An Eco-friendly HGTV is Red, Hot and Green with Carter Oosterhouse
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Do you remember the uber cute carpenter Carter Oosterhouse from the TLC show Trading Spaces? Well, Carter is back in a big way and with an eco-friendly television show: Red, Hot & Green. On the Rachel Ray Show, Carter performed an eco-friendly makeover of actor John Stamos’ Broadway Dressing room. John Stamos, best known for his roles on Full House and ER, is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. Carter was given a mere 48 hours to give makeover to this barren dressing room. John asked for a late 1960’s Hollywood glam vibe for his home away from home. Carter achieved this look by using a dark grey wallpaper, as he feels that wallpaper adds an artistic element to a room. He then added lighter colored squares of wallpaper on the focal wall to brighten up the space. The remodel included building shelves etc… out of MDF (medium density fiberboard).
Now in the past MDF was not an eco-friendly product but Oosterhouse used a new green MDF which boosts a non-toxic adhesive to join all the fibers together. The dressing rooms’ grand reveal was everything Stamos had asked for and more. It was masculine but with a definite sense of style and an eco-friendly slant. Oosterhouse used a color palette black, white, and grey with red as an accent color. “Spectacular” said Stamos of his renovated dressing room. John’s favorite element was that he has a space he can relax in, which will still accommodate guests.
Back to Oosterhouse for a moment with his eco-friendly show on HGTV called “Red Hot & Green”. According to the press release on the series Oosterhouse “and interior designer Nicole Facciuto show viewers simple ways to go green, cut energy costs, and still achieve a great looking space.” Check out the youtube video below as Carter and Nicole transform a suburban kitchen into a green masterpiece.
It seems that Oosterhouse is not resting on his laurels and changing with the green times as his new show seems like an eco-friendly version of the show that put him on the map. This all goes to show that in the end, an eco-friendly room can be functional without sacrificing style, sounds too good to be true? Just ask John Stamos.
