preston
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
    • Robin Leslie appeared in the 2005 “Holiday Wishes” episode and worked with Preston to help those in shelters after Hurricane Katrina. Preston and Robin revisited the house after Hurricane Katrina, and saw that the house only suffered minimal damage.
  • The Harvey Family – Willie Harvey was a mechanic and heavy equipment operator, who was also repairing his family’s 1930 Army barracks home, when he was diagnosed with epilepsy. He’s been unable to get a job, and his wife is working two jobs and going to school to get her nursing degree. Because Willie hasn’t been able to keep up with the repairs needed on their home, it’s in need of an Extreme Makeover.
    • Ty’s secret room – Game Room
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Michael, Paige, Preston
    • “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday

Season 3

  • The Nick Family – In 1995, Colleen Nick and her three young children went to a friend's Little League game in Alma, Arkansas. The oldest daughter, six-year-old Morgan, disappeared and has never been found. On advice from law enforcement, Colleen and her two remaining children moved to Alma and settled into a small house. Colleen started the Morgan Nick Foundation, which assists families in locating missing children, and was instrumental in Arkansas' adoption of a statewide AMBER Alert program. However, her home was all but destroyed by a water heater explosion. In a two-part episode, the team demolished the old house and rebuilt on the site.
    • Ty’s secret room – Morgan's room
    • Special guest - John Walsh
    • Design team – Ty, Paul, Preston, Paige, Michael, Constance
  • The Rodriguez Family – In December 2003, a U.S. Army combat medic, Master Sergeant Luis Rodriguez, lost his right leg in Iraq. After 16 surgeries and months of rehabilitation, he returned to his wife and their two daughters in Clarksville, Tennessee, and continued to serve in the Army as an instructor in combat medicine at Fort Campbell. However, since he had to use crutches to walk, his home was ill-suited for his new needs. In another two-parter, the team came to build him a home more suited for an amputee. While they worked, the family was sent to a rehabilitation facility in Ohio where Luis was fitted for a new prosthetic leg.
    • Ty’s secret room – The backyard
    • Design team – Ty, Paul, Ed, Preston, Paige
    • Rodriguez would appear in the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode, where he assisted Bobby Isaacs, a fellow Iraq veteran who lost both his legs in country.
  • The Barrett Family – Billy Jack and Anne Barrett, real-life "horse whisperers" from Colorado, are the parents of six—two biological and four adopted. Anne left her job to home-school their adopted children, all now teenagers who had come from abusive pasts and are still catching up with their peers. The Barretts wanted to adopt more children, but their four-bedroom house was too small for their current family, and Colorado law prohibits more than two children per bedroom. The team built a new house large enough to allow the Barretts to take in more children.
    • Ty’s secret room – A new schoolhouse
    • Special guest - Brad Paisley
    • Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Ed, Constance, Michael
  • The Harrison Family – Shortly after Gordon Harrison started a cabinetry business, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While in chemotherapy, he spent almost a year in a project to remake a neighbor's home. However, his health struggles and his commitment to his neighbors meant that he could not repair his house, and it was rapidly falling apart. People in his neighborhood nominated him for a makeover.
    • Ty’s secret room – Gordon's workshop
    • Design team – Ty, Paige, Ed, Eduardo, Michael
  • The Teas Family – In 1995, Paul and Cyndy Teas bought a run-down camp in Purdy, Missouri, converting it into Camp Barnabas, which is designed for disabled and critically ill children. Because Paul and Cyndy felt that the camp was more important than their house, they were left with a house so small that their college-age children could not sleep in it when they came home. The camp also lacked housing for volunteer workers. The team came to the camp and not only built a new house for the Teas family, but also added two new buildings to the camp, one for volunteer housing and the other as a recreation room for campers and staff.
    • Ty’s secret room – Ty built a building complete with TV Guides
    • Special guests - Trisha Yearwood, Lance Bass
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Tanya, Preston, Paul
  • The Ginyard Family – Veronica Ginyard, a mother of eight, left her abusive husband and moved her family into the only house she could afford, a cramped home in Capitol Heights, Maryland. She hired a contractor to do some work on the house, but he abandoned the project early and left her out thousands of dollars and in a house with numerous building code violations. The team came and built the Ginyards a new 6-bedroom home. As added gifts, Veronica received a check for $100,000 to cover college expenses for her children, a second check to pay off her mortgage, and a new Ford Explorer.
    • Ty’s secret room – Veronica's master bedroom suite
    • Special guest - Patti LaBelle appeared, and performed at the unveiling
    • Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Daniel, Paige, Michael
    • On August 14, 2005, the Extended StayAmerica hotel in which the crew was staying (in Largo) was robbed and the wife of a crew member was injured; the crew was moved to a Marriott in Greenbelt with added security.
