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home improvement & organization expert
host of HGTV's Wasted Spaces, DIY To The Rescue, and Home Radio Live!
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About
Karl
Australian
native, Karl Champley is an award winning Master Builder, environmental home
inspector and building consultant for commercial and residential construction
in both the USA and Australia. Karl is a familiar face on the DIY Network
and HGTV and has hosted over 200 episodes viewed in over 95 million homes in
the United States and is seen in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand,
Turkey and several other countries around the world. Both of his home
improvement shows "DIY To The Rescue" and "Wasted Spaces"
have won 7 Telly and Aurora
awards.
Episodes
have also been aired on US Airways, American Airlines and United Airlines. Karl
has also been the expert, host and consultant to many television specials
including the world's largest builders show (IBS) The International Builders
Show. The National Hardware Show, the Kitchen and Bath Show, Pacific Coast
Builders Conference and many others in the United States. You can catch Karl's
expertise on Wasted Spaces, DIY to the Rescue and many Habitat For Humanity
specials. Both shows are currently airing on HGTV and DIY Networks as well as
his popular national radio show Home Live.
Karl
has been in the building trade since 1983 and has won countless awards for
prominent large-scale remodels, additions, new homes to the world-famous Glass
House situated in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia.
From colleges, libraries, restaurants, homes and even fire stations, Karl's
masterpieces have earned him well-deserved notoriety in the building industry.
He started in the trenches as an apprentice carpenter and joiner for four years
and soon rose up the ranks as a credited tradesman, to site forman, project
supervisor to a project manager. He continued his studies in the evenings to
acquire his building supervisor clerk of works certificate and structural
engineering certificate to gain his Master Builders license for both
residential and commercial construction. He then started his own building
business: KJC Building Services in 1990 then due to overwhelming demand he
incorporated in 1993 to KJC Constructions (NSW) Pty. Ltd.
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Same Place, More Space
Karl Champley's newest book, Same Place More Space, was created due to the overwhelming response from people screaming to find extra space inside and outside their homes. Master carpenter and HGTV and DIY Network host Karl Champley offers 50 home improvement projects to maximize space in any dwelling, no matter how big or small. Keeping an eye on style and economy, Champley outlines tools, materials, and techniques for searching out and using hidden-away space to achieve incredible results. Readers will learn how to carve out shelving niches between studs in the wall, tuck more into kitchen cupboards, build hidey-holes beneath floor boards, and much more. The projects range from easy organization solutions to weekend construction projects and more ambitious undertakings. With easy-to-follow instructions for making more out of less, detailed illustrations, and no-nonsense advice on clutter control,Same Place More Space makes it simple to create a more functional, expansive, and beautiful home without moving or remodeling.
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