# Dream Home Makeover
**Dream Home Makeover** is an American reality television series on Netflix in which interior designers Shea and Syd McGee of the firm Studio McGee renovate and decorate homes for real families, tailoring each project to the household's own style.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dream_home_makeover) The series ran for four seasons and 24 episodes between October 16, 2020 and December 9, 2022.[2](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | October 16, 2020, on Netflix[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dream_home_makeover) |
| Hosts | Shea McGee and Syd McGee, the married couple behind the interior design firm Studio McGee[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast) |
| Run | 4 seasons, 24 episodes; final episode aired December 9, 2022[2](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239) |
| Episode length | About 28 to 29 minutes per episode[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50617/dream-home-makeover) |
| Production | Produced by Goodbye Pictures for Netflix[2](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239) |
| Home base | The McGees work from Draper, Utah, with projects also in Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Southern California[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast) |
| Audience rating | 5.8/10 on IMDb from about 1,700 user votes[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13161310/ratings/) |
## Spoilers
### Seasons and release history
Season 1, six episodes, arrived on October 16, 2020; Season 2 followed on January 1, 2021; Season 3 on July 27, 2022; and Season 4 on December 9, 2022, each with six episodes.[2](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239) • [8](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50617/dream-home-makeover/episodeguide) Season 3's projects included a Utah family's basement hangout, a newly built [Southern California](https://www.edgepedia.org/southern-california) home, a living room redesign honoring a lost loved one, a San Francisco primary suite, a bedroom remodel for a woman rebuilding after a house fire, and a kitchen update for a Southern California couple.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast) Season 4 episodes included a kitchen remodel for one of the McGees' own team members, a playroom with a climbing wall, a pioneer home restored to its 1885 character, an [Airstream](https://www.edgepedia.org/airstream) trailer rebuild, and the removal of a wall between a [Salt Lake City](https://www.edgepedia.org/salt-lake-city) couple's "his-and-hers" bathrooms.[8](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50617/dream-home-makeover/episodeguide)
## Format
Each episode follows one client project, ranging from small-budget, light-handed interior makeovers to major home renovations.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast) Shea McGee leads the design work while Syd McGee manages the business side, and the couple also get to know their clients to understand how the finished space can fit their lives.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast) Because a full renovation cannot be shown in real time, episodes are cut and edited to fit the television format.[6](https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/is-dream-home-makeover-scripted-or-is-the-netflix-series-real/)
The series also follows the McGees' own lives. Season 3 shows them raising their daughters Wren, Ivy, and newborn Margot while running their interior design firm and their furniture and decor business.[7](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81088239)
## Reception
The series holds a 5.8/10 rating on IMDb from about 1,700 votes, with an unweighted mean of 6.0; individual episode ratings range from 5.4 to 7.1.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13161310/ratings/) Rotten Tomatoes lists no published critic reviews, so the series has no Tomatometer score.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dream_home_makeover) The show carries a TV-PG rating on Netflix and IMDb, while Rotten Tomatoes lists it as TV-G.[2](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dream_home_makeover)
## Related shows
**Instant Dream Home** is a separate Netflix renovation series, not a season or spinoff of this one. Hosted by the Tony-nominated actor [Danielle Brooks](https://www.edgepedia.org/danielle-brooks), known for playing Taystee in *Orange Is the New Black*, it premiered on August 10, 2022 and features crews renovating a family's entire home in only 12 hours, with homeowners surprised on their return.[9](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/instant-dream-home-release-date-cast-news?inapp=true) Other similarly titled programs include HGTV's *100 Day Dream Home*, in which Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt build homes under deadline and budget pressure, and the Australian competition series *Dream Home* on the [Seven Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/seven-network), in which six pairs of contestants renovate homes room by room.[10](https://www.hgtv.com/shows/100-day-dream-home) • [11](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/77255/dream-home)
## References
1. [Dream Home Makeover, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dream_home_makeover)
2. [Dream Home Makeover on Netflix USA, New On Netflix](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81088239)
3. [Dream Home Makeover: Everything You Need to Know About This Series, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dream-home-makeover-season-3-trailer-release-date-cast)
4. [Dream Home Makeover, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50617/dream-home-makeover)
5. [Dream Home Makeover Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13161310/ratings/)
6. [Is Dream Home Makeover scripted or is the Netflix series real?, We Got This Covered](https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/is-dream-home-makeover-scripted-or-is-the-netflix-series-real/)
7. [Dream Home Makeover, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81088239)
8. [Dream Home Makeover Episode Guide, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50617/dream-home-makeover/episodeguide)
9. [Everything You Need to Know About Instant Dream Home Season 1, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/instant-dream-home-release-date-cast-news?inapp=true)
10. [100 Day Dream Home, HGTV](https://www.hgtv.com/shows/100-day-dream-home)
11. [Dream Home, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/77255/dream-home)
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