Ty Pennington and the crew of EMHE used faux brick panels in some of their incredible Joplin building projects.

But the good news is that Friday’s episode promises to be the biggest, best and most tear jerking ever. In this special television event, host Ty Pennington and the rest of the EM:HE crew – including FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com president Steve Barron, will head to tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri for a special “Heart of America” episode.

Taking part in Extreme Makeover’s most ambitious project yet, FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com will help build seven unique homes for deserving Joplin families – all in just seven days!

“It’s the most inspiring episode Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has ever done – and that’s saying something!” Steve Barron says. “FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com are proud to participate in a project that perfectly showcases America’s ability to spring back from any adversity.”

FauxWoodBeams.com and FauxPanels.com are donating materials and expertize to help create five of the seven homes featured in the episode; with each one designed and built to perfectly match the lives and personalities of the families who will be living in them.

FauxPanels.com couldn't be more honored to help those impacted by the devastating Joplin tornado.

One bedroom will be fitted with our Regency Old Chicago faux brick panels; vividly delivering the look and feel of antique brick, but in a form that’s easy-to-maintain, easy-to-install and much more practical than using real brick. It’s also safer. In areas prone to tornado-speed winds, bricks and stones can become potentially lethal projectiles with the power to plunge straight through windows, doors and walls.

Although everybody at FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com are very sad that this will be our last partnership with the team of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, we couldn’t be happier or more honored to know that we’ve played a part in their most important project ever; and wish the deserving families of Joplin, Mo. years of happiness and safety in their new homes.

• “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Joplin, Missouri” will air at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT on Friday, January 13 on ABC. Check your local listings for the time and channel in your area.

Friends and neighbors helped out to make the Extreme Makeover possible.

Fauxpanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com will mark their twelfth collaboration with ABC’s hit TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this Friday, with an episode dedicated to the deserving Dunning family, of Delaware.

As part of their “Jusst Sooup” charity,  Dale and Ken Dunning get up at 2am every morning to cook delicious soup for distribution to seventeen local soup kitchens.

Inspired by their story, designer Ty Pennington and the crew of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition decided to help give the Dunnings a brand new home for their charity, in the form of a modern building built to look like a classic farmhouse.

To achieve the rustic look, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition reached out to FauxWoodBeams.com; asking them to create a towering king truss in the main room of the new home.

FauxWoodBeams.com was happy to help out.

Artificial wood allowed the team to produce a stunning interior truss that would have been impossible with real timber.

“We wanted the Dunnings’ new space to feel homey. An old-fashioned ceiling design made with modern materials was the perfect way to do that.”

The episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring the faux wood truss and the deserving Dunnings family will air this Friday at 8pm EST / 9pm CT on ABC – and designers Michael Moloney and Paige Hemmis will also be appearing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on Thursday and Friday to raise money for Jusst Sooup.

FauxPanels.com has also been featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and many other shows like it. You can see a gallery of featured faux panels on our website, here.

Also, stay tuned for the biggest Extreme Makeover: Home Edition episode yet; their 200^th episode, in which FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com will both be contributing to a project to rebuild homes devastated by the tornado in Joplin, MO.

DIY Network's Matt Blashaw saw an opportunity to save money and add style to this garage makeover.

The idea behind DIY Network’s Money Hunters is simple – home remodeling projects intended to make more than their cost back in elevated property value. For hosts Matt Blashaw and Deanne Bell, that’s not always an easy task to accomplish; especially with home prices hovering at some of their lowest levels for years.

Which is why Matt was quick to turn to our faux stone paneling when it came to a recent challenge: The task was to turn a dank garage into a welcoming rec room – and do it for a third of the budget most contractors would charge. With just $25,000 to spend, Matt’s plans of adding a stacked stone accent wall should have been out of the question – but our panels made achieving that iconic look affordable.

“Look like stone? It does to me. But heavy like stone? No.” Matt picked our Windsor Ledgestone Panels because their low height made them easy and versatile for interior projects. “They’re made of high density polyurethane foam – the same stuff you see in car bumpers, dashboards… It’s durable stuff.”

“They look just like the real thing, and the best part about it is that they’re easy to install.” Matt was able to cut the panels to size easily, with a regular miter saw, and then install them with regular deck screws.

“They’re so easy to install,” he admits, “I feel bad. The cameraman is working harder than I am.”

Money Hunters ended up spending $2,000 on the faux stone paneling they used in the project – and compared that to a minimum of $6,000 for a real stone accent wall; not to mention the cost of hiring a mason to install it.

“That’s a steal,” Matt admits.

Check out the transformation yourself in the video below – and see our products featured in other home makeover shows on our videos and TV show page.

You’ve already seen us on shows like Extreme Makeover Home Edition and The Apprentice, but now we’re helping out on the latest episode of Man Caves!

Below are a few pictures from the episode “Shanghai cave”. We used Oxford Barnboard Faux Panels as wainscoting around the room to give it a rustic, masculine look and feel. Look at the pictures below and tell us what you think!

The  Rustic Barn Wood panels were used to create wainscoting in the son’s “Tree Fort Room”. Browse through the Tree Fort room photos and take a peek at the virtual tour of the finished house – you’ll see our faux wood panels, together with Timber Planks from our sister company, Faux Wood Beams, that helped create this fanciful, “Boys Only!” inspired room.

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Windsor Dry Stack Western Taupe panels on “The Apprentice”

We will be featured on ABC’s hit show Extreme Makeover Home Edition this Easter Sunday at 8pm EST/ 7pm CST on ABC. Please check your local listings.

Look for our products in the boys “Tree Fort” room. Jessica Alba will be guest starring on this 2 hour special of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Beach Family Preview

Jessica Alba’s builder cam

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Our sister company, FauxWoodBeams.com, Will also be featured in this episode. The Timber Planks were used as well as the Rustic Barn Wood panels in the “Tree Fort” room.

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Our products being used to build the “Tree Fort” room

Our panels will be featured on Sundays episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition!

Be sure to check it out this Sunday 1/31/10 at 8PM EST. on ABC

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