What do wavy glass, pink bathroom tiles, and a cross-country road trip have in common? They are all features of the hit first season of the HGTV and Discovery+ show Cheap Old Houses. In this ten-episode series, historic preservationist Elizabeth Finkelstein and husband Ethan hop into their vintage pickup truck lovingly named Big Blue and travel from their home in New York to Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, and beyond to find the best of the cheap old houses that the United States has to offer. In their travels, they feature old houses for sale and visit old house enthusiasts who are in the process of rehabilitating properties. The series is a feel-good combination of House Hunters, Home Town, Property Brothers, and This Old House that inspires viewers to save the aging and oftentimes dilapidated homes that we all walk and drive past each day. It is part...
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August 2022
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August 01 2022
Cheap Old Houses, Critical Content and Roberts Media
Cheap Old Houses
. Ann Lewis Roberts and Nicole Sawatzke, Producers. Critical Content and Roberts Media
. 30-minute runtime. Featuring Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein.
Sara C. Evenson
Sara C. Evenson
University at Albany
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The Public Historian (2022) 44 (3): 173–176.
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Sara C. Evenson; Cheap Old Houses, Critical Content and Roberts Media. The Public Historian 1 August 2022; 44 (3): 173–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2022.44.3.173
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