intrepidami Let's start with substance. It's literally the same show over and over! Open up the walls, put in a island, it's following the same formula over and over. I want to point out YOU could hire a kid to demolish a wall for at MOST a couple of $100. YOU could pull out the rugs and restore original hardwoods for again, a couple of hundred. and YOU could drop a kitchen island in for less than a grand! So why are these guys charging upwards of $100,000 for those formula things on their show? I can go buy Island bases for $200-$800, and then put any number(1000's) of tops on them for $200-$800 so why are the ones they show on here always at least $3500? I mean yes, they're out there for that and more, but who needs the Gaines to go buy a kitchen island? It's also my understanding the pair are only present while TV cameras are filming, which I had always suspected, but now is confirmed.Ohh and Chip plays duffas wonderfully. Joanna eye rolls wonderfully.

uget-34656 I wished that there would be more new episodes than repeats! I love Chip & Joanna. They are one of the few who have that kind of relationship. It is nice to see. Their children are so precious and beautiful. I could babysit those little girls anytime. NOW: I love their designs so much..Joanna is the best designer out there. I do not live in their state, BUT my dream if I would ever win a lottery, would be to buy a fixer upper (not a move in ready house), and pay Chip, Joanna and their crew a price they could not refuse, and rent them a house for the time they would need during the summer school break. This is how much I think of them. Regardless of how much you pay for a house, you can never see what is behind the walls, and it is never exactly your taste. I am not a frilly person, but I like nice and clean things and I am a perfectionist. Now I just need to keep praying to win the lottery so I could get my Farm House with a wrap around porch with a swing and rockers. MjThank. MJ

lady_leppard-22386 My daughter found out that a lot of the houses are not family homes the are rental properties. Clint and Kelly's house is rental so is shot gun house so is the house with the antique pic bike in it. Not to mention the barndiminiom and a few others. It is said I thought they were family homes and yet half are rentals now. It is a joke. Thanks Fixer Upper. Cassy

Art Vandelay The popularity of Tex and Edna Gaines mystifies me. They don't work with particularly memorable houses. Their taste is an abomination. They never say anything remotely interesting or informative. Tex tries to be funny when he's just a jack***. And I especially don't care about their brats or their goats. What's the attraction here? We don't learn a thing - not a thing - about home renovations. It's basically a reality show about a mediocre family of Texas half-wits who spend some of their time doing unattractive renovations. Put a beard on Tex and a couple of his offspring and it would be Duck Dynasty, Home Improvement Edition. Are women so desperate to have something to watch while their husbands are watching ESPN all day that they'll put up with this junk?