Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That?

In the premiere episode, ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That?,"" the process of their particular home makeover is the subject. As with all of the intense remodeling projects the show undertakes, there is a great deal that goes on that does not make it into the final broadcast. Now viewers can see all of that and more, including: -How the design team had to travel by boat and ATV to reach the Dore's remote property to surprise them with news that their home has been chosen to receive a makeover. -A look into the making of the ""secret room"" that Ty designs and builds for a family member -- in this case, a bed and breakfast area in a secret wing. -Michael Moloney's struggles to find home design materials in a remote location and Preston Sharp's visit to a local glass blower who is making a custom chandelier. -The adrenalin rush and the different emotions the EMHE team experiences as they work to meet seemingly impossible deadlines. -Ed Sanders, the new guy from the UK and

Viewers will witness how the EMHE team spectacularly renovates the South Central Los Angeles home of the Anderson family. In March 2000, former college basketball player Rodney Anderson was mistaken for a gang member and shot in the back while visiting his family. Prior to their home makeover, Rodney was restricted to two rooms, which included the dining room that had been converted into his bedroom. Now, the lot has two houses, both of which are wheelchair accessible. One of the homes is for Rodney and his new bride, Monique, who were married in a ceremony during the ""reveal."" The other home on the lot is for Rodney's parents, Joe and Martha, his sister Glenda and her three children, Mellone, 19, Louis, 16 and 12-year-old Cordney. The process of their particular home makeover is the subject of this episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That? As with all of the intense remodeling projects the show undertakes, there is a great deal that goes on that does not make it i

After a 17-year-old girl underwent chemotherapy for a rare genetic disorder, she was unable to return to her Martinez, California home because of the mold and allergens at her family's house. When ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"" learned of her plight, the design team and hundreds of workers put in long days and nights so that Jhyrve Sears could come home. In February 2004, Jhyrve was diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder Krabbe Disease (pronounced Crab-ay), which is caused by an enzyme deficiency. Her only chance of survival was to receive a new treatment in which she'd be given a cord blood transplant at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina. So in March 2004, Jhyrve relocated cross-country with her mother, Karen, to start treatment. After undergoing rounds of chemotherapy and then receiving her cord blood transplant, Jhyrve has spent the last several months recovering and rebuilding her immune system. Although the transplant was successful, the doctors at Duke would not let

Viewers will witness how the EM:HE team transformed a ranch-style, one-level home in Granada Hills, California, into a decorator's delight for Consuela Mackey, the founder of the non-profit organization Operation Confidence, which has helped thousands of disabled individuals find gainful employment and assimilate into the workplace. But her efforts to help the disabled don't stop when she gets home. Along with her 14-year-old grandson, Eric Jones, her nieces, 16-year-old Georgia and Valada Smith, 26, Consuela's visually-impaired sister, Sandra Lawson, also lives with her. Consuela has been using her knowledge and resources to educate her sister about technology that's available to facilitate life with partial vision. The family, in turn, is involved with all of Consuela's projects, and look to her for guidance and advice in their daily lives. The design team from ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"" was able to provide Consuela and her family with a beautiful new home. The process of the M