Claim to fame: Longtime host of HGTV's "Decorating Cents."
Change in direction: Steffend is leaving what she called the "Gunsmoke" of decorating shows this May. "We had a good run," she said. "It's time for something new."
Home: An updated rambler in Edina.
Shares with: Husband Joe Brandmeier, a producer and director, and Charlie, a one-year-old flatulent beagle-pug mix. (Daughter Jordan, 18, is in college. Blair, 23, lives in the Twin Cities.)
