This Old House, love the show or hate it, it is the one that started it all. I remember way back in the Dark Ages when This Old House was the only home improvement show on television. My husband and I would sit and watch it on our PBS station and dream of one day being able to buy and remodel an old house of our own. It never occurred to us back then that the This Old House budget was virtually unlimited.

This Old House was the catalyst for many in the DIY movement. Because if they could do _____ (fill in the blank) then so could I! Because they just showed me how to do it! And surely plastering my walls with home made horse hair plaster is not that difficult. Right?

Now This Old House is having a contest. The second annual best remodel contest, whether you have done an entire house or just gave your home some much needed curb appeal, all categories and budgets are welcomed.

First prize is $5,000, with 5 runner-up prizes of $1000.

Now I am looking around my house trying to decide what room I should enter into the contest. Hmmmmmmm.

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