  • The Tom Family – Susan Tom is a single mother who lives in Fairfield, California with her seven surviving adopted children, all daughters (an eighth, a son, died of a congenital skin disorder in late 2004; she also has two grown biological children from her previous marriage). All of the adopted children have disabilities of some kind. Their current two-story home was completely unsuitable for the girls' special needs. The team built the family a new three-story home, complete with an elevator for the three girls who need wheelchairs.
    • Ty’s secret room – Susan's master bedroom
    • Special guests - The Backstreet Boys sent a video message to the Toms; country singer Mark Wills performed for them during their vacation; Kyle Maynard, a champion disabled wrestler and weightlifter, checked out the house for its suitability
    • Design team – Ty, Constance, Tanya, Preston, Paul
  • The Goodale Family - Doug Goodale, a lobsterman from Wells, Maine, lost his right arm in a lobstering accident in 1997. He was eventually able to return to the water, but could not work as effectively as before. Lost wages and massive medical bills made it impossible for him to repair his house, and the windows, chimney, and furnace were falling apart. While Doug, his wife, and their two daughters were sent to Walt Disney World, the team built a new log home for the family (the first such home made on EM: HE).
    • Ty’s secret room – A room where Doug's daughters, Tabitha (or "Tabby" for short) and Amanda can practice their dancing
    • Special guest - "Weird Al" Yankovic visited the family while they were on vacation
    • Design team – Ty, Tracy, Eduardo, Tanya, Paige, Paul
    • Two weeks after the episode aired, a story about Goodale's criminal past appeared in the local newspapers, and the story went national days later. According to the reports Goodale had been convicted of robbery in 1982 and was also convicted of misdemeanor assault in 1997, the same year that he lost his arm.
  • The Johnson Family - When Tripp and Heidi Johnson's youngest son Will was born in 1999, they were told that he would not live past age 2, as he was born with spinal muscular atrophy. Against all odds, he lived, and gets around in a motorized scooter. The Johnsons attempted to renovate their home in Medfield, Massachusetts to make it more accessible to Will, but during the process, some of the outside wall fell on Heidi's father. (He suffered minor injuries.) While Tripp, Heidi, Will, and his two siblings were sent to Phoenix, the team built the Johnsons a completely accessible home, also designed to be sun-friendly for Heidi, who has had two bouts with melanoma. They also built the die-hard members of Red Sox Nation a backyard baseball diamond.
  • The Lewis Family - Bruce Lewis, a police officer in El Segundo, California, and his wife Paulita took out a home-improvement loan in 2004, and hired a contractor to expand their home. After slow and shoddy progress, the roof collapsed after weeks of rain. The contractor soon skipped town with $40,000 of the family's money, forcing Bruce, Paulita, and their two children to live in one bedroom at his mother's apartment. The community tried to help the Lewises, and made slow progress when Paulita was diagnosed with cancer. The team picked up where the community left off.
    • Ty’s secret room – Paulita's spa retreat room
    • Design team – Ty, Paul, Constance, Michael, Daniel
  • The Novak Family – Less than an hour after Jeff and Jackie Novak, both schoolteachers from Boardman, Ohio, watched EM: HE on Mother's Day 2005, Jackie died of a pulmonary embolism. Jeff suddenly became a widower with three young daughters in a deteriorating house. The team sent the Novaks to Daytona Beach, Florida while they built a new house better suited to a growing family.
    • Ty’s secret room – Jeff's master bedroom
    • Special guests – Celebrity chef Bobby Flay taught Jeff to cook in Daytona Beach; Uncle Kracker performed at the unveiling
    • Design team – Ty, Paul, Paige, Constance, Daniel
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Holiday Wishes - In a two-hour holiday special, each member of the design team went back to a past family and helped them "pay forward" their good fortune to someone else.
    • "Sweet" Alice Harris from Season 1 asked the team to give the L.A. Free Clinic a makeover. Ed led a crew on this project. Ty then went to visit other families before returning to help with the clinic.
    • Preston visited Robin Leslie from Season 2, and found her a refugee from Hurricane Katrina, living in a trailer in Mississippi. They found that her house survived the storm, and then delivered clothes to other Katrina refugees who lost even more.
      • Special guest - Laura Bush helped hand out clothes
    • Paul and Tracy visited Shelby Pope and her family from Season 2. The Popes and the team arranged for a special night for children with XP, the disease Shelby suffers from. A dedicated nighttime Southwest Airlines flight carried Paul, Tracy, the Popes, and 20 XP children to Orlando and Walt Disney World, which opened from midnight to 4 am just for the group.
