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Magnolia Network’s ‘Home Work’: Everything to Know About the Show Amid Controversy

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In need of renovations. Chip and Joanna Gaines had high hopes when they launched Magnolia Network, but they were not expecting the controversy that stemmed from Andy and Candis Meredith ’s show Home Work .

The Fixer Upper alums left HGTV in 2018 after becoming some of the network’s biggest stars . The couple branched out on their own with Magnolia Network , which debuted on Discovery+ in January 2021. DIY Network eventually rebranded as Magnolia Network in January 2022.

Home Work originally premiered on the Discovery+ iteration of Magnolia Network in July 2021 before shifting to TV in January 2022. The show follows the Merediths as they transform a 20,000-square-foot school into their home while also doing projects for clients, overseeing rental properties and juggling their family of nine.

Two days after the series first appeared on airwaves, the network pulled Home Work amid allegations of shoddy work, expanding budgets and timelines, a lack of communication from Andy and Candis and unsafe conditions.

“I want Magnolia to be accountable,” Aubry Bennion, a Utah homeowner who was one of the Merediths’ former clients, shared via Instagram in January 2022. “It’s mind-blowing to me that they would put Magnolia’s name and reputation on the line or that they would allow these people to represent them without any sort of oversight or mentoring.”

Teisha Satterfield Hawley, another homeowner who worked with Andy and Candis, came forward with similar claims. “Hopeless is the word that comes to mind when I think of that day,” she wrote via Instagram in January 2022. “We had been living in our basement for months at this point, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthdays. We were exhausted, we had just been told all of our funds were used and our home was torn apart with bubbling floors laid.”

Amid the controversy, the Merediths denied scamming or lying to their clients but admitted to setting unachievable goals.

“I fully acknowledge how hard any renovation is, especially when it’s a renovation for television. The timelines that were set were too crazy, and I am an optimistic person,” Candis said in a January 2022 Instagram video. “I know better now that I should never have said these short timelines and set these expectations. That is on me, and I take full responsibility.”

Chip and Joanna, for their part, have yet to react to the ordeal , but prior to the headlines about Home Work , they detailed how they curated the shows on Magnolia Network.

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“We don’t do it the typical way. We’re not the network that says, ‘Send in your casting tapes,’” Joanna explained to Variety in January 2022. “For us, it’s been this really authentic way of finding talent. It’s either talent that we’re just completely enamored with as far as what they do, what they’re passionate about. It’s been a little harder, honestly, because it takes a lot of time on the phone and hours of talking them into even wanting to do television. I’d say most of our talent didn’t come to us and say, ‘I want to do a show.’ We came to them and said, ‘Can we highlight what you’re doing? It’s so amazing and inspiring.’”

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In need of renovations. Chip and Joanna Gaines had high hopes when they launched Magnolia Network, but they were not expecting the controversy that stemmed from Andy and Candis Meredith ’s show Home Work . The Fixer Upper alums left HGTV in 2018 after becoming some of the network’s biggest stars . The couple branched out on their own with Magnolia Network , which debuted on Discovery+ in January 2021. DIY Network eventually rebranded as Magnolia Network in January 2022. Home Work originally premiered on the Discovery+ iteration of Magnolia Network in July 2021 before shifting to TV in January 2022. The show follows the Merediths as they transform a 20,000-square-foot school into their home while also doing projects for clients, overseeing rental properties and juggling their family of nine. Two days after the series first appeared on airwaves, the network pulled Home Work amid allegations of shoddy work, expanding budgets and timelines, a lack of communication from Andy and Candis and unsafe conditions. “I want Magnolia to be accountable,” Aubry Bennion, a Utah homeowner who was one of the Merediths’ former clients, shared via Instagram in January 2022. “It’s mind-blowing to me that they would put Magnolia’s name and reputation on the line or that they would allow these people to represent them without any sort of oversight or mentoring.” [sendtonews type="float" key="Zd2FQr5xo1-3115706-14453"] Teisha Satterfield Hawley, another homeowner who worked with Andy and Candis, came forward with similar claims. “Hopeless is the word that comes to mind when I think of that day,” she wrote via Instagram in January 2022. “We had been living in our basement for months at this point, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthdays. We were exhausted, we had just been told all of our funds were used and our home was torn apart with bubbling floors laid.” Amid the controversy, the Merediths denied scamming or lying to their clients but admitted to setting unachievable goals. “I fully acknowledge how hard any renovation is, especially when it’s a renovation for television. The timelines that were set were too crazy, and I am an optimistic person,” Candis said in a January 2022 Instagram video. “I know better now that I should never have said these short timelines and set these expectations. That is on me, and I take full responsibility.” Chip and Joanna, for their part, have yet to react to the ordeal , but prior to the headlines about Home Work , they detailed how they curated the shows on Magnolia Network. “We don’t do it the typical way. We’re not the network that says, ‘Send in your casting tapes,’” Joanna explained to Variety in January 2022. “For us, it’s been this really authentic way of finding talent. It’s either talent that we’re just completely enamored with as far as what they do, what they’re passionate about. It’s been a little harder, honestly, because it takes a lot of time on the phone and hours of talking them into even wanting to do television. I’d say most of our talent didn’t come to us and say, ‘I want to do a show.’ We came to them and said, ‘Can we highlight what you’re doing? It’s so amazing and inspiring.’” Scroll through the gallery below for more information about Home Work : [podcast_block]

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Who Are Andy and Candis?

The couple tied the knot in 2013 and live in Utah with their seven children. (The Merediths share one daughter, while they each have three sons from previous relationships.) They have been flipping homes together since 2013. Before starring on Home Work , they appeared on a limited series called Old Home Love , which aired on HGTV and DIY Network in 2015, and produced their own Facebook Watch show titled Old Sweet Home . They also released their first book, Old Home Love , in 2017 and launched a YouTube series called Traveling Home in 2018.

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What Are the Allegations?

Bennion claimed via Instagram that the Merediths began renovating her kitchen in 2019, informing her that the project would take three weeks and cost $20,000. The price allegedly rose to $25,000 while taping Home Work . It eventually cost more than $39,000 — with much of the sum allegedly going toward fixing the issues created by the project — and took five months to complete. Bennion also claimed that the Merediths created a drainage issue by building a deck over a sprinkler system, which cost $18,000 to repair. 

Hawley, meanwhile, alleged that she gave Andy and Candis $45,000 to renovate her home, but after 10 weeks (the project was only slated for four), little work had been completed. The Merediths then allegedly said they needed another $40,000. Hawley claimed that she told the duo not to come back after they asked for more money.  

Others who worked with the reality stars, including a local real estate agent, came forward with similar allegations via social media. 

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How Did Magnolia Network Respond?

The network pulled Home Work from the air in January 2022 amid the controversy. “Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith,” Allison Page , the president of Magnolia, said in a statement at the time. “Within the last few days, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove Home Work from the Magnolia Network lineup pending a review of the claims that have been made.”  

Later that month, the show returned to the network. “After speaking with homeowners as well as Candis and Andy Meredith regarding renovation projects for Home Work , and hearing a mix of both positive and negative experiences, we do not believe there was ill or malicious intent,” Page said. “Our commitment now is to provide appropriate resolutions for those whose experience with Home Work fell short of our network’s standards. While Home Work will return to Magnolia Network, we recognize the responsibility we have to act on how we can better support not only our talent but those who put their trust in them and this brand.”

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What Was the Merediths’ Response?

Andy and Candis shared a lengthy statement via Instagram amid the allegations. “We have always tried to give everything we have to make anyone we work with happy,” they wrote. “We will never take away their truth and how they are feeling. We can only say that there are two sides to every story and while we chose not to go public with our truth, because we know how hurtful this feels, we understand that only hearing one side can paint a negative picture. We have always kept lines of communication open, there have always been ways for people to recover any damages, there have been purchase contracts in place, legal avenues etc, but taking this public seems to be the easiest way to harm us personally.”  

They claimed that while it was “true that we are sometimes left with outstanding balances” on their projects, they “have paid every amount of money we could to [make] things right and have continued making payments when necessary.”

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Inside the Drama Behind “Home Work,” Which Magnolia Network Pulled—and Then Reinstated

Following a flurry of social media drama last week, the show was pulled—now it's back on.

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Home renovation shows are feel-good television, chronicling inspirational transformations many homeowners can only dream of. But are some of them too good to be true? Over the past week, several families featured on the new show Home Work— hosted by fixer-uppers Andy and Candis Meredith,as part of the starting lineup at Chip and Joanna Gaines 's new Magnolia Network —have stepped forward with deeply concerning allegations leveled at the show's producers. They report fraudulent promises, financial disarray, and unsafe (even illegal) labor conditions at their own home renovations, which were all filmed for the show.

On Thursday January 6, in response, Magnolia Network officially pulled Home Work from all its platforms.

So What Happened?

Three homeowners—Aubry Bennion, Teisha Hawley, and Vienna Goates—spoke out in a series of damning Instagram posts , condemning Andy and Candis for over-promising and under-delivering. The allegations range from the couple blowing budgets by tens of thousands of dollars (and then demanding additional funds to finish the work), to inexcusible lapses in work and communication, to hiring unlicensed contractors who created unsafe conditions.

"After our meeting and finding out about the blown budget we had multiple conversations via phone, text, and email," wrote Hawley. "We were told that we had to wire $10,000 immediately to have anything done."

For their part, the Merediths owned up to some shortcomings on the projects, including sometimes being “left with outstanding balances,” per their own Instagram post addressing the allegations on Saturday, “but we always pay, even if it takes some time for us to make arrangements.” In an exclusive interview with House Beautiful , Candis also confirmed that some of the timelines on the renovations in question were extended. “I'm only relaying what I'm being told by contractors about timeline. Unfortunately, I can't control that when I'm not the one swinging the hammer and running the wires, as much as I'd love to,” she says. “And I would love to budget more time for client projects in the future. If I ever do client projects again, that's absolutely something that I've learned.”

