Spice Up My Kitchen is a reality show

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 on Home & Garden Television that now airs only as reruns. The show is hosted by designer

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...

 Lauren Lake and carpenter Jeff Devlin. Each episode features new homeowners with awful kitchen

Kitchen

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...

s and with the help of Lauren's design ideas and Jeff's carpentry skills, their kitchens are transformed into beautiful, functional spaces.

Show breakdown

The show starts off with the viewers meeting this week's homeowners and getting acquainted with their ugly kitchen. Next, Lauren and Jeff show up to size up the situation. Then, Lauren presents them with two design options for their kitchen. After a short deliberation, the homeowners choose an option, and Jeff helps them demolish their old kitchen. The kitchen is then madeover from scratch, all new cabinetry, appliances, countertops, flooring, backsplash, paint, etc. Finally, the completely renovated kitchen is revealed to the homeowners.