This Old House(R) Hosts Day-Long Event in Dallas on Thursday, October 6 as Part of the 2005 'Meet This Old House' Tour

This Old House(R) Hosts Day-Long Event in Dallas on Thursday, October 6 as Part of the 2005 'Meet This Old House' Tour

General Contractor Tom Silva and Landscape Contractor Roger Cook Spend the Day with Fans at The Home Depot(R) Followed by a House Call for the Emmy-Nominated Ask This Old House(R)

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Can you imagine talking to Tom about how to care for your hardwood floors? Would you like to ask Roger how to prevent weeds from invading your lawn? Have you ever dreamt of actually being the person who wins the Ask This Old House "What is it?" challenge?

Well, now's your chance. On Thursday, October 6, Tom and Roger will mark the fifth stop of the national 2005 Meet This Old House tour with a day-long event at The Home Depot at 6000 Skillman in Dallas, Texas (located off of Exit 4A on the US-75 North). Built by The Home Depot, the tour is sending the This Old House experts to six cities across the country, allowing fans to meet members of America's favorite home improvement team. Following visits to New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, Boston, and Dallas the tour is slated to make its final stop in Atlanta on October 20, 2005.

"We're excited to meet our fans in Dallas for our fifth stop on the 2005 Meet This Old House tour," says This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook. "This tour stop hits home for us since the new season of our first-ever Contemporary-style This Old House project and the fourth season of Ask This Old House will kick off on the very same day on KERA Dallas."

While in the Dallas area, Roger will also make a House call for the Emmy- nominated Ask This Old House on PBS (check local listings or visit http://thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule). The series visits homeowners across the country to provide hands-on guidance on home-maintenance challenges including everything from a rotting porch to noisy pipes to an under-performing lawn. Viewers who are interested in receiving a House call may submit questions at http://thisoldhouse.com/. The new season of The This Old House Hour (This Old House followed by Ask This Old House) premieres Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 7:00 pm on KERA Dallas.

The October 6 event is free and open to the public from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m., featuring half-hour, onstage appearances by Tom and Roger at 12 noon, 2:00 p.m., 4:15 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. While on stage, Tom and Roger will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the show, as well as an insider's look at the first Contemporary-style This Old House project located in historic Cambridge, Massachusetts. Throughout the day, audiences will find inspiration, information, and instruction on everything from interior design to toolbox supplies, through sponsor clinics, demonstrations, and interactive games and challenges. In addition, there will be sweepstakes and giveaways, Ask This Old House "What is it?" challenges, and question and answer sessions with the This Old House experts.

Day-of-event highlights will include:

* On-Stage Appearances by the This Old House Crew -- Fans will have the opportunity to get up close and in-person with members of America's favorite home improvement team, as they talk about life behind-the- scenes of the series, and share anecdotes about memorable moments, lessons learned, and favorite projects. Fans will want a front-row seat to have the chance to get answers to their toughest home improvement questions, as well as take an insider's look at the new This Old House Cambridge project. * "Ask The Designer" -- Instant design advice from This Old House design consultant Karen Walden, who will be on hand illustrating ideas using a variety of elements including color swatches, wallpaper books, countertop samples, hardware samples, blankets and throws, carpet samples, backsplash tile samples, decorative molding samples, and floor samples, including vinyl, ceramic, wood, and linoleum floor tiles. * "All About Color" Session -- Karen Walden will lead an informative and fun session that addresses the psychological and emotional characteristics of color, covering the definitions of primary, complementary, or secondary colors, and hues and tints. She will discuss which colors work best in particular rooms, and answer questions such as "How do you make a room seem larger or cozier?" * The Tudor Doghouse -- Audiences will have the chance to see the English- style Tudor Doghouse, as featured on NBC's Today and in the July/August issue of This Old House magazine. Fans will be able to enter the "Doghouse Like Your House Building Contest," by submitting a photo and 100-word essay telling why their doghouse is like their real house, for a chance to win a year's supply of dog food from Hill's Science Diet, a digital D50 Nikon camera, and to have their doghouse featured in This Old House magazine. For more details, visit http://thisoldhouse.com/doghouse. * Sponsor Clinics and Demonstrations -- Industry experts will offer first- hand instruction on topics such as how to install a lockset and how to install a toilet. Also, the day will include surprise challenges and games from our sponsors allowing attendees the opportunity to win prizes. * "Tool Challenge" -- An interactive activity offering an opportunity to test some of today's most state-of-the-art tools. * "What is it?" Challenge -- This challenge is based on the popular Ask This Old House "What is it?" segment. Audience members will get to play along with the crew to guess the name and use of a particular item-and for a chance to win a $250 gift card from The Home Depot. * This Old House Grand Sweepstakes -- The chance to enter on site during the event, or on http://thisoldhouse.com/tour to win. Grand-prize winner to receive a two-year lease of a Ford F-150 truck, first-prize winner to receive a $5,000 gift card to The Home Depot, second-prize winner to receive $3,000 in Discover gift cards, and third-prize winner to receive a trip to the current This Old House project house, plus other great prizes. * Giveaways -- This Old House and sponsor goodies will be included in a Meet This Old House tour gift bag.

Please visit http://thisoldhouse.com/tour for additional tour information.

The first Meet This Old House tour took place from August through November 2004, as part of a year-long 25th anniversary celebration integrating television, publishing, Internet, and special events. The tour visited The Home Depot locations in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston, and Atlanta.

The 2005 Meet This Old House Tour Sponsors

The 2005 Meet This Old House tour is built by The Home Depot. Additional tour sponsors include some of the most distinguished household brand names including American Standard Companies, Discover Card, Ford Truck, STRAIT-LINE Electronic Tools, James Hardie Building Products, LG Electronics, U.S.A., Liquid Nails Adhesives, Philips Lighting Company, Ridgid Tools, Schlage, State Farm, and Trane.

About This Old House, The Multi-Media Lifestyle Brand

This Old House is the No. 1 multi-media home enthusiast brand, offering home enthusiasts trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, an information-driven Web site, a comprehensive line of books, a DVD series, and live events.

This Old House Ventures, Inc. is a business of Time4 Media(R), a multi- media company whose enterprises include leading magazines, Web sites, television and radio programming, feature films, and events and exhibitions. Time4 Media is a subsidiary of Time Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.

Press contacts Jennifer Welsh Frederika Brookfield National Publicist Communications Director WGBH Boston This Old House Ventures, Inc. 617.300.5470 212.522.5809 jennifer_welsh@wgbh.orgfrederika_brookfield@timeinc.com

Kathryn Hathaway Photography contact National Associate Publicist Bailey Vatalaro WGBH Boston National Promotion Assistant 617.300.5305 WGBH Boston kathryn_hathaway@wgbh.org 617.300.5328 bailey_vatalaro@wgbh.org

Source: WGBH Boston

CONTACT: Jennifer Welsh, National Publicist, +1-617-300-5470, jennifer_welsh@wgbh.org, or Kathryn Hathaway, National Associate Publicist, +1-617-300-5305, kathryn_hathaway@wgbh.org, or Bailey Vatalaro, National Promotion Assistant and Photography contact, +1-617-300-5328, bailey_vatalaro@wgbh.org, all of WGBH Boston; or Frederika Brookfield, Communications Director of This Old House Ventures, Inc., +1-212-522-5809, frederika_brookfield@timeinc.com

Web site: http://www.wgbh.org/ http://thisoldhouse.com/tour http://thisoldhouse.com/doghouse http://thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule

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