Spice Up My Kitchen (2007)
When a kitchen is so dysfunctional and ugly that every night is take-out, Spice Up My Kitchen steps in to cook up a hot new space. Designer Lauren Lake and her carpenter duo, Jeff Devlin and Mark McGraw, take kitchens that the homeowners think are outdated or ugly, tear them down and rebuild them from scratch -- providing the homeowners with brand-new kitchens. Designer Lauren Lake presents the homeowners with two design plans based on their budget and wish list. The homeowners choose a plan then before they know it, their old kitchen is transformed into a delicious new space.
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Episode 1 - DIY Disaster
Release Date: 2008-10-07A couple gets help turning a DIY nightmare into a Victorian dream kitchen.
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Episode 2 - Rusty Metal Cabinets
Release Date: 2008-10-14Rebecca and Ryan Northington have a kitchen from the 1930's with metal cabinets so rusty that they are dangerous.
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Episode 3 - The Pink Nightmare
Release Date: 2008-10-21These homeowners are on the verge of a pink kitchen meltdown. A kitchen drowning in pink gets resuscitated.
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Episode 4 - DIY Done Wrong
Release Date: 2008-10-28The Deppe's kitchen is a DIY design gone wrong. It lacks enough storage space for all their dishes, glasses, pots and pans -- as well as a vent hood, garbage disposal and dishwasher.
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Episode 5 - Cramped, Color Catastrophe
Release Date: 2008-11-11Avocado green appliances and pink bathroom tile -- one of the worst color combinations to grace any kitchen! In addition, this kitchen has a cramped floorplan, very little storage and two different kinds of laminate flooring.
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Episode 6 - A Retro Wreck
Release Date: 2008-11-18Even June Cleaver would say this kitchen is dysfuctional. Blue-green metal cabinets provide insufficient storage, old appliances are inefficient, countertops are easily scratched and the sink is outdated and rusty.
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Episode 7 - Drawerless Domicile
Release Date: 2008-11-25A kitchen with no drawers is hardly a kitchen at all.
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Episode 8 - From Outdated to Outstanding
Release Date: 2008-12-02Poorly laid out cabinets, an old cooktop, laminate countertops, backsplash and floors and a garish light fixture have the McNichol's simmering over their kitchen.
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Episode 9 - A Kitchen With a Maze-Like Layout
Release Date: 2008-12-09The Stojek's kitchen is something like a giant maze. On top of the bad layout, there are peeling linoleum floors, fake brick vinyl sheets, a serious lack of storage and an oven sitting right in the middle of the room.
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Episode 10 - 50-Year Old Kitchen Gets a 21st Century Update
Release Date: 2008-12-16The Russo's kitchen is more than 50 years old and full of unwelcoming qualities. The cabinets are crammed to the brim, with doors that won't close and splintery sides. Outdated appliances, wood paneling, a dropped ceiling and yellowing linoleum floors add to the horror.
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Episode 11 - This Kitchen's For the Birds
Release Date: 2008-12-23Bobet and Gary Marshall not only have outdated cabinets, ancient appliances, cracked flooring and a lack of storage, but their kitchen is home to a family of birds. Recently, some birds made a home in the Marshall's exhaust fan, and Bobet hasn't had the heart to kick them out. However, after having to clean feathers off the countertops, they agree that it's time for the birds to go -- along with the rest of their kitchen.
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Episode 12 - Kitchen Remodel Infused With Eclectic Style
Release Date: 2008-12-30The Kovacs are ready to rid their kitchen of its stainless steel countertops, metal cabinets painted to look like wood and old and broken appliances.
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Episode 13 - Narrow, Dysfunctional Kitchen Gets a Tuscan Style Transformation
Release Date: 2009-01-03Marc and Jen Sanfrancesco live in a home full of fond memories. Unfortunately, the kitchen is not one of them. The room is too narrow and filled with red countertops and red laminate flooring. There's no dishwasher, but there is a washer and dryer right next to the refrigerator.