Rib Hillis is the new hunk member of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. His carpentry experience goes back to college, when he framed houses and did demolition and construction work. He has also had a successful handyman business, but these days, his acting and modeling career take up his work time.
While Rib is new to the show, he is not entirely new to television. He has appeared in various TV shows, including Model Citizen, Get a Grip, Ugly Betty, CSI and CSI: Miami. He will also appear in a starring role in the feature film Propiedad Ajena, which …read more

ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is popular for its concept of choosing a deserving family and building a new home for them in one week. A team of talented designers travel with the show to provide direction for furnishing and decorating the home.
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 …read more

Here are some of the photos I took at the site of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Holt, Michigan yesterday. Landscaping has started, and most of the work on the home’s exteriors is done. Volunteers and the design crew were working on the inside of the home, installing plumbing, doors, floors and closets.
The new home of the Nickless family as it looked on Wednesday morning:

 
Karen Schroeder of Mayberry Homes in front of the house being built by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Holt, Michigan
Viewers of the TV show ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition see Ty Pennington and the design team seem to do the impossible: put together a state-of-the-art house in 5 days, completely furnish it, professionally design the interiors, and present it to the family.
To accomplish this, magic happens behind the scenes. For every show, hundreds of volunteers donate their time, resources and skills to give a special family their dream home.
For the Nickless family in Holt, almost 1,500 volunteers …read more

By the end of third day of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the Nickless family’s home has been reduced to rubble. Nothing is left of the original house. The demolition crew did such a thorough job that not one brick was left of top of another.
The demolition starts the clock ticking. The crew and volunteers have until Friday to build an entirely new house on this same spot. It was fascinating to see these huge monsters picking up and loading debris into trucks:

Since the choice of the Nickless family was announced last Friday, spectators have congregated at the site. Though …read more