Another homeowner featured on the show, Jeana Quigley, voiced her support for the Merediths after the show was canceled, acknowledging that while her renovation did take longer than expected, she felt that “Candis truly wanted me to love that space,” per an Instagram story posted on Friday. “I’ve done other remodels in the past and have never had one go absolutely perfectly. Every project has issues,” she wrote.

What Went Wrong?

This is not the first time a home renovation show has presented a perfectly polished product only to have the veneer crack. In 2005, the Higgins family featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition sued the network for “fraud, breach of contract and infliction of emotional distress,” per the Los Angeles Times , though a judge ultimately dismissed the case. Then in 2017, after starring on HGTV’s Love It or List It, Deena Murphy and Tim Sullivan sued the show’s network, the production company, and general contractor for “breach of contract, faulty workmanship, and unauthorized retention of funds,” per the Triad Business Journal . They settled out of court.

TV aside, no renovation goes off without a hitch. Home renovations often go over budget—a 2020 Houzz survey of nearly 90,000 homeowners reports that 31 percent of respondents went over budget during renovations in 2019. And timelines are often extended : “It is not only common but also a guarantee that issues will arise on major renovations,” says Kentucky-based interior designer Isabel Ladd . “Instead of thinking, 'I wonder what issues will arise on this project,' I shift my thinking to, 'I wonder what solutions I'll conjure up during this project.' You simply don't know what will happen when walls start coming down.”

Additionally, Andy and Candis assert that some of the claims made by their clients are unfounded. In their own Instagram statement, they wrote, “We adamantly deny that we have ever stolen money from these clients, we haven't defrauded ‘so many families’. We worked with licensed general contractors.” While Candis wouldn’t elaborate on specifics, she did tell House Beautiful, “I look forward to sharing more details if and when I can.”

One of the bigger issues plaguing the production of Home Work is that the Merediths seem to have taken on far more roles than is typical for reno show hosts (and even real-world designers). “[Candis] was truly operating as a one-man band,” Bennion tells House Beautiful . “She oversaw the design. She oversaw the construction. She was on-air talent. She was the project manager.” Both Andy and Candis served as executive producers on the show, while Candis also served as director and design producer—all while managing eight or nine client renovations during Home Work ’s several-month production period.

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“The reason for that is I'm so passionate about creating a different kind of show,” says Candis. “I was asked to make the full show that I wanted to make, and I was really excited to do that. So that meant that I took on quite a bit of the roles because it truly was my show, was my vision.”

But she also says that she felt less burdened by managing the production of the show than she did by managing the actual renovations. Prior to Home Work , she and her husband didn’t focus on client-driven work—their previous show, 2015’s Old Home Love on HGTV, saw the couple restore old houses with no clients involved. That lack of experience could explain, in part, why the Merediths’s expectations for the renovations didn’t square with reality.

“Oh my, do I feel for the Merediths. Reading about their situation has evoked so much empathy from me because I absolutely understand how things can go so wrong, especially when an extensive renovation is underway, supply chain issues are abundant, and surprises are beyond our control,” says Ladd.

Who's to Blame?

While it seems as if the Merediths did bite off more than they could chew, Bennion also questioned the role of the show’s production company in the mismanagement.

In unscripted television, networks typically outsource the day-to-day production of shows to third-party companies. For Home Work, Magnolia Network, which is owned by media giant Discovery, Inc., appears to have contracted a company called Linguine Pictures to produce the show, per the credits. Bennion confirmed that she was aware of Linguine and its owners and executive producers, Anne and Dan Fox, having met with Anne twice early on in the process. But as the renovation went on, she says, the Foxes were absent and the Merediths were the only point people.

Neither Magnolia Network nor Linguine Pictures has responded to a request for comment about the production of the show, though Magnolia previously issued House Beautiful the following statement by its president Allison Page regarding pulling Home Work from its programming: "Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith. Within the last few days, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove ‘Home Work’ from the Magnolia Network line up pending a review of the claims that have been made."

Magnolia Network launched its streaming services on July 15, 2021, and debuted on cable on January 5, 2022. As a relative newcomer, the network is clearly experiencing some hiccups as it figures out its workflow, perhaps especially because it has taken a unique approach to finding hosts.

In an interview with Variety last week, Joanna Gaines explained Magnolia Network’s atypical casting process. “It’s...talent that we’re just completely enamored with as far as what they do, what they’re passionate about,” she said, noting that they don’t ask for people to send in casting tapes, which is a more standard industry practice. “It’s been a little harder, honestly, because it takes a lot of time on the phone and hours of talking them into even wanting to do television.”

It’s an innovative method that’s particularly on-brand for the Gaineses. According to an interview with HGTV , the Gaineses—who before going on TV ran Magnolia Homes, a home renovation company—were originally approached for a show when a production company noticed one of their renovations on a "high profile blog," though at some point they did film a casting tape, which was released last week with the cable launch of Magnolia Network. That ultimately led to the extremely popular five-season original run of Fixer Upper on HGTV.

Andy and Candis, notably, followed a similar path, having gotten their start in the design industry by renovating their own home before they were approached to take their skills to TV. But there are two key differences between Fixer Upper and Home Work : The Gaineses had years of client-focused experience under their tool belts before getting a TV show, and they did not serve as executive producers on their show, meaning they likely had more capacity to focus on the renovations rather than the logistics of television production.

“All we wanted to do was do something beautiful together and put it on a beautiful television show that people could enjoy it," Candis tells House Beautiful. " And I'm so sorry for any of the experiences that have been less than ideal for these clients. My heart hurts for them. It really does.”

Being overburdened during a renovation is not an excuse for a designer to lie or dodge the client. All parties involved in shows like these, from producers to hosts, hold responsibility for the actual work being performed on real clients' homes. Hopefully Magnolia Network's investigation into the claims surrounding Home Work will shed more light soon on what went wrong.

From Bennion’s perspective, Magnolia Network has already done right by pulling the show—but she is concerned that their official statement is a little too open-ended. “I want them to be accountable for what they've done, and I also want them to stop doing this to other people,” she says.

The Merediths, meanwhile, are hoping for a second chance. “We will always stand by that this has been difficult for these clients, and I don't want to take away from anything that anyone has said,” says Mrs. Meredith. “We all make mistakes. That doesn't make it okay, but we have to be given the chance to learn from our mistakes and do better.”

Hopefully, this will become a lesson for future renovation TV endeavors, under the Magnolia umbrella and beyond. In fact, that sentiment is part of Magnolia’s DNA; per the company’s manifesto , “We believe that failure needn’t be a negative thing; rather, we learn from our mistakes and fail smarter next time.”

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‘Home Work’ is coming back to the Magnolia Network

The new magnolia network had pulled the utah-based home renovation show.

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Designer Candis Meredith, left, homeowner Aubrey Bennion, center, and Andy Meredith are pictured on Bennion’s porch at her Bountiful home in this undated photo during her renovation for which she had contracted with the Merediths to oversee.

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Utah-based home renovation show “Home Work” is coming back.

The news: Magnolia Network said Wednesday that it will bring “Home Work” back to its lineup after conducting an investigation that found “ill or malicious intent” in the complaints, according to Variety.

  • “Magnolia Network is dedicated to sharing hopeful and genuine stories,” Allison Page, president of Magnolia Network, said in a statement Thursday, according to Variety.
  • “In doing that, we strive to meet people with compassion, and to cautiously approach difficult moments with honest understanding.
  • “After speaking with homeowners as well as Candis and Andy Meredith regarding renovation projects for ‘Home Work,’ and hearing a mix of both positive and negative experiences, we do not believe there was ill or malicious intent.
  • “While ‘Home Work’ will return to Magnolia Network, we recognize the responsibility we have to act on how we can better support not only our talent, but those who put their trust in them and this brand.”
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  • Chip and Joanna Gaines to release four-hour preview of delayed Magnolia Network

Flashback: “Home Work” was originally removed from the new Magnolia Network’s opening lineup because a number of Utah residents spoke out against Candis and Andy Meredith.

  • The residents said the couple created renovation issues like growing budget, workmanship issues and multiple difficulties.

Page said: “Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith.

  • “Within the last day, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove ‘Home Work’ from the Magnolia Network lineup pending a review of the claims that have been made.”

The reaction: The “Home Work” hosts said Wednesday that they did not approve of their show's removal.

  • “We do not believe in bullying online, we feel like this attack was particularly calculated for the day before the network launch and we are hopeful that this can allow the narrative to continue on a more equal playing field without malicious intent,” Candis Meredith told Today.com .

The Merediths released an Instagram series of post that explained their side of the story, saying that the affected families orchestrated to hurt the Merediths because they did not support beliefs of the Magnolia Network, which was created by Chip and Joanna Gaines.

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Magnolia Network’s ‘Home Work’ Could Be the Next ‘Fixer Upper’

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It’s hard enough to capture reality TV lightning in a bottle, let alone managing it twice, and yet that seems to be what HGTV darlings Chip and Joanna Gaines have accomplished. The Waco, Texas couple shot to fame with their uber-popular home renovation hit Fixer Upper and are now poised to launch their own channel, the Magnolia Network , in July. Of course there will be a lot of Chip and Jo, but there are dozens of new stars waiting in the wings. First and foremost Candis and Andy Meredith of Home Work . Of all the shows available to preview on the Magnolia Network tab on Discovery+, Home Work seems like the most obvious hit. It has all the charm of a classic HGTV show with a distinctive style, and charm, that’s all its own.

Home Work is my bet for the next Fixer Upper -level hit.

When Fixer Upper first debuted on HGTV in 2013 (followed by its first full season in 2014), the network was undergoing something of a rebirth. Following on the heels of the success of Canadian import Love It or List It , HGTV had started filling its programing slots with shows that focused on the power of renovating houses. In 2013, HGTV also started airing another Canadian hit, Property Brothers , and a half-hour flipping show called Flip or Flop . The allure of these shows wasn’t just watching how a space could be marvelously transformed but watching the interplay of real-life family members.

When it came to nailing this marriage of reality TV tropes, Fixer Upper stars Chip and Jo Gaines reigned supreme. Their impressive renovations, trademark style, and cutesy romantic banter was television gold. In the last decade alone, they’ve managed to not only become the king and queen of HGTV, but the overseers of a vast empire that includes spin-offs, a Target line, a magazine, and a tiny lifestyle “theme park” in Waco. And now they have their own network.

