The best home improvement shows to watch in 2023
Are you a lover of home interiors, your garden or home improvements? Then you’re in luck! Interior design shows have been a pivotal part of TV guides for years and classics like Grand Designs return to our screens season after season. These shows aren’t only exciting to watch they offer tips and tricks on how you can update your home in creative and exciting ways. In this guide, we take a look the best of these shows, their hosts, and discover a little bit more about the theme of the shows. Read on to find some of the best home improvement shows you should be watching in 2023.
The best home improvement shows to watch in 2023
- George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces
- Escape to the Château: DIY
- Grand Designs
- Interior Design Masters
- Garden Rescue
- Your Home Made Perfect
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces
In this programme architect and design enthusiasts George Clarke travels the length and breadth of the UK exploring small and unique builds and the fabulous creators behind the masterpieces. With ten seasons to indulge in, follow George as he visits properties to discover the ingenious thinking behind their quirky designs.
The series isn’t just about showing the viewers some amazing and innovative homes, George is also armed with a budget in order to help homeowners make the most out of their awkward spaces to create an inviting and coherent space. Armed with modern techniques, this show is all about inspiring homeowners to think wisely about their spaces and be logical with designs.
Episodes can vary, showing everything from observatories in memory of a late father, one-of-a-kind beach huts, lifeboat makeovers and hundred-year-old train carriages. You can watch all ten seasons of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces on All 4.
Escape to the Château: DIY
Sister show to the hugely popular Escape to the Château, Escape to the Château: DIY follows Dick and Angel Strawbridge as they help ambitious British families as they endeavour to save some of the most beautiful châteaus in France.
With 5 series to indulge in, start at the beginning and follow the journey of these ambitious families as they set up their brand-new lives in the French countryside. Follow their trials and tribulations as they renovate room by room with the aim of their new dwellings being self-sufficient and open to the public for all to enjoy.
Each season follows a selection of different families and their journey through the seasons, so starting from the beginning is a must! Catch all five seasons of Escape to the Château: DIY on All 4.
Grand Designs
Potentially one of the longest-running home improvement shows, first airing in 1999, Grand Designs is a cult favourite show and one that should definitely be on your must-watch list. Presenter Kevin McCloud travels across the UK to follow the journeys of some of the UK’s most ambitious self-build projects.
Intrepid individuals take on the challenge of designing and building their very own dream homes, but the ride isn’t always as easy as one might hope. With 22 seasons to indulge in, you’re really not going to run out of episodes to watch. Enjoy some of the more famous episodes, including an ambitious build on the North Devon coast, the renovation of a 17th-century mill in Cornwall and modern treehouses.
Enjoy all episodes of Grand Designs on All 4 and take some inspiration from the ambitious builds for your very own homes.
Interior Design Masters
Hosted by the wonderful Alan Carr, Interior Design Masters is a relatively new TV show that brings interiors and competition together in one fun-filled show. Joined by interior guru Michelle Ogundehin, Alan and the team are on the hunt for talent, dazzling designs, and passion for all things interior. Ten contestants go head-to-head every week to complete a selection of different briefs in commercial locations, including shops, restaurants and salons.
With the winner being awarded a commercial contract, the stakes are high as a panel of guest judges choose one individual to leave the show each week. Guest judges include the likes of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and retail expert Mary Portas.
Get stuck into Interior Design Masters on BBC iPlayer where series two and three are available on demand.
Garden Rescue
A home improvement show with an outdoor twist, Garden Rescue is all about our outdoor. Host by Charlie Dimmock, who made her fame on the show Ground Force, is joined by a selection of talented co-presenters to transform gardens across the country.
Renovating unloved gardens and tailoring them to suit their owners’ exacting needs, Charlie and her co-presenters pitch designs to the homeowners and work soon gets underway to transform the spaces.
Watch all seven seasons of Garden Rescue on BBC iPlayer now.
Your Home Made Perfect
Introducing VR to the home improvement sector, Angela Scanlon hosts Your Home Made Perfect, a programme where homeowners get to choose their dream home by seeing the finished result in virtual reality first. Featuring cutting-edge technology and innovative design, homeowners will follow their home’s journey as the virtual reality they saw will be bought to life.
Joined by a selection of talented designers, uncover how these problematic homes are transformed into dream spaces.
Watch all three seasons of Your Home Made Perfect on BBC iPlayer today.
If you’ve been thinking about how you can update your home or adapt your home to suit your needs, then hopefully this guide has given you a little inspiration and guidance. If you’re looking to incorporate mobility aids into your home’s design or would like to find out more about homelifts, then make sure you explore our website or request a call back or check out our blog section.