    • Paige visited Luis Rodriguez from earlier in Season 3, who wanted to help Bobby Isaacs, a fellow Iraq amputee (in Bobby's case, both legs) whom Luis had met during his initial rehabilitation. Paige's team sent Luis and Bobby on vacation while they made over Bobby's house, adding a new boat dock. Bobby was also given a new fishing boat.
    • Michael visited the Broadbent family from Season 2 in Las Vegas. They wanted to deliver holiday meals to sick people, and did so after Michael arranged for a major hotel to prepare over 100 meals. The Broadbents also decorated the apartment of a man who had recently lost both his partner and his parents.
      • Special guest - Wayne Newton, who helped the Broadbents deliver the meals.
    • The entire team reunited for the unveiling of the L.A. Free Clinic. O.A.R. played the theme song live.
  • The Nutsch Family – While on vacation the Nutsch family (consisting of 5 daughters and their parents) learned that their Kansas home exploded due to a propane leak, leaving them with nothing. They also lost their main source of income, since the father had run an auto repair business in a garage that was also heavily damaged (the father was living in a school bus to protect what little he had left while the family lived with neighbors). The family, however, gave a portion of what was given to the Barger family, evacuees of Hurricane Katrina that had relocated to Kansas. The Extreme Makeover team built the family a new house. As an added gift, Wichita State University provided full, four-year scholarships for all the girls. The Nutsches also received a new Ford F150 pickup, delivered to their backyard via helicopter.
    • Ty’s secret room – Complete new shop for the father
    • Special guests – Kansas native Martina McBride (held a benefit concert for the Barger family), Gabrielle Reece
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Preston, Tonya
    • Pieces of shattered glass and china were used to make a special mosaic with the Nutsch family name, which was placed on the inside of the new home.
  • The Kirkwood Family – A small undetected water leak in the Kirkwood home in Port Orchard, Washington led to an uncontrollable mold infestation, sickening the family of seven (parents and five children). Ten-year-old daughter Jael applied for a makeover but the family was not initially selected. Jael persisted, enlisting the help of "Sweet" Alice Harris and the mayor of Port Orchard; one year later, Jael's persistence paid off, and the family was selected (by this time the family was forced to relocate to a single motel room). The team demolished the mold-infested home and built a completely new one in its place. This episode was also a two-parter, mainly due to complications involved during the build (see below).
    • Ty’s secret room – Jael's dolphin-themed bedroom
    • Special guest – "Sweet" Alice Harris, crew members of the Navy carrier John C. Stennis
    • Design team – Ty, Paul, Preston, Tonya, Tracy
    • Due to excessive rain and bitter cold, the Kirkwood home almost became the second home not to be completed within the seven-day period. The builder was given the option of an additional 24 hours to complete construction, but chose not to use it, and was able to complete the home literally at the last minute. The design team was making last minute touch-ups upstairs while the family was viewing the house downstairs.
  • The Hebert Family - Eric Hebert (pronounced HEE-bert) was a bachelor who had a steady construction job in Missoula, Montana until receiving a call that his sister had died, leaving her twins Keeley and Kyler orphaned. He left behind his job and moved to Sandpoint, Idaho to take care of his niece and nephew, moving the family into an unfinished house that was essentially a basement with a roof. The team demolished the old house in a unique manner, cutting down a large tree so that it fell directly on the house, cutting the trunk into smaller pieces, and then having building contractors use heavy equipment to drop the trunk pieces on the house. Then, a new and much larger house was built on the site. As an added gift, Eric received a $50,000 check from Tyson Foods.
    • Ty’s secret room – Keeley's bedroom
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Paige, Michael
  • The De'Aeth Family - Dale and Melanie De'Aeth (pronounced dee-AYTH) operate True Blue Animal Rescue (T-BAR), a large no-kill animal shelter, out of their home near Brenham, Texas. The parents of one daughter and two sons, they work full-time jobs in addition to running T-BAR. They had no time to work on their house, which developed cracks in the foundation and walls, and also was invaded by termites. While the De'Aeths were sent on vacation to Palm Springs, California, the team brought in a 75-ton bulldozer to demolish their old house in a matter of minutes. They then proceeded to not only build the De'Aeths a new house, but also a new barn, kennel, and stables. As added gifts, the De'Aeths received a recreational vehicle from the producers of the movie R.V. and a 10-year supply of dog food and a $50,000 check from the Purina division of Nestlé, all earmarked for T-BAR.
    • Ty’s secret room – Dale and Melanie's T-BAR office
    • Special guest - Robin Williams appeared via a live video link, encouraged the family's oldest son Cory, a budding comedian, and revealed that they would receive the RV used in the movie
    • Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Tanya, Michael
    • The front of the De'Aeth's new house features T-BAR's slogan, "For Hooves Paws and Claws".
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