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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Reading List

Unreal Estate: A Reading List About Our Shifting Vision of Home

by benhuberman November 16, 2017October 19, 2022

In an age of economic and political instability, what do the spaces we dwell in say about us?

Chip and Joanna Gaines
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers

by benhuberman September 28, 2017October 19, 2022

Drywall, meet sledgehammer.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Beware the Open-Plan Kitchen

by benhuberman September 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Almost a decade after the speculation-driven financial crisis of 2008, the success of HGTV’s aspirational real-estate programming proves that house-flipping culture is alive, well, and potentially dangerous.

Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary

How Did HGTV ‘Stars’ Become Celebrities?

by Danielle Tcholakian June 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Is the rise of HGTV celebrities a window into, or a reprieve from, a “culturally divided America”?

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

America’s HGTV Obsession: A Reading List

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 12, 2016October 19, 2022

These longreads explore some of HGTV’s most popular home and lifestyle shows, from House Hunters to Fixer Upper.

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