My Home, My Money Pit: Your Guide to Every Home Improvement Adventure

The hosts of the syndicated call-in radio program The Money Pit offer home owners straightforward and friendly advice on home renovations and building.

Tom Kraeutler is a former professional home inspector who 12 years ago, founded THE MONEY PIT®, which has grown to become the largest home improvement radio program in America. He is the Home Improvement Editor for AOL as well as a regular how-to guru on cable and network television. Tom lives in New Jersey.

Leslie Segrete stars in the TLC and Discovery Channel hits, Trading Spaces and While You Were Out, and is also the lead designer for We Network’s The Ugliest House on the Block, as well as an editor at large of Country Home Magazine. Leslie lives in New York.

Pt. 1. Inside your money pit. Designing confidence — Cooking up the kitchen of your dreams without getting burned — Bathrooms — Kids' spaces — Laundry rooms and mudrooms — Bonus spaces — New spaces: additions and repurposing — Avoiding freezing, sneezing, frying, and fizzling...and freaking out over utility costs — 50 design ideas under $50 — Pt. 2. Outside your moneypit. Bringing the inside outside with decks, patios, and porches — Curb appeal and other strategies to keep your neighbors and homeowner's association happy — The building envelope: siding, roofing, and windows — Critter control — Fabulous facelifts to improve your faade — Pt. 3. Managing your money pit. Hiring help: if do-it-yourself will do you in, don't do it at all — Protecting your money pit, part 1: Homeland security — Protecting your money pit, part 2: Earth, wind, and fire — Home selling tips and advice — 30 under 30: best maintenance in under 30 minutes — Appendix 1 : Home improvements by number — Appendix 2. Best return on investment — Appendix 3: Life expectancy of home components.