MILLIONS OF Americans will settle into their man (and woman) caves this weekend for the big game, but chances are those retreats won’t have been designed by Paul DiMeo. The Media native and famously emotional carpenter from “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is now building cabins for people who want to get away from it all – including their flat screens – in National Geographic Channel’s “Building Wild.” The show, which airs at 9 p.m. Tuesdays, chronicles the odd-couple adventures of DiMeo and his business partner Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis as they build one-of-a-kind getaways, with the help of their customers, in places where the challenges may include building a road to […]
Built to Last
February 3, 2014 by
TV CARPENTER PAUL DIMEO ON HIS NINE-YEAR RUN ON EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, HIS GRUMPY AUDITION AND WHY HIS OWN STUDIO CITY DIGS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU What an interesting career you’ve had—from renovating homes to acting to hosting … I have loved building since I was a little kid. At the end of the day, you have something physical to show for your work. I also love acting, the theatre. For the many years that I spent in New York City—both building and performing—neither was more important to me than the other. So I understand you were kind of grumpy at the Extreme Makeover audition. I was in this room […]
PRESS TOUR: Former Point Park student Paul DiMeo hosts ‘Building Wild’ for NatGeo
January 11, 2014 by
PASADENA, Calif. — Paul DiMeo, who attended Point Park University (then Point Park College) from 1977-79 and worked as a stage manager at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, is one of the stars of National Geographic Channel’s “Building Wild” (9 p.m. Tuesday). City slicker DiMeo, best known as the designer with black glasses who was prone to crying on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” partnered with woodsman/fabricator Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis on a construction business called Cabin Kings. They design and build cabins for guys in off-the-beaten-path locations. Read more after the jump. … “I was working mostly with children on ‘Extreme Makeover,” DiMeo said after a Nat Geo press conference. “Now I’m […]
DIY Series ‘Building Wild’ Constructs Outrageous Retreats in America’s Last Frontiers on National Geographic Channel
December 18, 2013 by
THE MOST RUGGED CONSTRUCTION SHOW EVER? NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL’S FIRST DO-IT-YOURSELF SERIES BUILDING WILD CONSTRUCTS OUTRAGEOUS RETREATS IN AMERICA’S LAST FRONTIERS Craftsmen Paul DiMeo (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) and Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis Build Backwoods Paradises … but First They Need a Road to Get There! New Series Building Wild Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 9 PM ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel (Washington, DC – December 16, 2013) Designer Paul DiMeo (@Paul_DiMeo) became known for building the impossible over nine seasons on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Now he’s ready for perhaps the most rugged construction show ever — using extreme architectural engineering to create incredible, perhaps improbable, wilderness cabin retreats […]
Sugar & Stilellos Bake Sale Raises More Than $13K for Westside Hunger Organizations
June 7, 2013 by
Thousands of meals and groceries will be provided to Westside women and children suffering from hunger and food insecurity thanks to the generosity of Sugar & Stilettos participants. Motivated by the mission “spreading sweet inspiration one treat at a time,” the third annual Sugar & Stilettos Bake Sale Extravaganza exceeded its goal by raising more than $13,000 on May 18 to benefit the Westside Food Bank and St. Joseph Center’s Food Pantry. Due to the generosity of the event’s donors and attendees, more than 26,000 meals and 1,300 bags of groceries will be provided to women and children suffering from hunger and food insecurity. “There are literally thousands of working […]
Paul DiMeo while best known as the carpenter with attitude on ABC Television’s two-time Emmy winning Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, is also an established actor, a man’s man and the first to cry on his hit show. 