Paige Hemmis, of course!

At the site of Extreme Makeover home in Holt, Paige was easy to spot. There was simply no losing her pink hard hat in the crowd.

Design Team member and carpenter Paige Hemmis with a volunteer at the Nickless family home

Paige Hemmis is a self-taught carpenter from Chatsworth, California. She has also worked as a sales manager, substitute teacher, and wedding planner. Paige volunteers her time to Keep America Beautiful’s ‘Great American Cleanup’ and Habitat For Humanity. She owns Tuff Chix, a line of books, tools, work wear, and accessories for strong, capable and feminine women. Paige’s famous pink toolbelts, boots, and gloves are available for purchase at www.tuffchix.com. Paige has also published a book called The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement.

When she’s not working, Paige, whose father was a drag racer, enjoys spending her time on the race track. She participated in the Toyota Pro Celebrity Race in 2005. Her other interests are dining out, hiking, rock climbing, and curling up with a good mystery book.

Paige’s bio provided by ABC. Image from personal collection, ©2008 M.Macalincag. Do not use without permission.

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Ty Pennington, the host of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, combines an art education (specifically graphic design, painting and sculpture), carpentry skills, modeling and acting in one package. He attended Kennesaw College before transferring to the Atlanta Art Institute and then the Atlanta College of Art. His modeling after college took him all over the world, working for clothing companies and appearing in TV commercials.

On TV, Ty first gained popularity as the hunky, sometimes-shirtless carpenter of TLC’s Trading Spaces. He has since added to his TV credits as the design team leader and host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and as the author of New York Times bestseller Ty’s Tricks, published in 2003. Ty also has his own line of home accessories. He recently signed an exclusive multi-year contract with Sears, and is the ambassador for the Sears American Dream Campaign.

At the “Move that Bus” reveal of the Home Makeover for the Nickless family, Ty led volunteers in unloading some of the new furniture for the home. I also heard that Arlene’s room was Ty’s special project for this show. Much of the rest of Ty’s time last Friday, however, was spent in the production aspect of the show. During filming, Ty was a bundle of energy. There was a lot of running, and waving of arms, and this was even before the family arrived!

Ty’s bio provided by ABC. Image from personal collection, M.Macalincag, ©2008. Do not use without permission.

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London-born Ed Sanders brings his skills in cabinet-making and acting to ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Ed studied carpentry in a technical college in the U.K. He specialized in advanced joinery and high quality finishing carpentry. In between classes, he performed in theaters and appeared in television commercials. He continued balancing his acting and working at construction sites, a practice, he says, which would always keep his feet firmly on the ground.

Ed appeared in the lead role of Eddie Moliano on the U.K. TV series Dream Team, a drama about a premiership soccer team. He also hosted several television programs, ranging from dating shows to live music shows. In 2002 he became the host of Fear Factor U.K.

In 2004 Ed moved to Los Angeles and eventually joined the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team. Ed was part of the design team for the Nickless family’s home this week.

Ed’s bio provided by ABC. Images from personal collection, ©2008 M.Macalincag. Do not use without permission.

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This week, at the Nickless family home in Holt, Michigan, the design team was composed of host Ty Pennington, Paige Hemmis, Michael Moloney, Ed Sanders and Rib Hillis. They are the team who worked with Mayberry Homes and teams from Michigan State University to make the home modern, comfortable and beautifully decorated.

Here are some photos of the team as they prepared for the “Move the Bus” reveal last Friday:

From left: Michael Moloney, Ed Sanders, Rib Hillis and Paige Hemmis

As they worked on the Nickless home, the design team also got involved in the Lansing community (Rib Hillis led a local blood donation drive), and interacted with fans and viewers of the show. 

Image from personal collection, ©2008 M.Macalincag. Do not use without permission.

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