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House of What?! (Season 1)

8 episodes 97%4KCC

Converted planes, bottle walls, and mosaic dreamhouses redefine what home can be.

Host Chris Grundy tours wildly original homes built from recycled and up-cycled materials, from a converted MD-80 to a mosaic-covered art house and a Japanese-inspired ranch. Along the way, discover the creativity, problem-solving, and personal vision behind each space. Sign up to see how unconventional design becomes deeply livable.

Episode guide

8 episodes
1
1House of Trash
Take a joyride on a converted MD80; Spot the whisky bottles hidden in one home's bathroom; Find out what some builders from Japan are up to on a Texas ranch, and tour a madcap art-filled fun-house.
23 min
2
2Welcome to Casa Neverlandia!
Meet a guy who rescued a mushroom house; See how one builder repurposed industrial beams from a Boston freeway; Explore a free-spirited house in Texas and tour a home that turned refuse into refuge.
23 min
3
3The Fire Station & The House of Straw
Tour a Tuscan villa in Michigan; Meet an artist who created a totally swoon-worthy sustainable home; Explore a restored fire station that's totally lit and check out a straw house you can't blow down!
23 min
4
4A Tale of Twisted Oak
A woman's house is built from the wings of a 747; Old snow fences from Wyoming find a new Texas home; Tour a modern “little house on the prairie,” and see the trash this homeowner turned into a home!
23 min
5
5Welcome to Xanabu!
Check out the customization these homeowners shipped in; Cruise a home with ocean-front views; See the Hollywood props this owner is saving, and meet a man who takes dumpster-diving to another level.
23 min
6
6From Container to Cave
Swing into a modern treehouse—indoors; Tour some tiny homes in Texas; Visit a prehistoric dwelling with mammoth craftsmanship, and see one building's final transaction to become the perfect home!
23 min
7
7We're Going to Whimzeyland!
Meet a cowboy who took playing in the dirt seriously; View a crowdsourced recycled home; Tour a menagerie of materials in Atlanta's bamboo forest, and visit an urban shaman's mystical abode.
23 min
8
8From Missile Silo to Goat Shed
Descend the depths of a Cold War relic; Learn how a couple turned some containers into a home; Tour a round barn that can withstand anything, and explore a home that's hiding recycled newspaper.
23 min
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