But the Magnolia Network can’t thrive on Chip and Jo’s fame alone. It will need other stars and new hits. Enter Home Work. 

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In many ways, Home Work feels like more of the same. After all Fixer Upper ‘s success launched a series of HGTV imitators from the mother-daughter duo of Good Bones to the down South charms of Home Town, and Home Work fits into that same mold. The show follows Candis and Andy Meredith, a charming couple with a big Brady Bunch -style blended family who work with clients to renovate drab interiors into lush escapes. However Home Work adds in a fun extra twist. We watch Candis and Andy work on their own dream house project in tandem with clients’ requests. The two have purchased an old schoolhouse with the intent of making it a luxurious space for them and their huge litter of kids. And wow, the work they’re doing is impressive!

Indeed, the exact thing I found so charming about Home Work might be otherwise be considered a ding against it. The show had an ease to it from the jump. It was a fully-formed home renovation show complete with a telegenic family and a designer with honestly great ideas. I will never not be wowed by Candis’s trick of ordering a huge painting printed on a vinyl tarp and framing it up with gold spray-painted molding. It’s a cheap shortcut to instant class when you’ve got luxe taste and a small budget. Moreover, I want to see how the house evolves. There’s a reason for me to keep watching!

So, yeah, if I had to bet on one Magnolia Network show, it’s the one that feels the most like all my favorite HGTV hits.

You can catch the first episode of Home Work on the Magnolia Network preview tab on Discovery+. The series will officially premiere on the Magnolia Network when it launches on July 15, 2021.

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Magnolia Network's 'Home Work' returning to TV after being pulled due to controversies

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Magnolia Network has announced that Andrew and Candis Meredith's home improvement series "Home Work" will return to air a week after the show was pulled.

Beginning Thursday, Jan. 6, several homeowners whose renovations were featured on "Home Work" said that they had "nightmare" experiences with the Merediths , alleging questionable work, ballooning budgets and unprofessional conduct by the couple. After those claims were shared on Instagram, Magnolia Network pulled the show pending a review of the allegations.

According to a statement provided to TODAY, that review found no "ill or malicious intent" on the part of the Merediths.

“Magnolia Network is dedicated to sharing hopeful and genuine stories. In doing that, we strive to meet people with compassion, and to cautiously approach difficult moments with honest understanding," said Allison Page, the president of the network, in a statement.

"After speaking with homeowners as well as Candis and Andy Meredith regarding renovation projects for Home Work, and hearing a mix of both positive and negative experiences, we do not believe there was ill or malicious intent."

"Our commitment now is to provide appropriate resolutions for those whose experience with Home Work fell short of our network’s standards," Page continued. "While Home Work will return to Magnolia Network, we recognize the responsibility we have to act on how we can better support not only our talent, but those who put their trust in them and this brand."

The announcement comes a day after the Merediths shared an emotional series of Instagram posts responding to the allegations against them.

"While we completely understand the many frustrations that come with any home renovation project and we are not here to dismiss the way anyone is feeling, we are devastated by the half truths and outright lies that are being spread about us," the couple wrote on Instagram .

The Merediths did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the show’s return to Magnolia Network.

In multiple interviews with TODAY, Candis said that any workmanship issues were on the part of a general contractor, who she declined to identify. Homeowners Aubry Bennion and Teisha and Jeff Hawley told TODAY that they had to pay other contractors to finish or repair their renovations after their experiences with the Merediths.

“Our agreement stated that we were consulting on the renovation, we were not performing the work,” Andrew said in an interview with TODAY on Jan. 7. “We worked with contractors. We were not swinging hammers at their property ... We hired a general contractor, and he was in charge of all hiring.”

Bennion and the Hawleys said that it was difficult to get a fixed budget or breakdown of costs, despite multiple requests, until late in the remodel process, leading to strained relationships. The Hawleys said they quit "Home Work" after being told the cost of their remodel would double and had the work finished by another contractor, while Bennion said she couldn't continue to pay for the renovation after the price increased from $25,000 to $40,000 mid-project. The Merediths said that they put their own money into each renovation, estimating that they spent about $10,000 on the Hawley project and $32,000 on Bennion's kitchen renovation.

Bennion also said that the Merediths did not pay a flooring contractor, which Candis confirmed. Bennion said that she paid the company herself.

Another couple whose home was supposed to be featured on “Home Work,” Robert and Vienna Goates, said that they put down a $50,000 down payment on a renovation that never began, and are still waiting for the majority of the money to be returned. The Merediths confirmed the situation, and said that they are working to make payments to the Goates and have assumed the debt after the general contractor they hired for the project said he could not return the funds for the project.

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TODAY reviewed a judgement signed by Candis that confirmed that as of Sept. 30, 2021, the Merediths owed the Goates family $39,537.94.

“We have been actively trying to pay and we’ve paid everything that we can every time we can,” Candis told TODAY. 

The Merediths also told TODAY that of 10 renovations for "Home Work," six went well and only four, including the Hawley, Bennion and Goates renovations, had problems. One homeowner came to the hosts defense last week with an Instagram post about her experience with the couple.

“Many of you know that I had to wait longer than I would have liked for my reading cottage to get finished, but ultimately I love what they did and would have done it all over again,” wrote  @hotcocoareads, identified on Instagram as Jeana . “I don’t think their intentions were to hurt or steal from anyone, but they simply couldn’t take on all the projects they were trying to.”

Candis acknowledged to TODAY that she and her husband “made a lot of mistakes” and wanted to make things right. Andy added that the couple do not do private client projects outside of "Home Work" and "have not looked for new clients in over two and a half years."

“We don’t want to do this ever again,” Candis told TODAY. “We never intended to hurt anybody."

Kerry Breen is a reporter and associate editor for  TODAY.com , where she reports on health news, pop culture and more. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. 

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Andy and Candis Meredith have spoken out after several of their former clients detailed how they believe they were scammed by the couple.

"We've seen stories that has [sic] been circulating, and although we cannot speak for anyone but ourselves, we can say that we have always tried to give everything we have to make anyone we work with happy," the pair, whose show Home Work made its TV debut with the launch of Chip and Joanna Gaines's Magnolia Network on Wednesday and was pulled off the network Friday, wrote in a lengthy Instagram post . The show follows the Utah-based couple as they renovate a 20,000-square-foot schoolhouse into a home for their blended family of nine and tackle room makeovers for clients.

They continued, "We will never take away their truth and how they are feeling. We can only say that there are two sides to every story and while we chose not to go public with our truth, because we know how hurtful this feels, we understand that only hearing one side can paint a negative picture."

"We ask that these threats and piling on without the full story stop, they are the same handful of stories spinning and spinning, looking like there are 'so many' hurt people in our wake,'" the statement adds. "So many believe that we are frauds, have hurt people intentionally, and that we are not who we say we are. That is simply not true."

At least three homeowners the Merediths recruited for their show, as well as a local real estate agent they worked with, have come forward in the last few days with stories of shoddy or incomplete work, unsafe conditions, ballooning budgets and timelines, and a lack of communication from the couple.

Magnolia Network president Allison Page addressed the accusations in a statement shared with PEOPLE: "Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith. Within the last few days, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove Home Work from the Magnolia Network line up pending a review of the claims that have been made."

Home Work first debuted on the Discovery+ streaming service in July 2021, when Magnolia Network launched digitally. No episodes are currently visible on the app.

Aubry Bennion, an acquaintance of Candis's whose kitchen makeover was filmed for Home Work, shared an 18-post Instagram series documenting the months-long process of the Merediths' remodel of her Utah kitchen that began in the fall of 2019. The posts include receipts, screenshots of text conversations with Candis, and emails with a flooring company claiming they had not been paid. In an interview with Today , published Friday night, Candis confirmed they had not paid the flooring company, Lemco Design. "We were advised not to pay another penny towards her renovation after we were threatened with lawsuits," she said.

Bennion, an engineering project manager who also runs the crafting company Hello, Maypole , says she was promised a three-week timeline and a $25,000 budget for her project, but after several months with little work done and a surprise increase in budget to $40,000, she still had an empty box where her kitchen had been.

She filed a complaint with the Utah Department of Commerce Division of Consumer Protection in September 2021. The Merediths told Today that they were aware of the filing and were in contact with the state. "We have dealt with every agency that has reached out to us," Candis said.

Jeff and Teisha Hawley also recounted their renovation experience in a series of Instagram posts . They allege the timeline also increased dramatically for their multi-room project, during which they lived in their basement with their kids. They also claim faulty work and unsafe conditions, sharing a video of an incorrectly installed wood floor that bubbles up when you step on it and claiming that a worker fell through their floor. The Hawleys ended up pulling out of the project altogether after they say the Merediths told them they needed to increase their budget of $45,000 and requested an additional $35,000 to $40,000 to finish.

The Merediths confirmed the budget increase Bennion shared to Today , but would not comment on the Hawleys.

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A third client, mother-of-five Vienna Goates, came forward on Friday.

She also shared an 18-post series on Instagram with details of her renovation — or lack thereof. Goates says she was approached for the show in the fall of 2019 as well. She and her husband took out a home equity line of credit and claim they paid $50,000 of a total agreed-upon budget of $100,000 to the Merediths for an addition, but no work has been done on the house to date. Goates says after her husband lost his job in May, they tried to end the project, but Candis convinced them to stay on and even paid back some of the money from their deposit, but still have not received back the full amount they are owed. The homeowners also say they had Candis sign over a "confession of judgement," by which, they hoped they would receive an automatic court award if Candis did not pay them back on schedule.

A former collaborator of the Meredith's has also shared his history with them.

Provo, Utah-based real estate agent and house flipper, Aaron Oldham of The Home Scoop , who says he worked with the Merediths as long ago as 2013, took to social media with his story on Wednesday, hosting a nearly hour-long Instagram Live that he later posted to his feed. He claims he partnered with the Merediths on a home flipping project that he then planned to sell, but upon touring the house, found numerous code violations that made it structurally unsound. Oldham claims he ended his business dealings with the couple and, with the help of a lawyer, recovered $15,000 he had invested in the property. He completed the project for a total of $65,000 and later sold it, he says.

