Quality - Renovation Raiders Experience

What level of quality are the Renovation Raiders rooms put together? This is a valid question and I’ve answered it a lot to family & friends because of the recent renovation through the show.

Sometime people ask questions out of curiosity, sometimes they ask questions or make comments from fear, anger or doubt. A person must use some serious inner integrity to recognize where their questions or comments are coming from. For anyone just curious from their heart, I'm happy to share ...

The Job: My experience is my truth. In my experience everyone who works on this show truly cares about the final product and they are artists at what they do. It is not “just for TV”. The production company for this particular show has integrity and my house was loved and taken care of very well during my whole experience. In our instance the surprise was for my husband. They were very detailed in asking me what my husband would like the room to look like. Their concern was never about what they wanted it to look like. The focus of the whole crew was on making my husband (and therefore me) happy with the changes that were to take place. What did we dream of? Someplace relaxing and peaceful that brought in lots of earthy/natural elements. They did such an amazing job and not only was my husband completely in shock when we came home from dinner, but so was I (and I knew that the renovation was going to occur)!

Relaxing by our new fireplace! It gets used a ton. None of the
decorative wood on the sides gets burned of course, and also - no bugs ;)

The Details: In the end were there details that my husband and I will finish ourselves? Of course! Little things that we are glad to do, because putting the finishing touches on a job that huge sealed the deal and made it even more ours! (Plus they left all the extra supplies for us in case we wanted to touch up paint, etc.). Not only did we not have to pay for anything done in our house (as advertised on the production company website), but the work the Raiders do is carefully crafted and well thought out with the homeowners in mind. It is mind blowing. 

Inspectors are on site and everything is up to – or surpasses code. How do I know this? Because on June 27th the day our show aired, a city inspector showed up at our house (she was walking around our yard approving the final inspection for a new roof we had installed), it just so happened that she was the inspector that was at our house the night the Raiders remodeled. I invited her in and she told me all about her experience watching the Renovation Raiders do their work on the night of the remodel. It was so cool to hear the story from her view point. She said Amy was a wonder woman, digging in and helping out with every aspect of the remodel. She said it was like a perfectly choreographed dance, it was the coolest thing she had seen in her whole life, and that everything they did exceeded the city's code regulations. Very cool to hear.



7 months after the remodel, the inspector posing under the new header,
which allowed our load bearing wall to be removed.

The Good Life: The remodel is more beautiful than anything we could have done ourselves and seven months later we couldn't be more happy or grateful for this Miraculous Gift!

Want to see the full episode? It's now free online HERE!

Life is beautiful: Our little buddies enjoying their new spot in front of the window.

Angels watch HGTV - Angels talk to me (and I listen)

 

I just returned from a life changing 24 day trip to India, there I learned that the Universe sees sharing the Miracles of our lives (large and small), as an act of Gratitude. The more we share the joys in our lives the more they multiply.

Imagine doing a favor for a friend and then knowing that they are grateful purely from their heart. This causes us to want to do more favors for that friend. Is it not?

By sharing Miracles we are essentially building a relationship with our Divine. The more we call on it and have gratitude, the more the Divine shows up.

Here is my HGTV Renovation Raiders Miracle Story. My Gratitude for this Miracle is beyond words, but I will do my best...

Sitting in the quiet one day I was pondering how I would love to make our house cozier. You see, I purchased our house previous to meeting my husband. What I noticed was that with every room we painted together, tile we laid, or flower we planted “my house” became “our house.” It felt amazing to be building a home together. Enter: My wish to make our living room a more welcoming place to relax and host guided meditations for our family & friends.

I started adding up the costs of what we dreamed of doing to our living room, and the mountain of money that it would take. New carpet for living room & dining room: $6,000, knock down a load bearing wall to reveal a staircase: $(who knows), New fireplace wall: $(who knows), Painting: $(A lot), Tile around the entry way door: $(who knows)… etc. etc.  The list went on. It would be expensive and probably would need to happen over the next 3 years in stages. In my heart it was something that I really wanted and in that moment it was like I was begging for a way to have it happen, then all of a sudden I heard three sweet little voices say, “Someone will do it for you” – have you ever seen those photos of Cherub Angels? That is what these voices sounded like. The sound of the voices was very playful, sincere and sweet. I am open to receiving messages from Angels and in the past have experienced conversations with Angels, Guides, deceased relatives, etc. - but these three little voices were new and I knew right away that I liked them!

 

What do you do when little Angel voices tell you that someone will remodel your house for you? Well, I asked, “Ok, How!?!” then suddenly in my mind’s eye, I saw the Google box. This was my queue to go to the internet and open the Google site. So I did. I asked, “Now what?” and the Angels said playfully, “You know...” With no thought in my head, my hands just started typing: MINNEAPOLIS, HOME, MAKOVER, and CASTING. It was a strange moment when the mind was dead silent, but by body was automatically moving. A page of websites was revealed with those 4 magical words. Within the search results I clicked on a link for a local Television Production company. Under their Casting page I saw that they were looking for people who wanted to “Surprise Their Spouse with a Room Remodel at little or NO cost to us.” It was a brand new television show and they were casting for their first season – “Yes! (I was talking to the website), how did you know that this is EXACTLY what I would love to do!?!”

 

Within 20 minutes I had submitted a super-secret application. It was super-secret because I could not tell my husband that I was even applying for this opportunity – hence the whole point of the show “Surprising your Spouse.” Fast forward 8 amazing weeks later and see the link below…  My miracle is revealed in photos 1 and 19-31!

 

http://www.hgtv.com/decorating-basics/renovation-raiders-stealth-remodeling/pictures/index.html

The link to the full episode is free online HERE!

My gratitude to the Miracle of Angels.  Please feel free to share any Miracles large or small in your life! The more we share, the more they multiply and who doesn't love a good Miracle?