{"id":322,"date":"2012-01-29T07:23:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T07:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mi-ling.com\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2012-01-29T07:23:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T07:23:49","slug":"hgtv-designer-aids-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/hgtv-designer-aids-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"HGTV designer aids families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mi-Ling Stone Poole –\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently, I spoke with Summer Baltzer<\/a>, host of HGTV<\/a>\u2019s “Design on a Dime\u201d and TLC\u2019s new show “Unhinged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltzer has spent the past 10 years helping \u00a0homeowners spruce up their spaces. She told me she has taped at least 100 “Design on a Dime\u201d shows.<\/p>\n

She will be at the Oklahoma City Home & Garden Show today and Sunday at State Fair Park, presenting workshops about how to decorate a great room and fix up a bedroom.<\/p>\n

Her new show \u201cUnhinged\u201d on TLC was conceived after her parents were duped out of their hard-earned money by an unscrupulous contactor. The show aids homeowners in similar circumstances and provides up to $10,000 per family to help them remedy their particular problem.<\/p>\n

Baltzer was inspired by design at an early age. Her mother was a seamstress and her father a contractor. She might have missed her calling had it not been for her father. While she was studying theater in college, she helped her father build a set for a theater production and found her passion. She trained in interior design at California State University<\/a> at Northridge.<\/p>\n

When asked for cost-saving design tips she said:
\n\u2022 Painting a room is the most cost effective.
\n\u2022 Change out fabrics.
\n\u2022 Repurpose items; move them from room to room.
\n\u2022 Seek bargains at flea markets and antique shops.
\n\u2022 Rearranging a room doesn\u2019t cost a thing.<\/p>\n

When asked what her favorite design styles were, she said to mix modern, transitional and eclectic together for a comfy, clean look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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