One client has come to the Merediths' defense after hearing news of the show being pulled.

Jeana Quigley said she worked with the couple on her backyard "reading cottage," which was going to be featured on Home Work .

"I feel like I need to speak up reading all the attacks on them," she wrote in an Instagram Stories post that showed off the room. "Andy and Candis did beautiful work on my space, and while it took longer than I hoped, I ultimately feel that Candis truly wanted me to love the space." She continued by noting that no renovation she's done has "gone perfectly" and complimenting the series: "The first season of the show is one of the best home shows I've ever seen done. The world will miss out if we cancel them now."

In their statement posted on Instagram, Candis and Andy address some of the claims made by the homeowners.

"We adamantly deny that we have ever stolen money from these clients, we haven't defrauded 'so many families.' We worked with licensed general contractors. It is true that we are sometimes left with outstanding balances, but we always pay, even if it takes some time for us to make arrangements. To say anything otherwise is truly not ok. We have paid every amount of money we could to make things right and have continued making payments when necessary."

They admit that at least once, during the Goates family's project, "money we gave to a general contractor was misallocated." They call the situation "horrendous" but say, "We can't fully defend anything without taking down so many others and ruining their livelihood We have to be able to live with that, and again, wouldn't wish this on anyone."

Seemingly addressing the photos and videos posted by their clients, they continue, "We also have 'receipts' of things that have happened, working with general contractors can be so challenging and we have tried to carry as much of that burden from anyone we have consulted with at great personal cost to us financially, mentally and physically."

The couple also claims they "have not made a single penny" from these projects and have paid out of pocket for certain things "to create an overall positive outcome."

"One day we may have the courage to put everything out publicly to defend ourselves against the 'instagram mafia' that was called up. But in this moment, we know that anything we say will only be turned against us and hurt so many more."

The couple has turned off comments on the post.

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Four years ago, Aubry Bennion bought a 1950s house on half an acre just north of Salt Lake City. It was small, but she was smitten with the red brick facade with its scalloped trim.

“It’s, like, my little baby. I love it so much,” said Bennion, who shares pictures of home DIY projects on her relentlessly cheerful Instagram account , alongside pictures of popsicle-color manicures and vibrant bouquets. She even gave the house a hashtag, #thewallsthatballsbuilt, a nod to the felt ball business she runs in addition to her day job in public relations.

Bennion, 40, hoped to fix up the generic kitchen, with its laminate countertops and vinyl floors, but figured she’d need to save at least $40,000 to do the job right.

Then, in August 2019 came an exciting opportunity: Andy and Candis Meredith, a local couple known for renovating and flipping older homes, were looking for clients for a new TV show they were making for Magnolia Network , the cable venture being launched by Chip and Joanna Gaines . The show, called “Home Work,” would document the couple as they juggled work for clients with the renovation of a 20,000-square foot, century-old school building into a family home for their seven children.

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The Merediths promised they could complete the job in three weeks on a budget of just $20,000. Bennion thought this figure seemed unrealistically low, but she had been instantly charmed when she’d met the couple a few years earlier at an event for their one-season HGTV series, “Old Home Love.” “I remember joking with people like, ‘They’re my best friends. They’re not your best friends,’” she said. “That’s still haunting.”

Even more compelling to Bennion was the imprimatur of the Gaineses, the telegenic couple that had leveraged their popular HGTV show “Fixer Upper” into a lifestyle empire, including a lucrative home goods line at Target and a series of bestselling books. In the process, they transformed Waco, Texas , once synonymous with the fiery demise of a messianic cult leader, into a theme park of farmhouse chic. In April 2019, Discovery Networks formally announced that the Gaineses would undertake their biggest renovation to date by overhauling HGTV’s neglected sister network, DIY, and relaunching it as Magnolia .

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Bennion implicitly trusted Magnolia; she had a relationship with the brand dating back several years. She had been invited to events at Waco’s the Silos, the cotton mill-turned-shopping complex owned by the Gaineses, and had started selling her felt balls at their store there, Magnolia Market.

“For a lot of reasons, I felt like I was part of the Magnolia family,” she said recently by phone. “Probably not anymore.”

Days before Magnolia Network officially launched in January, Bennion set off a frenzy when, in a lengthy series of Instagram posts, she shared the fiasco she’d experienced behind the scenes on “Home Work.” That “three-week” job ultimately took five months, during which she cooked on a hot plate in her guest room. Weeks went by with no contact from the Merediths, except when they asked her to wire money while they were on vacation in Europe.

The Merediths eventually completed enough work to make the kitchen camera-ready, and Bennion feigned excitement as they filmed a reveal for the TV show. (She ultimately paid the Merediths $13,000, and her renovation was not featured in “Home Work.”) Within days, paint on the laminate cabinets had begun to chip. Bennion said she later discovered that a deck the Merediths had persuaded her to add had been improperly installed over sprinklers, leading to drainage issues she says she has spent $18,000 to repair.

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Bennion coordinated her posts with those of two other women whose renovations were intended to appear on “Home Work,” Teisha Hawley and Vienna Goates, who came forward on Instagram shortly after Bennion did and whose ordeals followed a similar pattern. (Neither Hawley’s nor Goates’ renovations aired, either.)

Hawley said the Merediths promised to renovate her family’s kitchen and living area for $45,000. She didn’t mind the inconvenience of living in the basement with her husband and kids, “because we were told we had been hand-picked by Joanna Gaines,” she said on Instagram.

The job was marked by long delays and mishaps, including a worker who fell through a hole in the floor and flooring that visibly bubbled when anyone stepped on it. To complete the job properly, the Merediths said they would need an additional $35,000 to $40,000. The Hawleys walked away from the show and finished the renovation on their own.

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Goates, a mom of five, had the most harrowing tale of all. She and her husband paid the Merediths a $50,000 deposit — half their $100,000 budget — to build a much-needed addition to their small home, but work never started. When Goates’ husband lost his job in May 2020, they tried to back out of the show and get their money back so they could repay a loan. They say they are still waiting.

A few days later, the Merediths tearfully responded to the women’s horror stories on their shared Instagram account. They claimed that an unwarranted internet pile-on had led to death threats and bullying. They admitted making mistakes but denied being consciously deceitful or using their clients’ money to foot a lavish lifestyle. They also shared a supposedly exculpatory video of Bennion squealing in delight at the sight of her finished kitchen.

The back-and-forth quickly consumed a certain corner of the internet, like “Bad Art Friend” recast with Utah influencers.

Were the Merediths simply working parents who took on too much by trying to make a reality show while raising seven kids and renovating a dozen or so properties during a pandemic? Or were they running “the equivalent of a construction Ponzi scheme,” as Kyle Adams, a lawyer for Bennion and the Hawley family, said in an interview with The Times? (The Merediths did not respond to multiple interview requests.)

The debacle went viral at the worst possible time for Magnolia, the launch of which had already been delayed by more than a year because of the pandemic. The network initially pulled “Home Work” from its lineup, pending a review, then announced a week later that it would return to air.

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“We do not believe there was ill or malicious intent,” network President Allison Page said in a statement. “Our commitment now is to provide appropriate resolutions for those whose experience with ‘Home Work’ fell short of our network’s standards.”

The Gaineses have remained silent throughout the matter, despite a slew of negative comments on their personal Instagram accounts. The couple weathered an earlier controversy over their affiliation with a church whose pastor opposes same-sex marriage and espouses conversion therapy for LGBTQ people .

When asked whether the “appropriate resolutions” included compensation for the aggrieved parties, or if there were plans to make future episodes of “Home Work,” a spokesperson for Magnolia declined to comment. The network also did not respond to questions about when it became aware of the issues on “Home Work.”

Adams, the attorney, says he sent a letter on behalf of the Hawleys to the Merediths’ lawyer, copying Magnolia Network, in June 2020. In her Instagram posts, Goates said she heard from a lawyer representing Discovery after she submitted a complaint online in a desperate attempt for help. Bennion also says she was in contact with Magnolia’s in-house counsel in November 2021 to discuss the terms of her nondisclosure agreement with Magnolia Market.

Bennion says that she, Hawley and Goates heard about one another’s troubles through the grapevine and started to hatch a plan last year over dinner at a Salt Lake City sushi bar. They decided to take their complaints to social media only after exhausting other channels, including opening a claim with the Utah Department of Commerce.

“I wanted the Merediths to be held accountable for what they did to people,” Bennion said. “And I don’t want them to be given more rope by which to hang, not themselves, but other people.” In October, she drove to Waco and cleaned out her storage unit there, figuring her relationship with Magnolia was done. With help from her dad, she sanded and repainted her cabinets, from a womb-like pink to “the sweetest, creamiest white,” she said. “I had to, for my well-being, not be in Candis’ kitchen.”

It is easy to see why Bennion and others felt duped, especially if they caught any of “Home Work,” which followed the Merediths as they renovated a cavernous schoolhouse in rural Utah using a studiously high-low approach.

The Merediths applied inventive strategies to realize their luxurious old-world style on a budget — for instance, creating a Renaissance-style wall tapestry out of an inexpensive photo blanket.

But they also splurged on lavish antiques, hand-painted wallpaper and Dutch Masters-style oil portraits of their entire family dressed in period costume. The couple traveled to Europe for design inspiration, ultimately painting their family room in a dusty pink inspired by Queen Victoria’s ballroom at Kensington Palace in London. (“Victoria’s our homegirl,” says Candis.) Budgets and timelines are kept vague. The only time we hear the specific cost of an item is to celebrate when Candis has found a bargain.

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Each episode focuses on a different room in the schoolhouse and begins with an earnest voice-over, in which Candis and Andy riff on themes of family and community to a jangly acoustic soundtrack. Their reflections always tie into the room they’re working on: In the episode about their master bedroom, Andy likens their blended family to a home improvement project.

“Our life together is something beautiful that we’ve renovated and built and put together,” he says. “We took the antiques of our past that were good and added new family members, new skills, new relationships and just built something really beautiful.”

