20 must-watch home improvement reality shows

Netflix’s Hack My Home is the perfect show for those who love watching designers create space-maximizing solutions for homeowners. The production features a team of four who come together to transform underused areas in creative ways.

There’s no cabin too big or small for Chase Morrill, star of Maine Cabin Masters, to tackle. Throughout the show’s last 10 seasons, the Maine-based builder has renovated rustic cabins and camps all across the state with his sister, brother-in-law, and best friend, giving much-need cottages and lodges the revamp they needed.

When life gets busy, it can be hard to keep your space tidy — and Marie Kondo knows that too well. In her Netflix series, she helps busy parents, a grieving widow, and many others declutter their space with simple tricks and hacks.

Since the recent surge in tiny homes, HBO and Max developed a series focused entirely on that. In Van Go, the host, Brett Lewis, travels around the world and renovates sprinter vans in the most stylish way possible.

In Dream Home Makeover, husband and wife Shea and Syd take on home renovation challenges and give lucky property owners the makeover of a lifetime. They tackle it all, from bathrooms to bedrooms to closets, and after watching them create magic, you’ll be ready to put on your hard hat for your home project.

In this HGTV series, interior designer Leanne Ford goes around rural Pennsylvania with her husband to rejuvenate homes that are out of date and bring them back to life.

Queer Eye isn’t necessarily a home improvement show, but in the episodes, the hosts help make over a lucky person’s living space (often their closest) to help them feel brand new.

In Home Town, Erin and Ben travel around their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, to bring their love of Southern living and culture to the properties in the place they love so much.  

Chip and Joanna Gaines have built an empire with their remodeling and design business, Magnolia Homes. In their series, Fixer Upper, they revitalize struggling homes in Texas to bring life back to some of the state’s neighborhoods.

Another HGTV series that has nailed the home renovation genre is Property Brothers. The show follows twin brothers Drew and Jonathan as they help couples locate properties that need tender, loving care and turn them into masterpieces.

In Get Organized with The Home Edit , Clea and Joanna share aesthetically pleasing organization tips with everyday people and major stars like Reese Witherspoon.

Even if this former Bachelor star’s home renovation show is like many others out there, I’ll always be tuned in to support him — and I know Bachelor Nation agrees with me.

Rehab Addict isn’t like the other home renovation shows. Instead of flipping old homes to make them look new and modern, Nicole Curtis finds a few dated homes in the Midwest each season and helps the owners maintain the property’s uniqueness.  

This Netflix series isn’t like your usual renovation show. It follows two best friends as they take on the challenge of a lifetime: turning a rundown motel into a refined palace fit for the best of the best. They face challenges throughout the run of episodes, but it all comes together in the end, making for such a satisfying watch.

In Farmhouse Fixer, former boy bander Johnathan Knight from New Kids on the Block restores New England farmhouses alongside his designer Kristina Crestin. If you’re a fan of goats, ’80s music, and rural living, this show is for you.

It’s always important to throw a little friendly competition in the mix whenever possible, and in HGTV’s Rock the Block, that’s exactly what they do. Here, four teams of two face off against each other to build identical homes with the same budget. Whoever wins gets a street in the neighborhood they’re competing in named after them.

Another Netflix home renovation show that we can’t get enough of is Instant Dream Home. The show is hosted by Orange Is The New Black star Danielle Brooks, and she and her team flip lucky homeowners’ properties in one day.

Most fans of home renovation shows already know about HGTV’s Love It or List It. Hosts Hilary and David find homeowners whose properties need work and revamp them while also showing their clients houses that already have the features they want. By the episode’s end, the subjects must choose whether they’ll keep their existing home or, you guessed it, list it.

Dave and Jenny are a husband-and-wife team who travel throughout Arkansas to renovate the homes that need it most. Dave builds, Jenny designs, and since their show premiered in 2019, they’ve kept viewers tuned in with their unreal ability to turn things from drab to fab.

If you’re a fan of minimalism, you must watch Netflix’s documentary The Minimalists: Less Is Now. It follows two men who show viewers how they can declutter their houses by getting rid of unnecessary items.