Leawood DIY Network star shares photos of first home renovation on show

The first two episodes of “Bargain Mansions,” starring Leawood mom Tamara Day, premiered last night on DIY Network.

The show comprises 12 episodes during which Day renovates six homes in the Kansas City area. The network will also re-air the two pilot episodes, which involve a seventh area home. Day has since sold all of the homes.

In last night’s first episode, Day renovated a run-down kitchen in an 1897 Leawood bungalow, making it bigger and more modern while preserving traditional elements of a bungalow kitchen.

She and her dad, Ward Schraeder, who lives in Salina and is CEO and a principal partner at Medical Development Management, hunted down a large wood island for the space, then chose and helped build kitchen cabinets.

In the second episode, Day moved onto the master bedroom where she annexed a second room to create a large closet and added a bathroom to create a luxurious master suite.

Day and Schraeder found a tub that was a perfect fit but was painted black, so they had it painted white. She also found a way to deal with a missing fireplace tile.

Two back-to-back 30-minute episodes will air at 9 p.m. Wednesdays, through Dec. 27.

Reality Road Entertainment, a video production and casting company in the Crossroads Arts District, produced the show with its Los Angeles partner, Conveyor Media.

This story was originally published November 16, 2017 at 8:36 AM with the headline "Leawood DIY Network star shares photos of first home renovation on show."