This blurring of the personal and professional is also a hallmark of “Fixer Upper,” which often shows the Gaines family at home, as well as its many copycats — a reality subgenre so prolific it has spawned a “South Park” spoof called “White People Renovating Houses.” (Shows including “Property Brothers” and “Windy City Rehab,” both on HGTV, have been slapped with lawsuits from unhappy homeowners.)

The Merediths’ relationship has always been integral to their wholesome yet hip brand. They each had three boys from a previous marriage, then married in 2013 and had a girl together, bringing the total number of kids in their blended family to seven. The couple started flipping houses together and, by 2015, the year “Old Home Love” launched, owned 16 properties .

HGTV had found the couple — where else? — on Instagram.

“The fact that we have a big family with seven kids was appealing,” Andy said in an interview at the time . “People want to see couples doing this that really do it — so reality TV that’s more real.”

For the Merediths, the possibility of becoming the next Chip and Joanna may have been dangerously seductive, said Adams: “I think they probably had bigger eyes than brains. They saw a shot at fame and publicity, and took way too much on.”

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'Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines'

A month after its highly anticipated launch , Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network solidifying its slate for the fall and beyond.

Magnolia Network has handed out season two renewals for eight of its original series: Family Dinner, First Time Fixer, Homegrown, Inn the Works, The Lost Kitchen, Point of View: A Designer Profile, Restoration Road With Clint Harp  and  Super Dad . Flagship series Magnolia Table With Joanna Gaines  has also been picked up for a fourth and fifth season, with a launch later this year likely.

Additionally, Magnolia Network has picked up three new titles that will launch on the Discovery+ platform in the fall: The Katie Button Project  with four time James Beard Award-nominee chef Katie Button,  An American Story  and  In With the Old . The trio beefs up a fall slate that also includes previously announced unscripted offerings including Art in Bloom With Helen Dealtry ,  The Established Home  (previously known as  Jean Stoffer Design ) and  Making Modern With Brooke and Brice .

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“On the heels of a successful July 15 launch on Discovery+, we are pleased to announce renewals of nine Magnolia Network originals in addition to three new titles slated to drop later this year,” said Allison Page, global president of magnolia and DTC. “We are thrilled to welcome these new stories and their storytellers to Magnolia Network. Whether it’s restoring homes and abandoned structures, cooking new dishes or exploring and uncovering hidden gems throughout the country, these new shows and workshops celebrate experiences we can share with one another –— the kinds of shows you can watch with friends and family alike!”

In the works since late 2018 , the Gainses picked up their first series for Magnolia Network in October 2019. The formal launch of the Magnolia Network on Discovery+ was delayed as the pandemic forced production on lifestyle shows to be shut down. Magnolia Network was available on Discovery+ on the latter platform’s debut in January, with a sizable slate of originals unveiled in July. The linear launch is earmarked for January 2022, when the DIY network is rebranded as Magnolia Network.

Here’s a full list of Magnolia Network’s fall slate, along with premiere dates:

Rebuilding Hope: The Children of 9/11  –  new documentary to premiere Sept. 7

  • Four families with children who were born after their fathers perished on 9/11 share their stories of bravery and inspiration. They also reflect on how they rebuilt hope for their futures and came of age over the past 20 years.
  • Married duo Brooke and Brice Gilliam have flipped the script on traditional home renovation roles—with Brooke as the builder and Brice as the designer. As more clients seek out their work, they take a leap of faith to launch a home remodeling business.
  • This inspiring anthology series celebrates remarkable people hidden in the fabric of America and reveals the inspirational stories they have to share.
  • Designers, builders and old-home enthusiasts in small towns and big cities across America reimagine and transform abandoned structures by preserving their historical integrity while giving them new purpose.
  • Artist Helen Dealtry gives a glimpse into her creative process in this studio-based painting series, sharing the how-to of her original creations from start to finish.
  • Designer Jean Stoffer takes on some of her most ambitious projects to date around her hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. She shares the inspiration behind her stunning designs, as well as the important role family plays in her life and business.
  • Award-winning chef and restaurateur Katie Button explores the origins and stories behind different delicious ingredients. She also shares her knowledge of cooking techniques to inspire others to be more curious, creative and joyful cooks.
  • Infused with her warmth and passion for all things family, Joanna Gaines spends time in the kitchen sharing her favorite recipes, where they come from and why she finds herself returning to them time and time again.
  • Host Andrew Zimmern visits families across America to explore how the cultural, regional and historical facets of who we are inform what and how we eat.
  • First-time house renovators take their home renovation dreams into their own hands and experience the risk and reward that comes with trying something new.
  • Atlanta-based farmer Jamila Norman helps families transform their outdoor spaces into beautiful and functional backyard farms while exploring the joy and benefits of growing your own food.
  • After her epic renovation in Big Bear, CA, Lindsey Kurowski is back and ready to go even bigger. Joined by a few new faces, Lindsey will look to bring back the historic Springs Inn located in the Berkshires, Massachusetts. With a keen sense of design, her skilled team and a bit of luck, she will turn this sleepy inn into a vacationer’s dream.
  • Erin French followed her passion and opened a restaurant in her hometown of Freedom, Maine. Travelers from all over the world gather at The Lost Kitchen to enjoy Erin’s locally inspired and sourced menu.
  • Giving a behind-the-curtain look into the mind of interior designers, this anthology series lets us in on their creative processes and introduces the inspirations and influences that shape their designs.
  • Carpenter Clint Harp hits the road in search of incredible historical structures across the country that are in need of restoration, while exploring their origins and dreaming of their futures.
  • Father and DIY expert Taylor Calmus, along with his team of skilled builders, help aspiring DIY dads turn their kids’ outrageous backyard dreams into playtime realities.

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The Real Reason Magnolia Network Temporarily Pulled The Show Home Work

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Insider  has confirmed that Magnolia Network's show "Home Work" has been pulled two days after its launch. The show followed Andy and Candis Meredith, a couple from Utah, and their journey renovating houses. The show's beginning was going to follow their journey renovating an old school into a home for the couple to live in, and then move on to renovating other people's houses. This is where the issues began to arise.

Aubry Bennion released an 18 part series of posts on her  Instagram , detailing her experience with the Merediths. In the posts, she claims the Merediths told her they could renovate her kitchen for $25,000, and they began filming. After a five-month-long process, for what was supposed to be a three-week project, Bennion was out $39,000. Bennion also states the renovation created a slew of problems that she had to repair with her own money, such as the Merediths building a deck over her sprinkler system that cost her $18,000 to repair. She also stated that she was not allowed to see the Merediths' budget, that the couple often made false promises, and when she brought up issues to both Candis and Magnolia Network executives, little to nothing was done.

The devastating behind the scenes impact of Home Work

Bennion is not the only "Home Work" homeowner that had an issue with the Merediths. Teisha Satterfield Hawley has released her own eight-part series of  Instagram  detailing her and her husband Jeff's less than pleasant experience working with the Merediths. Hawley claims she and her husband gave the Merediths $45,000 to renovate their living room, which they said they would be able to do in four weeks. After 10 weeks of living in their basement, the Hawleys were devastated when the Merediths told them they would need an additional $40,000 to complete the renovation. Teisha said nothing significant had been done to the living room at that point. They told the Merediths to leave and were left to clean up the Merediths' mess on their own.

The Goates family was duped by the Merediths. Vienna Goates released an 18 part series of  Instagram  posts, in which she said she and her husband, Rob, gave the Merediths $50,000 towards a $100,000 renovation that was to take place in February of 2020. Nothing happened for months, and Rob was laid off in May of 2020. Candis offered to help with the renovation costs, but nothing ever came of it. When September of 2020 rolled around, and renovations still hadn't started, the Goateses asked for their money back, per  Insider . Candis agreed but delayed payments. The couple got a lawyer involved, but as of now, the Merediths have only paid back $14,000.

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The Merediths have denied all claims made against them to  Insider  and posted about it on their  Instagram . The Merediths claim "there are two sides to every story" and that the public accusations "seem to be the easiest way to harm us personally." The couple claims they are suspicious about the allegations' timing because they all came out around the same time as the show airing. "We adamantly deny that we have ever stolen money from these clients, we haven't defrauded 'so many families,'" the Merediths wrote. As per the specific claims made by the Goateses, the Merediths claim the money was given to a contractor who misallocated the funds and that they are doing all they can to remedy the issue.

The statement is relatively vague otherwise, the couple claiming that defending themselves would "[take] down so many others" and "[ruin] their livelihood," adding that they have "receipts" of what happened between them and the contractors, which has cost them "financially, mentally, and physically." They call the accusations calculated and claim that they represent a "single-sided narrative." They end the message by claiming they don't intend to respond with a "similar smear campaign" unless they are forced to, and one day may defend themselves against the "'Instagram mafia' that was called up."

Magnolia Network's 'Home Work' won a Daytime Emmy following allegations from homeowners that the hosts damaged their homes

  • Magnolia Network's "Home Work" renovation show has won a Daytime Emmy award.
  • Homeowners previously said projects weren't completed and cost them thousands of dollars.
  • The series was temporarily pulled from Magnolia Network in January; the hosts deny the allegations.

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Magnolia Network's "Home Work" won a Daytime Emmy award on Saturday. 

"Home Work," an original series for Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network, stars Utah-based couple Andy and Candis Meredith , spotlighting their renovation of a school into a home for their large family, as well as their transformations of other people's homes in their area.

On January 5, the day Magnolia made its cable debut, some homeowners said that the Merediths had gone over budget by tens of thousands of dollars and damaged their homes during the renovation process. 

The Merediths denied the allegations to Insider and on Instagram in January before going quiet on social media for months.

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Magnolia Network temporarily pulled "Home Work" from its lineup on January 7 as a result of the controversy, returning it to air on January 31 . 

In a statement provided to Insider on January 13, Magnolia Network President Allison Page said, "After speaking with homeowners as well as Candis and Andy Meredith regarding renovation projects for 'Home Work,' and hearing a mix of both positive and negative experiences, we do not believe there was ill or malicious intent." 

