Designing for the Sexes

Michael settles a disagreement between a couple that can't figure out the best way to convert a blank space into a comfortable family room.

Michael mixes and matches a couple's ideas so they may see eye-to-eye again when it comes to redesigning their boring living room.

Michael finds a comfortable solution for a couple needing to add both style and organization to their master bedroom and closet.

Michael develops a plan that will unite a couple's two completely different visions for what to do with their living room and adjacent dining area.

Michael dreams up a compromise for a couple that can't figure out how to revamp their home's kitchen.

Host and interior designer Michael Payne turns a couple's 21-year-old kitchen quandary into working solution they'll both savor.

Michael helps a couple get the right mix of past and present while working on their 1930s home's kitchen.

Host and interior designer Michael Payne meets with a couple that can't agree what direction to go in with their patio remodel project.

Michael finds a way to unite the ideas of a couple that can't agree on a strategy for remodeling their 1970s bathroom.

Michael sets the course with a couple at a crossroads regarding their master bathroom redecorating project.

Michael untangles a dilemma between a broadcast journalist, his writer wife and their cluttered home office.

Michael juggles between a couple's differing tastes regarding their kitchen and adjacent butler's pantry.

A couple can't decide what to do with their family room so Michael comes on board to bridge the disparity between the two of them with a solution that makes them both happy.