How does the work on those home renovation shows hold up after the show is done?

Plumbing and remodeling company I work for did plumbing for an HG TV show about 10 years ago.

We did the hookups for the new laundry room.

The homeowners picked some fancy Moroccan tile for the floors at some upscale New York City boutique,

and the host of the show decided it would look better without

ground, which went about as well as you'd expect. Filming wrapped up, and we were called back out a few

weeks later to replace the fancy tiles that immediately chipped and became dangerous with some

boring tile. Had to sign NDAs and stuff like that. So my sister's master bedroom got a makeover on a Surprise Your Spouse show.

The designer was going for an Arabian night's romantic vibe, but it ended up pretty weird

looking with all the closets hidden behind yards of draped fabric.

They took it all down and repainted the room a neutral color within months.

They also took the ceiling fan out and replaced it with a giant tree branch wired up with twinkling lights. Not too long afterwards, half the lights went out and it was too hot in the room without the fan, so they put that back as well. On the bright side, it didn't cost them anything, and it was a fun experience, and they got a couple of new furniture pieces out of it, but in the end they didn't keep any of it the same.

I know it's not a house, but a local place was on Bar Rescue a few years back. Overhauled the entire

interior. I haven't seen the episode of the actual show, but the bar has softball fields at it. I went up and

played softball during one of their test runs. They renamed

the place Boulder Lodge. About nine months later, they went back to the old name, but kept

most of the interior designs and the food into menu. It's still running and largely seems better

than it was before the rescue. My family was on a home renovation show when I was a kid.

It was in the late 90s or early 2000s.

I think it was changing rooms or possibly another show by the same cast and producers.

It was one of those shows where they do three rooms in the house, and mine was one of the

rooms they decorated.

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