Pennington won national attention as the quirky and creative carpenter on the groundbreaking home improvement series, Trading Spaces. He continues to develop products for the Ty Pennington Style line at Sears and is the ambassador for the "Sears American Dream" campaign.

The highly-anticipated

Howard Miller Furnishings by Ty Pennington

line is slated to become available to public in the fall of 2009. Ty designed the casual, yet contemporary pieces, to be easily mixed and matched. In the winter of 2009, Ty is scheduled to introduce a Holiday addition to his Ty Pennington Style line at Sears.

In 2003, Pennington wrote and created Ty's Tricks, which became a New York Times bestseller. The book is part reference, part behind-the-scenes in Ty's own home, which he completely remodeled himself. His latest book, How Good Design Can Change Your Life, hit stands last fall.

In 2007, Ty launched Ty Pennington at Home, a new decorating, remodeling and lifestyle magazine offering Pennington's solutions to the many challenges homeowners face. "I want to help people achieve their decorating and remodeling goals—and have fun while doing it," he says.

Ask Ty what makes him tick and he'll say, "It's about the joy of doing things for others. Extreme Makeover is about family, about America, and about these random acts of kindness that can restore your faith in people."