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HGTV Forums

luvboyds — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:03:36 GMT

I haven't been to their website for awhile and I can't seem to find where the forums are now since they have done some updating. Does anyone know where to find them or were they done away with? Thanks!!

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Marsha2003 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:16:04 GMT

HGTV closed their forums.

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luvboyds — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:21:35 GMT

Oh no! I hate that! Thank you Marsha2003!!

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SuesCat — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:25:59 GMT

O/T but this reminded me of when i was a regular poster on Discovery Channel forums for Surprise By Design with Robert Verde and Rebecca Cole! Shucks! That was about 10 years ago! I'm sure that's long gone! There was a nice group of regulars there at the time!

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luvboyds — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:42:58 GMT

It's sad to see something go like that. I liked to be able to go there when I had time or if I had a specific question, someone would always be helpful. Wonder why they closed them?

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stevieb — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 06:08:15 GMT

Never even knew they had them... Really wish they'd revamp their programming too...

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luvboyds — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:37:43 GMT

The were pretty nice stevieb. They had a forum for all the shows, cleaning, decorating, remodeling, landscaping and such. You could even post pics of your home and some great people would help you decorate it. Sad to see it go. I agree about some of the shows as well. I got so tired of seeing the Property Brothers remodeling their own home over the holidays. I don't like Love it or List it 2. I love Hillary and David though!

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LooPY — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:02:41 GMT

On 1/16/2015 stevieb said:
Never even knew they had them... Really wish they'd revamp their programming too...

I'm with you! They really should change the name to The Real Estate Channel!

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Krimpette — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:11:42 GMT

They should name it Love It or List It….LILI Too channel also. I hate that program. Used to really enjoy HGTV. Not so much those days.

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Mmsfoxxie — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:18:01 GMT

On 1/17/2015 LoopyLoo said:
On 1/16/2015 stevieb said:
Never even knew they had them... Really wish they'd revamp their programming too...

I'm with you! They really should change the name to The Real Estate Channel!

I agree with changing the name of the channel. No gardening on there at all. Back in the day, I'd watch Victory Garden, Square Foot Gardening and other gardening shows.

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stevieb — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:28:55 GMT

On 1/17/2015 luvboyds said:
The were pretty nice stevieb. They had a forum for all the shows, cleaning, decorating, remodeling, landscaping and such. You could even post pics of your home and some great people would help you decorate it. Sad to see it go. I agree about some of the shows as well. I got so tired of seeing the Property Brothers remodeling their own home over the holidays. I don't like Love it or List it 2. I love Hillary and David though!

I'm sure they were. Sadly, the station has changed a lot. As noted, there are really no garden shows and there are really no good decorating shows to speak of either... It's all real estate, rehab, repurposing, DIY and flipping houses... Even when they do feature decorating, usually as part of a renovation, the 'look' is pretty much always similar and not often my taste...

I don't mind Hillary, and her work is usually good and her rooms are attractive, but the premise is always the same... She can't ever do what needs to be done because some big problem arises that eats up her budget... I don't much care for the Property Brothers... I've gotten so I don't even much like the magazine because, again, it's always the same overall formula...

Everyone has their thing, but when I think of home design and decor I don't personally want any part of repurposed 'junk', tons of flaking paint, steady doses of contemporary design, 'open concept', stainless steel, and so on... I'm afraid rehabbing, repurposing and DIY are not part of my game plan!

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dotgirl — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:03:28 GMT

I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

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K9buddy — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:08:16 GMT

Go to www.gardenweb.com. They have forums for anything and everything.....home decorating, gardening, kitchens, lighting, plumbing, entertaining, etc. etc. etc. You'll be addicted.

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stevieb — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:01:42 GMT

On 1/17/2015 dotgirl said: I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

I wish they'd do another season of Sarah's House too... I loved her shows. She does a lot of renovation but doesn't short shrift the decorating aspects. I don't always love her decorating choices, but more times than not her rooms end up with appeal.

It seems HGTV in the US doesn't actually produce much of anything. Don't most of these shows come from the Canadian HGTV?

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Abrowneyegirl — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:14:38 GMT

On 1/17/2015 stevieb said:
On 1/17/2015 dotgirl said: I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

I wish they'd do another season of Sarah's House too... I loved her shows. She does a lot of renovation but doesn't short shrift the decorating aspects. I don't always love her decorating choices, but more times than not her rooms end up with appeal.