Page said the network was now committed to providing "appropriate resolutions for those whose experience with 'Home Work' fell short of our network's standards." 

"While 'Home Work' will return to Magnolia Network, we recognize the responsibility we have to act on how we can better support not only our talent, but those who put their trust in them and this brand," she added. 

The Merediths returned to Instagram after their months-long hiatus on June 3 to announce that "Home Work" had been nominated for two Daytime Emmy awards: Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program, and Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design.

On Saturday, the series won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program. The Emmys did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

The Merediths took to Instagram again to celebrate the win with a photo of themselves holding their award, saying they were in "shock."

"The walk up to the stage was a blur," they captioned the post. "We made the lady back stage show us the paper just to make sure, and we are on cloud nine…probably forever."

"Thank you @daytimeemmys for having us and thank you to all of you for you LOVE, your SUPPORT and your kindness," the Merediths added. "This is a moment we will never forget for the rest of our lives. To our team who gave EVERYTHING for this show — we love you ❤️ To our kids who sacrificed so much for this show—we love you ❤️ And to everyone who has been with us through it ALL—we love you."

Magnolia Network had not posted about the series' Emmy win at the time of writing.

Chip and Joanna Gaines announced they would be launching their own network on Disovery+ in 2019 , two years after their hit series "Fixer Upper" stopped airing on HGTV. The network originally became available for streaming on Discovery+ in 2021, but when Magnolia Network launched on cable in January, it combined the network's original shows with series from the pre-existing DIY network, which were rebranded as part of Magnolia Network.

Despite the "Home Work" controversy, Magnolia's cable debut was largely a success, with 3 million people tuning into the channel on the day of its launch, according to a Magnolia press release shared with Insider. 

If you want to get in touch with Insider regarding Andy and Candis Meredith or "Home Work," email [email protected].

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Taking last week’s homework, thinking “wouldn’t it be cool if…..” now think about the places in your kitchen that could include storage areas. In the home we were in, there was storage for spoons and knives, and another for sheet pans. There was also an “appliance graveyard” where you can store all the appliances that are normally on your kitchen counter. Little changes that impact the look of your kitchen but as Reynolds says they usually don’t cost more money.

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A third homeowner has come forward with allegations against "Home Work" hosts Andy and Candis Meredith.

The hosts of the Magnolia Network renovation show have been accused of poor workmanship, extreme delays, ballooning budgets and questionable bookkeeping by at least two other homeowners whose homes were remodeled as part of the series on Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network. The network pulled the show Thursday due to the allegations.

“Magnolia Network is aware that certain homeowners have expressed concerns about renovation projects undertaken by Candis and Andy Meredith,” the network said in a statement emailed to TODAY. “Within the last day, we have learned additional information about the scope of these issues, and we have decided to remove Home Work from the Magnolia Network line up pending a review of the claims that have been made.”

Vienna Goates, a mom of five, first wrote about her experience in a 19-part series of Instagram posts before speaking with TODAY on Saturday. She alleged that she and her husband paid the Merediths $50,000 as a down payment for a 2019 renovation that never began. To this day, they say they have not recouped the funds. The Merediths confirmed the Goates' story to TODAY in a phone call Friday.

“The Goates just released their story as well and that is true,” Candis told TODAY during a phone call Friday, in which she referenced Vienna’s Instagram posts.

Vienna and her husband, Robert Goates, said that their involvement with the Merediths began in 2019. While they had already started planning their home renovation and had plans drawn up by an architect, Vienna said that she saw a casting call for "Home Work" on Instagram and was thrilled to be selected as one of 10 homeowners whose remodels would be featured on the show.

‘She was like ... have your other contractor turn the project over to us because we can do it faster and you’re going to be on TV,” Vienna said. “They said they would be able to do more with our budget than what we would normally be able to do because it was supposed to look good for our budget, so we were like ‘Oh my gosh.’ It was kind of a whirlwind at that point.”

The Goates family said they planned to spend about $80,000 on their renovation, but were prepared to spend as much as $100,000. They told TODAY they had been saving for about two years to make the renovation possible, and were excited to hear Candis’ claims that she could do more with their budget. Robert said the couple hoped to add two bathrooms to their one-bathroom home and “build out for (their) family.”

The Merediths confirmed to TODAY that they had embarked on the project with the Goates family. Two other homeowners featured on the show spoke to TODAY saying the Merediths similarly promised low budgets and fast turnaround times. Vienna and Robert said they were wary.

"We had a lot of questions and we had talked to some other contractors and professionals, and we would ask these questions: 'Can you really do it in that timeline? Can you really do that budget?'" Vienna recalled.

"It sounded too good to be true," Robert added.

Vienna said that Candis told her in October 2019 that the renovation would be done by Christmas, but the holiday season came and went without any work beginning and without much communication from Candis. In mid-January, Vienna said that she met with Candis, and the host told her other projects weren't going well.

Two other homeowners spoke to TODAY about their alleged experiences on Friday: Aubry Bennion had a kitchen renovation go awry, while the Hawley family had aimed to remodel several rooms in their home. Both homeowners described a renovation that was promised to be done in a matter of weeks at low costs. Instead, both said it took months longer than promised, was poorly done and went tens of thousands of dollars over. Candis told TODAY that she used “tens of thousands” of dollars of her own money on Bennion’s renovation.

"You could tell (Candis) was upset, you could tell she was stressed out," Vienna said. "And we were like, 'OK, we're patient, we're not going anywhere, and we want to do this."

Vienna said that in that meeting, Candis told them they would need to increase the budget to $100,000, and they agreed to move forward with the project. On Feb. 4, 2020, they wired $50,000 to Candis as a down payment.

By the end of March 2020, work still had not begun and the couple says it was difficult to reach Candis. Her occasional texts, Robert said, were "not enough to calm fears that we were being forgotten."

In an interview with TODAY, Candis confirmed that she had been overwhelmed while working on these projects.

“I think we were truly overwhelmed and we did our best to communicate as quickly as we could,” she said. In addition to speaking with TODAY, the Merediths also issued a lengthy statement on Instagram .

Vienna said her family continued to be understanding of the delay on their project, especially because the stalled renovation was coinciding with the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

"We knew they weren't the only ones stopped," Vienna recalled. "It made sense, yeah, you're going to have delays because nobody knows what to do right now."

That spring, the main concern the family had was the interest accruing on the loan they had taken out to fund the project, but in early April, Candis sent a payment that covered some of that interest.

By May, work had still not begun and Robert was laid off from his job, leaving the family financially stressed.

"We were ready to be done," Vienna said. "She promised to get back to us with concrete start dates and things ... Then it was like August, and we still hadn't heard anything so September is when we tried to pull the plug."

In mid-September, Vienna said she texted Candis to let her know that their circumstances had changed and they could not go on with the project. She told TODAY that Candis seemed understanding at the time and said that she would get the couple's money back.

In November, the Goates hired an attorney, who sent the Merediths a letter requesting the repayment of their deposit. The Goates said that the Merediths told them they would be able to pay $21,000 upfront and then requested to be put on a payment plan for the remaining amount. Their attorney determined a “rigid” payment plan, but to this day, the Goates family has only received about $14,000 back of their initial $50,000 payment, Robert and Vienna said.

TODAY reviewed a judgement, signed by Candis Meredith, that confirmed that as of Sept. 30, 2021, the Merediths owed the Goates family $39,537.94.

Candis and Andy Meredith confirmed the couple's story to TODAY and confirmed they still owe the couple money.

"We have been actively trying to pay and we’ve paid everything that we can every time we can," Candis told TODAY. She also said that faulty contractor work was to blame for the delays and expanded budgets on other projects, though she declined to name the contractor or confirm any details about them to TODAY. Andrew told TODAY that he and Candis had only been consultants on the renovations, according to their contracts.

While the Merediths still owe the Goates family, Robert said that he and his wife are not seeking further legal action at this time because they believe the pursuit of a lawsuit will cost more than what they hope to recover.

Vienna said that she still feels “guilty” about deciding to work with the Merediths, and expressed regret about responding to the casting call instead of continuing with the plan they had in place.

“It was horrible,’” Vienna said. “There was a realization that she was really kind and she had professed so many times to care about us and our situation ... and to realize that wasn’t the case was devastating ... That realization that we were taken advantage of felt really violating.”

While the Goates join two other families in speaking out about poor experiences with the Merediths, one woman whose home was featured on "Home Work" shared her positive experience with the Merediths on Instagram.

"Many of you know that I had to wait longer than I would have liked for my reading cottage to get finished, but ultimately I love what they did and would have done it all over again," wrote @hotcocoareads, identified on Instagram as Jeana . "I don’t think their intentions were to hurt or steal from anyone, but they simply couldn’t take on all the projects they were trying to."

On Instagram, the Merediths criticized the “single sided narrative” unfolding on social media.

“We can only say that there are two sides to every story and while we chose not to go public with our truth, because know how hurtful this feels, we understand that only hearing one side can paint a negative picture,” wrote the couple.

Candis acknowledged to TODAY that she and her husband "made a lot of mistakes" and wanted to make things right.

“We don’t want to do this ever again,” Candis added. “We never intended to hurt anybody ... It’s just impossible to share a full truth without hurting people.”

While the Goates family is not filing a lawsuit, they did hire a collections attorney in August 2021 and Vienna said they received a payment from the Merediths in December. However, Vienna said that the Merediths have not followed the payment plan they initially agreed to.

"We got a small payment last month, $3,000, but with the time, the interest has continued to accrue and now we have legal fees as well," Vienna said. Robert said that so far, they have paid "around nine or 10 thousand dollars" in interest, only some of which has been covered by the payments from Candis.

“Clearly there was a huge mismanagement of the situation, and why are we the victims of that?” Vienna told TODAY. “Why are we the victims when they mismanaged our money?”

Update 1/12/22: The Merediths posted a series of videos and statements on Instagram on Jan. 12, 2022. TODAY covered their posts here.

Update 1/13/2022: Magnolia Network announced that it would return to airing “Home Work.” TODAY wrote about the announcement here.

