Last year about this time, a crew from HGTV’s ‘What You Get For the Money’ spent a week in Cincinnati filming houses to feautre in upcoming episodes. They contacted me because ’viewers like magazine ready interiors and mid century modern homes.’ Who knew?! I guess it’s no accident that so many commercials are shot in modern houses! Anyway, it was kind of a thrill because I got to hook them up with 3 great mid century modern houses in town (…including mine) and I got to do the commentary! After thinking these episodes were never going to air, I finally got word that the first one will be on this coming Sunday, November 18, at 11:30 p.m. on HGTV, episode #607. I believe it’s about a 3-4 minute segment that should be on toward the end of the show. It’s the home of Kari and Mike Keifling in Madeira. Mike is an architect with FRCH and their home was also featured in the February 2007 issue of Cincinnati Magazine.
Upcoming episode #703 will feature my house and #708 features the Amberley Village home of Rick Kay and Jim Kelly. No air dates are set for those yet, but they told me to expect them in January. I’ll let you know! Other Cincy homes were also shot while they were here, including a grand old North Avondale estate and a downtown condo. I’m not sure when they will air. The weather was absolutely horrible while they were here – windy, cold, rainy, gray. The segment producer and the photographer were a lot of fun and kept wondering why the show’s producers sent them to Cincinnati in December! Anyway, I’m curious to see the city scenes they got to spotlight Cincy!
More info is available on the What You Get For the Money website: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hgftm/episode/0,2496,HGTV_21876_53121,00.html
it’s a wonderful life!
Posted by cincinnatimodern on November 15, 2007
I love this time of year – I can indulge in my two favorite guilty pleasures without feeling, well, guilty. #1 is harmless enough – my Vince Guaraldi “Charlie Brown’s Christmas” soundtrack is on permanent loop in my car’s CD player. I especially like the re-mastered version that came out last year with 4 previously unreleased alternate tracks included.
My other guilty pleasure is Frank Capra’s 1946 classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which I watch on Anniversary edition dvd until it finally plays on TV (which, of course, I can’t miss, even though I have it on dvd). But this guilty pleasure makes me think each and every time I see it. Usually I think about George Bailey, and how his seemingly ordinary life has influenced the lives of so many others. Sometimes I feel like George when I am able to match the right buyer to the right house…….and how that simple act changes the future of the buyer and the house.
But lately I have been thinking about Old Man Potter. When there was a run on the bank, people were panicking and selling their shares of the building and loan for 50 cents on the dollar. But Potter wasn’t selling, he was buying. He knew the setback was temporary and he knew a good deal when he saw it.
When I see the incredible deals on houses these days, I feel like buyers need to be a little more like Potter. OK, maybe not evil like Potter. But it really is a buyer’s market and if you are in the enviable position to be able to buy without selling, then this is your season!
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