Design on a Dime is a decorating television series on HGTV. It features people who want their living space redesigned. The Design on a Dime team uses a $2,500 budget to remake a room. There have been a few variations, with episodes for weddings and more.
Design team
Lee Snijders: Lee was the original Host and lead Designer to take over the first Design on a Dime makeover team. The team of Lee, Summer and Charles would become known as Team A. In 1990, Snijders created Lee Snijders Designs, which encompassed his love of interior and furniture design. In 1995 he was given the opportunity to work with Walt Disney Imagineering. In 2001 he was asked to be the designer spokesperson for House to Home and then appeared on numerous television design shows until becoming the host and lead designer for HGTV's Design on a Dime.
Spencer Anderson: Anderson grew up in Houston, Texas, where he studied art and metal sculpture before moving to Los Angeles, where he began assistant art directing on small cable films.
Summer Baltzer: Baltzer began her career designing and decorating for community and equity theater productions in the Southern California area, while also running her own residential interior design business. She received her formal training at California State University-Northridge in the Family Environmental Sciences department, where she studied Architectural and Interior Design.
David Sheinkopf: Sheinkopf grew up in New York City. After years of acting, he began building and designing, focusing on set design, art direction on music videos and commercials.
Charles Burbridge: Burbridge was born in Los Angeles, where he had a decorative painting and interiors business.
Ali Azhar: Azhar's philosophy of design is that lighting, color and texture make a room. As a contractor, he handles lighting, building, and tiling, among other things.
Kelly Edwards: Edwards was born in Chicago. After working for three years in Los Angeles as the design assistant for one of the original Design on a Dime design teams, she returned to her hometown.
Abraham Hopkins: Hopkins' approach is to bring green homes and eco-developments to the public. Hopkins is the owner of Paradigm Building, a construction company specializing in green building. Before, he worked for 10 years as a carpenter. He received a bachelor's degree in construction management from Cal Poly. He went on to earn his contractors license following that, and with five years' experience, he was certified as a Green Builder.