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Order up! The Kitchen diner is dishing out ultimate comfort food classics. Alex Guarnaschelli's Western Omelet Stuffed Peppers are the new and improved diner staple, while Sunny Anderson's Disco Inferno Tots go for the burn! Then, Geoffrey Zakarian pulls out all the stops for his rich and flavorful Baklava Toast with Cottage Cheese, Jeff Mauro gets your mouth watering with Meatloaf Katsu Sando and Katie Lee Biegel returns to childhood with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake.

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The Kitchen is making a big game day buffet that's sure to be a touchdown at any party. Geoffrey Zakarian and Sunny Anderson work together to build an 8-foot French bread pizza with two sections: Geoffrey's Italian Meat and Cheese French Bread Pizza and Sunny's Easy Chili Cheese French Bread Pizza. Then, Jeff Mauro makes the perfect handheld party appetizer with his Football Spinach Artichoke Empanadas. Sunny adds Cubano Nachos to the buffet, and Food Network's Eddie Jackson stops by to make his Caribbean Jerk Sliders and Mango Wheatsicles. Katie Lee has dessert covered with her Key Lime Pie Whoopie Pie, and Jeff Mauro completes the buffet spread with his Spicy Agrodolce Wing Sauce.

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The Kitchen hosts share easy tricks to keep in your toolkit that get you ahead for mealtime. Alex Guarnaschelli kicks things off with her Chermoula Chicken Drumsticks with Sweet Potatoes, and Katie Lee Biegel reveals two ways to pump up veggies -- Roasted Broccoli with Crispy Salami, Parmesan and Balsamic plus a Soy, Ginger, Garlic and Lemon Roasted Broccoli. Then, Geoffrey Zakarian whips up Caper-Herb Butter with Chilean Sea Bass, Sunny Anderson preserves herbs with her House Italian Seasoning and Jeff Mauro caps things off on a sweet note with his creamy Key-Lime Cannoli Dip.

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The Kitchen crew shares their tastiest food confessions! Katie Lee Biegel, the Queen of Kale, reveals her Cheesy, Soft and Crunchy Drive Thru Taco, while Jeff Mauro grills up his Sweet and Smoky Baked Bean Dog. Sunny Anderson pulls a fast one on her co-hosts and confesses that she's going vegan with her meatless 6-Ingredient Eggplant Delight. Then, Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian shares a new way to use one of his favorite kitchen gadgets with his Microwave Poached Eggs with Avocado Toast.

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The Kitchen has the perfect menu for a delicious date night at home! Katie Lee Biegel and Geoffrey Zakarian kickoff happy hour with Blue Cheese Stuffed Dates and a Pink French 77 before Jeff Mauro makes a special Cocoa-Chile Rubbed Salmon with Roasted Rainbow Carrot and Crispy Quinoa. Then, Geoffrey Zakarian's Warm Zucchini Salad with Almonds is sure to impress, Tiffany Derry and Stephanie Boswell from Food Network's "Hot List" 2024 join in to make a White Bolognese and Carolina Reaper Chocolate Sauce, and Sunny Anderson takes on dessert with her Easy Brownie BonBons.

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The Kitchen hosts are taking requests to make dishes for each other! Alex Guarnaschelli cooks up Pommes Sunny, while Jeff Mauro makes his Reverse-Sear Ribeye with Steak Sauce Powder just for Alex. Then, Sunny Anderson digs deep to make her Korean BBQ Short Ribs with Quick Pickled Radishes and Cucumbers for Geoffrey Zakarian, who's making Katie Lee Biegel's culinary dreams come true with Hachis Parmentier. Finally, no-bake queen Katie whips up her No-Bake Biegel Éclair Cake for Jeff.

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The Kitchen hosts share recipes inspired by memorable vacations! Sunny Anderson makes her German Party Cheese Dip inspired by Oktoberfest, while Geoffrey Zakarian shares the secret recipe for the Classic Meatballs and Tomato Sauce he had in Florence, Italy. Katie Lee Biegel shares her favorite travel-inspired treats, Sweet Orange Rolls and Key Lime Iced Tea, and Jeff Mauro relives his food tour at Arthur Avenue with his Beef and Lamb Burek.

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The Kitchen is making a week's worth of easy dinner ideas and showing brand-new ways to use go-to kitchen tools! Katie Lee Biegel makes delicious set-it-and-forget-it Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Tacos. Geoffrey Zakarian whips up a quick Pasta Amatriciana using kitchen shears. The hosts share creative ways to amp up quesadillas. Sunny Anderson's Garlic Ginger Chicken Dumplings with Peanut Dipping Sauce comes together in a flash with a steamer basket. Jeff Mauro serves up his Chicken Tortellini Soup and shares his tips for using a box grater.

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The Kitchen is celebrating Cinco De Mayo with a menu full of dishes inspired by Mexican drinks. Sunny Anderson cooks up Michelada Steak Tacos with Cerveza Pico, and then Jeff Mauro and Geoffrey Zakarian share two new ways to top tacos. Chef David Burtka stops by to spice things up with Ancho Chile Chocolate Cookies, and Jeff grills up some Paloma Chicken Wings. Katie Lee dishes out Horchata Rice Pudding for dessert, and expert Noah Chaimberg brings the heat with the hottest new trends in hot sauce.

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The Kitchen is having a pizza party, and everyone's invited! They're going outside the pizza box with delicious toppings and recipes galore. Katie Lee Biegel combines two of her favorite foods to make her Pizza Salad. Sunny Anderson uses a polarizing ingredient for her French Bread Hawaiian Pizza. Jeff Mauro's Calabrian Pizza Ranch is sure to take any pie to the next level. Geoffrey Zakarian makes a flavor-packed Classic White Clam Pizza.

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Best ways to use Amazon Echo Show in the kitchen

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One of the most popular places to put an Amazon Echo Show is in the kitchen. After all, the kitchen is the heart of the home and a family gathering place, so it makes sense to keep it in a spot where everyone can access Alexa to help with all kinds of tasks. Amazon Echo Show devices, including the newly announced, wall-mountable Echo Show 15 , are remarkably handy in the kitchen. Here are the best ways to use it.

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Some of us learn better by watching. If you want a helping hand when learning to make a new dish or to better understand a cooking technique, ask Alexa to show you how. Just say, “Alexa, show me how to chop an onion,” or “How do I make crepes,” and she’ll pull and show you guided videos that you can follow. Choose the smaller Echo Show 5 if you need to save space, or consider the bigger Echo Show 8. Check out our Echo Show 5 versus Echo Show 8 comparison , too.

How many cups of butter are in that stick? How many tablespoons are in an ounce? If you’re baking a cake from one of grandma’s old recipe cards and need different measurements, just ask your Echo Show device to do the conversion for you. That way, there are no mistakes and no need to second-guess, ensuring that your family recipe for pound cake will be moist and tasty.

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A dinner party or family time is always better with a soundtrack. Ask Alexa to play music by genre, artist, or album, or link the Echo Show to other music services like Spotify or Apple Music, and access your playlists, too. You can also ask Alexa to play your favorite podcast or even a local radio station.

The single timer on your oven, microwave, or stove can’t compete with the abilities of your Amazon Echo Show device at keeping tabs on multiple cooking timers. You can ask Alexa to set multiple timers or alarms to ensure nothing burns or overcooks.

Nobody wants to touch their phone screen with raw chicken on their hands. Asking your digital assistant to help you in the kitchen means you’re not potentially spreading germs around by touching common items like the oven timer. Plus, if you’re using smart home tech that connects to the Amazon Echo ecosystem, such as a U by Moen smart faucet, you can simply ask Alexa to turn the tap on and off for you — a special feature of that faucet will even run the water to a warm temperature, then time your hand washing, and it’s all voice-controlled and hands-free.

Watching your food intake? The Amazon Echo Show can help you understand nutrition information, including calorie counts for a lot of foods. Just ask Alexa how many calories are in an ingredient.

Stumped about what to have for dinner? Ask Alexa to offer some ideas. Alexa has skills that can help you choose something nutritious or just plain decadent. You can customize your selections (vegetarian, keto, etc.) inside the Alexa app.

Too tired to cook? Try asking your digital assistant to help you order pizza. Just say, “Alexa show me pizza places nearby,” and it will give you a list of options. You can get more information about each restaurant, or you can call in your order right from the Echo Show.

Running low on sugar or just used the last sheet of parchment paper? It’s wildly convenient to simply ask Alexa to put another roll in your Amazon shopping cart — or even to just go ahead and place the order. Never get caught short again, thanks to the power of your Echo Show.

Maybe you don’t get all your groceries from Amazon or Whole Foods — Alexa doesn’t have a problem with that. Your Echo Show device can create a shopping list and add to it instantly just by asking.

Your Amazon Echo Show device, like the compact Echo Show 5 , is the ultimate hands-free helper. Ask your digital assistant to turn the thermostat up or down if you’re baking on a hot day. You can also ask Alexa to adjust the lights  or even control appliances and smart plugs. Alexa Smart Plugs let you add remote and voice control to older non-connected appliances. Ask Alexa to start the coffee maker, slow cooker, or kettle for you.

If the kids are hanging out in the kitchen doing homework while you make dinner, they can access Alexa’s global brain for help. Saying, “Alexa, what’s the capital of Spain,” is a lot easier than grabbing the atlas. (It’s Madrid, by the way.)

An Amazon Echo Show is a convenient kitchen companion. With smarts and hands-free voice control, you can stay safe, sanitary, and organized.

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Your kitchen is one of the most important rooms in your home, so it's vital that it's filled with trustworthy, durable and reliable appliances. That's why it is helpful to know what brands you should be shopping for when it comes time to replace or upgrade your current appliances. Whether you are looking to buy the best dishwashers, best refrigerators, ovens or microwaves on the market, we've found the most coveted brands out there for you to make a smart purchasing decision. To make sure you are getting a great deal on these appliance brands, research and pay attention to the best time to buy appliances so you aren't overpaying. Keep reading to find out our picks for the best kitchen appliance brands in 2024, in no particular order.

