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Bob Vila

Bob Vila, host of Bob Vila's Home Again, is one of the most beloved television personalities and the country's best-known authority on home improvement.

A Miami native, Bob graduated from The University of Florida School of Journalism. He spent time in the Peace Corps and subsequently worked and traveled in Europe for two years. Upon his return to the United States, he settled in Boston, studied at the Boston Architectural Center and established his own residential remodeling and design business. It was Bob's restoration of a Victorian Italianate house in Newton Center, Mass., that caught the attention of a Boston Globe reporter, who wrote a feature on the house. This article sparked the interest of a producer at WGBH, who soon after produced a pilot program on home renovation using Bob and the Newton Center home as the focal point, leading to a TV series entitled This Old House. In 1989, Bob left WGBH and founded BVTV Inc.

Ten years later, Bob hosted his first-ever original weekly cable series, Restore America with Bob Vila on Home & Garden Television (HGTV), which took viewers on a state-by-state tour of some of the country's most beautifully restored historic buildings, neighborhoods and gardens. Bob has been a regular contributor on NBC's Today Show and CBS News' This Morning. He has produced his own series of specials for A&E, Bob Vila's Guide to Historic Homes, taking fans to some of the most spectacular historic homes in the U.S., Italy, England and Ireland.

Bob's reach extends far beyond television. His award-winning website assists people at every stage of the building and remodeling process and provides homeowners with end-to-end solutions for transforming their houses into dream homes via the Internet. He is the also author of 11 books, including the five-volume Bob Vila's Guide to Historic Homes of America, and his latest, Bob Vila's Complete Guide to Remodeling Your Home.

See what Bob is building every night on Bob Vila's Home Again on DIY Network!

http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/DIY_Network/

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