Grin and Build It

Grin and Build It

2010 1 Seasons
Reality

A reality/home renovation series with a twist! Designer Heather Smillie and contractor Jon Giacomellitake couples out of the comfort zones in their relationships through the renovation of one room in their home.

Seasons

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1. Desperate Dining Room!

2010-09-09

Home owner Allisun has had to drop out of the dinner party club, because she is so embarrassed by the state of her dining room. Husband Remo is comfortable at the kitchen table b…

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2. Size Matters!

2010-09-16

Melissa and Michael can’t agree…he wants a media center, she wants a guest room. Heather creates a design that gives them both, but removes Michael from the project and puts Meli…

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3. Bathroom Beauty Queen

2010-09-23

Real life renovators Melany and Ascanio are newlyweds building their dream home. Mel is on nerve’s edge with all the construction, but when Heather takes her handy husband off th…

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4. Mrs Fix-It and Mr Tool Allergic

2010-09-30

Rob is a business man with no love for tools or DIY projects, while Melissa is a bit of a control junkie who loves to take the lead on projects at home. Their two boys, ages 5 an…

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5. Don't Touch My Stuff!

2010-10-07

When packrat Mark and his wife Maia meet with designer host Heather, they cannot agree on what will stay and what will go. Mark loves out-of-date hand-me-downs he calls ‘family h…

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6. Sneaker King and the Party Princess

2010-10-14

Real life running-shoe ‘king’ Toddy has literally hundreds of shoes…all over the condo. Rita is a party planner who works from home, but has little or no room to meet with client…

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7. Beauty and the Beast

2010-10-21

Carolina is a stunning woman; she’s outgoing, an artist and a cabinet maker. Ashley, her writer husband is not at all handy but under his grouchy veneer, he’s witty and extremely…

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8. Seeing Red

2010-10-28

This couple needs help with a small open concept living space, but he’s seeing red when she’s put in charge and makes decisions for the reno without him. Anthonine is a budding d…

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9. Sex in the Suburbs

2010-11-04

Pascal is a strong, vivacious woman who has survived a four-year battle with cancer and now wants her life back with husband Robert. Pascal loves antiques, Robert enjoys clean mo…

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10. Colourful Family Feud

2010-11-11

Diane and Anthony enjoy the good life in their large home, but with five kids even a big house can be bursting at the seams. With a family this size they need to use every inch a…

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11. Putting the Romance Into Reno

2010-11-18

Dana and Amir are a young married couple with 2 great kids, a busy family, and an ugly kitchen that Amir has not yet gotten around to updating. There is a lot of love in this hous…

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12. Tools, Trepidation & Triumph

2010-11-25

Marc is a handy engineer who is not afraid of any home-reno project and Lydie is a working wife and mother: competent and capable until someone turns on a power tool! In this rea…

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13. Heads vs. Hands

2010-12-02

Pennie and Michael are an interesting pair; she is a hands-on lady who loves to renovate and Michael is a gifted lawyer who lives by using his head, not his hands. The one thing …

Top Cast

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Heather Smillie
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Jon Giacomelli

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