Hubspace is Home Depot's version of the connected smart home. It was designed to give users a simple way to set up smart home products, while also ensuring its catalog of products remains affordable. It's similar to Google Home or Amazon Alexa, though it also integrates with these platforms to provide additional functionality.

Interested in picking up Hubspace gadgets for your home? Here's a look at everything you need to know. What is Hubspace?

While regular alarm clocks are great, they're very much outpaced by modern smart alarm clocks that have a ton of great features, including ones that can help you get to sleep. Whether it's meditation and white noise or even a slowly dimming light, smart clocks can get away from the screen and sleep more regularly. In fact, some smart alarms even have forms of sleep tracking, so you don't have to wear your smartwatch or smart ring to bed if it makes you uncomfortable. That said, if you still do want some sort of display and the ability to get information, there are a couple of opitons for that too.

To that end, we've compiled our favorite smart alarm clocks below so that you can find the best one that fits your needs, whether it's a budget-friendly and toned-down one, or a much fancier one with a full display. The Best Smart Alarm Clocks in 2024

'Hell's Kitchen' alum Jared Bobkin hosts cooking demos at Central Ohio Home & Garden Show

Jared Bobkin appeared on Seasons 15 and 17 of "Hell's Kitchen. The Detroit chef will give two cooking demonstrations this weekend at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show.

Although he once felt a sauce pan whiz by his head as he seared some scallops, Jared Bobkin says notorious TV chef Gordon Ramsay is a much better guy than he appears to be on “Hell’s Kitchen.”

The nice-guy label is a little easier to pin on Bobkin. The Detroit native, who competed on "Hell's Kitchen" twice and finished as high as fourth, is quick to share tasty recipes and smart tips — and samples of his cooking during the demonstrations he does often these days.

Bobkin will appear twice at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show this weekend at the Ohio Expo Center. On Saturday at 2 p.m., he'll cook potato gnocchi with broccoli rabe and delicata squash. On Sunday at 2 p.m., he'll make an Asian pork roast with accompanying sauces and a salad of smashed cucumbers.

Look for him on the Home Stage in the Bricker Multipurpose Building.

We sat down with Bobkin to talk about food and cooking during his appearance at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show last weekend.

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Question: How did you get your start? Is there someone or something that inspired you?

Jared Bobkin: It’s funny, because most people talk about cooking with their grandmothers or their mothers or their aunts or whatever. My mom is and was a terrible cook. She didn’t enjoy cooking. She used to take chicken breasts and take a 9-by-13 Pyrex dish and pour mango salsa that we used to buy at Costco over the top and cook it until you could bounce it like a rubber ball.

So really, what it was for me is we would eat out a lot … but every restaurant we’d go to had the same food. They always had like a salmon piccata and a chicken pasta dish. I’d say, “Mom can we go to the place we get mussels from?” Because it was something different. I would order oxtail. My mom would be like, “Do you even know what that is?” My dad would say, “It’s the tail of an ox,” and I’d say, “Cool.” It was something different.

Q: Do you think there’s a Midwest cuisine?

Bobkin: I really think there is. What America thinks of as home-cooked meals is our aesthetic in the Midwest. I was just working with a New York chef in December. He was very precise, precision, small portions. We were doing a dinner in Metro Detroit, and I was like, "Who is that going to feed here?"

Conversely, on the West Coast — California, specifically — it’s lighter dishes. They don’t know the phrase, “stick to your ribs.”

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Q: What ingredients do you like working with right now?

Bobkin: Cabbage. I’ve been working on this cabbage dish for years, and all the sudden cabbage is popular now. I’m not saying I started it. I’ve been working on this charred cabbage with anchovy cream and breadcrumbs and cooked in a ham stock, all this crazy stuff. I work on it here or there; I’m not in the kitchen every day working on it. It’s kind of like painting.

Q: What trend are you ready to see end?

Bobkin: Those little markers on menus. You should know if you’re a diner what you can and can’t eat. If you have a major allergy, you’re going to let them know anyways. I’m really over the keto diets, the fad diets. In 10 years, it’s going to be something different.

I’m also over buzzwords. Don’t tell me it’s cauliflower rice if you’re just grating cauliflower. It’s cauliflower. Don’t tell me it’s rice. Don’t tell me it’s steak sous vide. Just give me a good, tender steak.

I just want food to be delicious. I want the chefs in the back to giggle because they know what’s going on. They know all the special stuff that went into a dish, but you or I as a diner just know, “Wow, I’m coming back.”

Q: What do you cook at home?

Bobkin: I use steak a lot. That’s because it’s quick and easy.

But we experiment. My wife is more of a simple eater. She’s not into all the crazy flavors. She likes a lot of things, but she doesn’t need it to be crazy and intense. When she makes meatloaf, she makes meatloaf. She doesn’t want me to cure the meat for two days.

OK, Here’s a great example. When she makes tacos, she makes the tacos that we all know. When I make tacos, I’ll take a piece of pork belly, cure it in salt and sugar and blood-orange juice and dried chile peppers for two days and then braise it in the same dried chile peppers and crushed peppers and beef stock, low and slow. Then I broil it so the top gets crispy, then chop it up so you get that crunch and that fatty feel.

My ego gets big. My ideas get even bigger, and she really reins me in. She’ll say, “Can we just have burger, cheese, lettuce?” I’m like, “Do you want me to make the buns?”

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At a glance

The Central Ohio Home & Garden Show continues through Sunday at the Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave. Show hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $8 online or $12 at door; children 17 and younger admitted free. Active-duty military and veterans admitted free on Feb. 22. Senior citizen tickets cost $6 at the door on Feb. 21. Teachers admitted free on Feb. 19. Valid ID or credentials are required. Wine tasting add-ons cost $5. Discount coupons are available at Lowe's to be used at the door only.

Pillowy Potato Gnocchi

Fo the gnocchi:

4 medium russet potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 eggs, beaten

1½ cups all-purpose flour

For the dish:

3 tablespoons olive oil

4 tablespoons butter

1 cup thinly sliced delicata squash (see Note)

1 cup minced broccoli rabe

1 tablespoon pepitas (hull-less pumpkin seeds)

2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Fresh basil

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Note: To prepare the squash slices, cut a delicata in half and, using a spoon, scoop out the seeds; slice crosswise to make half-moons.

To make the gnocchi: Boil the potatoes in simmering salted water for 45 minutes. Remove and let cool.

In a ricer, rice the potatoes, removing the peels as you go, onto a work surface. Sprinkle the riced potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the oil, 1 teaspoon salt, the beaten eggs and flour.

Gently but quickly make a very tender dough and shape it into a mound. Cut the dough into six portions. Roll out each, one at time, into a rope ¾-inch thick. Cut into ¾-inch lengths and freeze the gnocchi for at least 2 hours or until ready to be used.

To make the dish: In a large saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter; add 32 of the frozen gnocchi (yes, still frozen!). Let the gnocchi brown lightly, for about 5 minutes, turning to ensure that all sides get equal color. Remove the cooked gnocchi and keep warm.

Repeat the step with another 32 gnocchi. When cooked, add to the first batch of gnocchi and keep warm.

In a large cast-iron pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat. Add the delicata squash and the broccoli rabe and saute for 7 to 8 minutes, until golden.

Add the gnocchi to the squash and broccoli rabe, along with 2 tablespoons cold water and add 1 tablespoon butter.

Toss well, add the pepitas, cheese and basil, and season with salt and pepper; cook for 2 minutes. Serve hot.

8-10 lb pork butt (bone-in preferred)

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup kosher salt plus 1 tablespoon

7 tablespoons brown sugar 

Put the pork shoulder in a roasting pan, ideally one that holds it snugly.

Mix together the granulated sugar and 1 cup of the salt in a bowl, then rub the mixture into the meat; discard any excess salt-and-sugar mixture.

Cover the pan with plastic wrap and put it into the refrigerator for at least 6 hours, or overnight.

Heat the oven to 300 degrees. Remove the pork from the refrigerator and discard any juices that have accumulated. Put the pork in the oven and cook for 6 hours, basting with the rendered fat and pan juices every hour.

The pork should be tender and yielding at this point — it should offer almost no resistance to the blade of a knife and you should be able to easily pull meat off the shoulder with a fork.

When ready to serve, the sauces are made and the lettuce is washed, etc., turn the oven to 500 degrees.

Stir together the remaining 1 tablespoon salt and the brown sugar and rub the mixture all over the pork. Put it in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until the sugar has melted into a crisp, sweet crust.

Smashed Cucumber Salad

2 seedless cucumbers (about 1 to 1 1/2 pounds)

1 teaspoon salt

2½ teaspoons sugar

2 teaspoons sesame oil

3 teaspoons light soy sauce

1½ tablespoons rice wine vinegar 

2-4 cloves garlic (finely chopped)

1-2 teaspoons chili oil (optional)

2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds 

A small handful of chopped cilantro

Wash the cucumbers and pat them dry with a clean towel. Make the salad dressing by combining the salt, sugar, sesame oil, light soy sauce and rice vinegar. Stir until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved. Set aside.

On a cutting board, lay a large knife flat against the cucumber, and smash it lightly with your other hand. The cucumber should crack open and smash into four sections. Repeat along its full length. Once the whole cucumber is completely open (usually into 4 long sectional pieces), cut it at a 45-degree angle into bite-sized pieces.

In a large bowl, mix the cut cucumber with the prepared dressing, garlic and chili oil. Toss it well. Serve, garnished with sesame seeds and cilantro. (Note: if you prefer to omit the chili oil, heat up a tablespoon of oil in a pan and drizzle it over the cucumber.

Ssämjang Sauce

1 tablespoon ssämjang (fermented bean and chile paste)

½ tablespoon kochujang (chile paste)

¼ cup sherry vinegar

¼ cup grapeseed or other neutral oil

Combine all ingredients and set aside until ready to serve 

Ginger Scallion Sauce

2½ cups thinly sliced scallions (greens and whites; from 1 to 2 large bunches)

½ cup finely minced peeled fresh ginger

1½ teaspoons light soy sauce

¾ teaspoon sherry vinegar

¾ teaspoon kosher salt, or more to taste

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