It seems HGTV in the US doesn't actually produce much of anything. Don't most of these shows come from the Canadian HGTV?

I also really enjoy Sarah Richardson's shows I think she is great! Apparently she has a current series on HGTV Canada, I am trying to figure out how to watch HGTV Canada.

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DottieBlue — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:34:58 GMT

On 1/17/2015 dotgirl said: I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

I miss these shows, too. I also enjoyed Decorating Cents, FreeStyle, Small Space Big Style, Sensible Chic, Room by Room, Designing for the S xes.

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LooPY — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:52:58 GMT

On 1/17/2015 Abrowneyegirl said:
On 1/17/2015 stevieb said:
On 1/17/2015 dotgirl said: I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

I wish they'd do another season of Sarah's House too... I loved her shows. She does a lot of renovation but doesn't short shrift the decorating aspects. I don't always love her decorating choices, but more times than not her rooms end up with appeal.

It seems HGTV in the US doesn't actually produce much of anything. Don't most of these shows come from the Canadian HGTV?

I also really enjoy Sarah Richardson's shows I think she is great! Apparently she has a current series on HGTV Canada, I am trying to figure out how to watch HGTV Canada.

I've watched her new show several times on my regular HGTV channel! It fits the typical mold of so many of the others--the customer selects from three homes, and Sarah remodels one room of their choice. As always she's wonderful, but we don't get enough Sarah design--not nearly as much as her former shows! She's my favorite for sure--I've found more useable design inspirations from Sarah's House than any other show on HGTV.

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KathyPet — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 05:34:21 GMT

I am so,tired of the whiny couple who flip houses in Calif. They buy these rundown foreclosure homes at auction sight unseen. they fix them up and flip them at large profits but they whine through the entire process and then when they buy the next house they start the complaining about how they will "go under" if they can't get their money back but they have made a ton of money from flipping these houses.

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stevieb — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:06:02 GMT

On 1/17/2015 LoopyLoo said:
On 1/17/2015 Abrowneyegirl said:
On 1/17/2015 stevieb said:
On 1/17/2015 dotgirl said: I miss the older shows - Designers Challenge, Color Confidential, rate My Space, mail Order Makeover, Catalogue This,color Confidential, Candice Olsen, etc. Wish they would bring back shows like this. I hardly watch anymore.

I wish they'd do another season of Sarah's House too... I loved her shows. She does a lot of renovation but doesn't short shrift the decorating aspects. I don't always love her decorating choices, but more times than not her rooms end up with appeal.

It seems HGTV in the US doesn't actually produce much of anything. Don't most of these shows come from the Canadian HGTV?

I also really enjoy Sarah Richardson's shows I think she is great! Apparently she has a current series on HGTV Canada, I am trying to figure out how to watch HGTV Canada.

I've watched her new show several times on my regular HGTV channel! It fits the typical mold of so many of the others--the customer selects from three homes, and Sarah remodels one room of their choice. As always she's wonderful, but we don't get enough Sarah design--not nearly as much as her former shows! She's my favorite for sure--I've found more useable design inspirations from Sarah's House than any other show on HGTV.

Darn, I love her whole house makeovers... Several of her former shows featured the just one room approach and while it's better than nothing (and still better than most of what HGTV offers these days) I really enjoyed seeing her take a house from start to finish. Even the rooms in which I had little interest (bath and laundry rooms, for example) were usually fun. Guess it doesn't matter since US HGTV seems wedded to nothing other than the current crop of shows they show and show and show...

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Spurt — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:21:17 GMT

I concur with the majority here....they should rename HGTV---REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE FEATURING CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS ONLY!!!!

HGTV is as repetitive as QVC with nothing but Love It or List or various versions of the Property Brothers......ENOUGH!!!

I miss the older shows ......Kitty Bartholowmew, Matt & Shari, Decorating Cents, Designing for (men & women--censors won't let me type the real word) with Michael Payne, Candice Olsen, Sarah Richardson.....

I think HGTV jumped the shark when they started going for the more far out designers (Antonio Project, Myles Of Styles, Color Splash etc) instead of how people decorate in the real world.....I think it caused a lot of people to tune out which HGTV interpreted incorrectly as viewers not wanting design shows...we just didn't want THEIR DESIGNERS!!!