Maybe you were wondering which Hawaiian vacation retreat a retired couple from Los Angeles would buy on “ Log Cabin Living,” a show entirely dedicated to homes with an abundance of exposed wood. HGTV rated fourth in prime time viewership among basic cable channels in February, meaning if you weren’t watching Fox News, MSNBC or maybe “Suits” on USA, there was a good chance you were tuned to HGTV. And I am not alone in my obsession with home improvement porn. I know all this, yet I still cannot look away. All this angst is meant to ready us for the Great Reveal: the moment the owners return, oddly oblivious to how their money was spent, and gasp at colorful throw pillows, brassy light fixtures and bold wallpaper choices. Unexpected problems will surface - knob and tube wiring! Asbestos! Where was the home inspector in all this? Don’t ask. Sledgehammers will be employed, as walls must come down to make a house dreamy. The winning home, whichever one it is, will undergo a radical transformation that will leave it looking vaguely like all the other houses featured on the show. If you’re at all like me, and have wasted hours of your life ogling the homes of strangers on HGTV shows like the “Property Brothers,” you probably know it doesn’t matter which one they choose. as Janna and Jason, newlyweds in matching leather jackets, agonized over their decision: Would they buy the historic downtown Tudor or the sprawling house in the suburbs? On a recent Sunday evening, I was glued to the T.V.
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