Season 1
Honey, I Ruined the House is a British reality makeover television series produced by TalkBack Thames in which interior design expert Naomi Cleaver exposes some of the worst design disasters that homeowners have inflicted on their properties and comes up with some inspirational ideas to put them right.
The series originally premiered in the UK on Channel Four in July 2004. There are 16 episodes in two seasons. Episodes were 30 minutes in the first season, extended to 60 minutes for Season 2.
Honey, I Ruined the House airs in South Africa on DStv's The Home Channel.
Season 1 Synopsis
In this series the queen of good taste, Naomi Cleaver, exposes some of the worst design disasters that homeowners have inflicted on their properties and comes up with some inspirational ideas to put them right.
To ensure the whole project runs smoothly, Naomi is joined by a team of expert builders and decorators who turn her ideas into stunning reality, and restore the right look – and value – to their homes.
Many of us live in housing stock designed in a previous age. Our lifestyles and family make-up may have changed radically over the past decades but housing design has barely developed and, as such, our homes are hardly compatible with our lifestyles choices.
Naomi Cleaver is fed up with costly design fads, and fashionable make-over muck-ups. She comes up with a design plan to make both the structure and design of each home actually fit the needs of the homeowners' individual lifestyle.
But Naomi has to convince the homeowners that her radical design plans will transform their lives...for the better.
Honey I Ruined The House is about walls rather than wallpaper. It's about how our domestic spaces can work better and harder for us.
Naomi puts that philosophy to the test as the programme follows the renovation and re-design of some of the UK's worst crimes of interior design, and will show you how to make your living space work best for you.