Thursday, December 08, 2005
'Extreme Makeover' Blacksburg edition
For more than two decades, ballerina Carol Crawford Smith danced in some of the largest and most prestigious theaters in the world and has taught hundreds of students in her Blacksburg studio.
Millions of viewers of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" followed the world-class dancer and mother of two young sons from her modest Blacksburg house to a resort vacation in La Jolla, Calif., and back to her home on Ardmore Street in seven days. At the end of that journey, Smith, who was stricken with multiple sclerosis about five years ago, moved into a brand-new house.
The show aired Feb. 12, 2006. Take a virtual tour of the new house.
The show airs Sunday nights on WSET at 8. It features model and carpenter Ty Pennington (escorting Carol Crawford Smith from her house) and a crew of designers and carpenters who travel the country building new homes for deserving families selected by the show's producers from thousands of applicants. The crew gets seven days to demolish the old house and build a new one.
Slide shows: The hoopla | The work | The big finish | The homecoming
More photos, construction data
The construction stories
Sunday: Home sweet home, under the deadline
Saturday: Crew battles weather, delays to get 'er done
Friday: Building awareness
Thursday: One day closer to home
Wednesday: Construction delays strike quickly
Tuesday: Demolition derby day
How all this came to be
The surprising news: This new house (to be)
Design team was mum about house
It takes a village to keep a secret like this
Carol Crawford Smith's story since
Second makeover for Blacksburg dance studio
Blacksburg dance studio's extreme makeover causes closure over safety
Carol Crawford Smith's story has inspired others and helped raise money for MS
Dance studio roof finally gets a makeover
