Mark Montano
Encyclopedia
Mark Montano is an American
interior design
er, artist
, writer
, and TV personality.
and The Learning Channel: 10 Years Younger, which he hosted, While You Were Out
, on which he frequently appears as a designer, and My Celebrity Home on which he is both host and designer. Montano can currently be seen on WE TV
's new show, "She's Moving In".. Montano has a flamboyant design sense that homeowners on While You Were Out are sometimes less than enthused about at first, but he usually wins them over with his boisterous personality.
On My Celebrity Home, Mark tours a celebrity
's home and gives their style to a fan. Mark is currently filming MY HOME 2.0 which will air on FOX
and Fios
channels nationwide starting in April 2010.
, owned by parent company CBS
, was released on February 18, 2008 and is now the number 1 selling craft book in America. The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is currently in its 7th printing as of January 2009. The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor is on shelves starting April, 2010. For further tips from The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor, there is the companion website and his Typepad blog. In January 2011, Pulp Fiction: Perfect Paper Projects, was published and on October 11th, The Big-Ass Book of Crafts 2 was officially on bookstore shelves everywhere.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
interior design
Interior design
Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
er, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and TV personality.
Television
Mark Montano is perhaps best known for three series on the Style NetworkStyle Network
The Style Network is an American cable television network based in Los Angeles.Owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of General Electric and Comcast, its sister channels include E! Entertainment Television, USA Network, Syfy, G4, Golf Channel, and Versus, among others.-Network Overview:Style's...
and The Learning Channel: 10 Years Younger, which he hosted, While You Were Out
While You Were Out
While You Were Out was an hour-long American television reality program that aired episodes on the cable channel TLC. The format of the show is similar to TLC's Trading Spaces...
, on which he frequently appears as a designer, and My Celebrity Home on which he is both host and designer. Montano can currently be seen on WE TV
WE TV
We TV is the third TV channel from Malayalam Communications Ltd, in Kerala and based at Trivandrum. The other two channels of this company are Kairali TV and People TV. WE TV is mainly aimed at the youth and was officially launched on April 14, 2007. Mr...
's new show, "She's Moving In".. Montano has a flamboyant design sense that homeowners on While You Were Out are sometimes less than enthused about at first, but he usually wins them over with his boisterous personality.
On My Celebrity Home, Mark tours a celebrity
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
's home and gives their style to a fan. Mark is currently filming MY HOME 2.0 which will air on FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
and Fios
Fíos
Fíos is one of 17 parishes in Parres, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain....
channels nationwide starting in April 2010.
The Big-Ass Book of Crafts (2008) and other works
Mark Montano is the author of several successful books. "The Big-Ass Book of Crafts", published through SimonSpotlight, subsidiary of Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
, owned by parent company CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, was released on February 18, 2008 and is now the number 1 selling craft book in America. The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is currently in its 7th printing as of January 2009. The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor is on shelves starting April, 2010. For further tips from The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor, there is the companion website and his Typepad blog. In January 2011, Pulp Fiction: Perfect Paper Projects, was published and on October 11th, The Big-Ass Book of Crafts 2 was officially on bookstore shelves everywhere.