Kitchen casting call

April 3, 2011 at 2:18AM
Host James Young and homeowner Chris work on installing new cabinets in the kitchen as seen on DIY Network's, I Hate My Kitchen.
Host James Young and homeowner Chris work on installing new cabinets in the kitchen as seen on DIY Network's, I Hate My Kitchen. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Kitchen casting callDo you hate your kitchen? Here's your chance to be on TV -- and get $4,000 toward a kitchen makeover. DIY Network is looking for Twin Cities area homeowners with outdated or downright ugly kitchens to participate in the new series "I Hate My Kitchen."

To be eligible, you need to be open to "out-of-the-box" design ideas and be able to contribute $10,000 to the project. Oh, and your home must be within 25 miles of downtown Minneapolis. To enter, e-mail kitchencasting@magneticproductions.com a brief description of what you dislike about your kitchen and an approximate budget for a remodeling. Be sure to include photos of you and your kitchen, your phone number, e-mail address and the city you live in. Don't delay. The filming for the series has already started.

LYNN UNDERWOOD

Prep for Art in BloomBachman's is putting out the welcome mat for Art in Bloom, the annual floral festival at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

On Wednesday, Bachman's will sponsor a flower design workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at the main store on Lyndale Avenue S. in Minneapolis. Twenty percent of the cost of the $40 class will go to the Art in Bloom event. That same night, from 5 to 8 p.m., 10 percent of all in-store sales will benefit Art in Bloom.

As for the actual Art in Bloom event at MIA? Well, you'll have to wait until April 28 for that.

Arts & Crafts across the pondThe Twin Cities boasts a nice selection of Arts and Crafts-style homes, but the movement didn't start in the American Midwest. At an event Sunday afternoon Brian D. Coleman, editor-at-large for Old-House Interiors magazine, will talk about the genesis of the back-to-nature movement, its British icons and how we interpreted their designs on this side of the pond.

If you have a piece of British Arts and Crafts artwork, tile work or metalwork, bring it along. Coleman will identify some pieces from audience members and talk about their context.

The talk and slide show, which is sponsored by the Twin Cities Bungalow Club, is at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Community Recreation Center, 1978 Ford Pkwy., St. Paul. No reservations are needed for the $3 event.

CONNIE NELSON

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