22-The Canadian Champion, Friday, JuIy 30, 2004 Anen TV' ArcstngDesigti spruces up local homei Dy TiEPiANIE THIESSEN T-he Champion When Brian Storzuk answered bis front door one moming last week, the last thing he expect- ed Was to corne face to face with officers handing hlm a citation. But that's exactly what happened... sort of. The officers were really 'design police' Tammy Schnurr and Jcffrey Fisher, hasts Wedesday 5atrday Suday 2 00 pm iba, PrATWOAIIb.a and designers of the W-Network's show Arresting Design, and the citation was for design crimes. "I opened the doar and saw a f ibn crew... 1 was like, 'It's 9:30 un the moming, what's a film crew doing here?' Then it set in and 1 was like, 'No way'. Il starts off with dis- belief and then it's 'That's to cool."' Waiting in anather room on that memno- rable July 22 was Mr. Storzuk's fiancée, Sara Lancaster, the 'informant' bchind the bust. *'lwas ail surreal," Mr. Starzuk recalled. Arresting Design, which airs on the W- Network, works with each informant ta solve the design crime. Its designers then re-decorate tihe room in question in 24 hours ta salve the case. "Sara busted her fiancé for the state of the living room. She thought, 'Wouldn't il be greal if 1 busied him and gave him the living room of his dreams'?"' explaincd show director Romano D'Andrea. Whai happened afier the busi was a whirissind for everyone involved. Mr. Siorzuk was swept away for the nexi day- and-a-hall and laken 10 Toronto, where he was put up ai the glamorous Royal York hotci. And the designers quîckly got bo work lransforming tIhe living room of the Victonia Avenue Century home the couple has been living in for the pasi lwo years. This is the lirsi lime the show has fiimed in Milton. "WVe're ihrillcîl il 's a jjjj litgîîmrie" Mr Fisher said, adlîlttg, " love miîhîîuî" As the twîî desigiirr% eslîlirlîîel. Ille r<fiiii was originally a misît triasîtil o everygllutg. "There was a l*utol it oltlitbs cîtîlege days, a TV on a wickcr basket, no draperies.., but they had a lotuof' nice antiques. We wantcd ta do country with a modem edge," Ms Schnurr satd. Before he was taken away, Mr. Storzuk was laId he was allowed ta, keep anc piece of furniture fromn the room. He chose a leather chair he had recently purchased. Over the next day, an arssoire was buiIt, fumniture was purchased and recovered, and accessories were chosen. The raam was alrcady painted a pale green hue, and the designers painted wide off-white stripes aver portions of the green for an ele- gant wall licalment. Meanwhile, in Toronto, the crew had more surprises for Mr. Storzuk. Since he and Ms Lancaster are planning ta wcd nexi summer, he was given thc chance 10 gel a head star( in Mime planning and the cam- era flliowed him as he met wîîh a wedding pianner. looked ai weddîng cakes and even lns'eslîgaled some bridcsmaîd dresses something arranged hy the cress 10 provide sisme comedy l'or the camera, he explaîned. 'l thought. 'Flow do i do ibis and keep my dignity'!"' Ms Lancaster said il was tricky making ail the arrangements so the 'busi,' wouid go osff suithout a hich. And, she admitted. she dîd have to tell a few fibs. Fortunateiy, ber fiancé didnit suspect anyihing. she said. "lie was complecy stunned," she said, adding. "i made a few blunders." Whcn Mr. Storzuk was laken back 10 bis bouse 10 view the finishcd produet, he said se ioved il. "Il was amnazing. It wasn't whaî 1 had expected. i îhought il was goiisg ta be anc horrble cabin scene. Before. il bad aid and sew (stuff>. This is ciassic and works weii vith thc house, which is 100 years aid." lIs Uic end, M. Storzuk said Uic room is great - everything he could have asked for and mare - but Uic lave sbown ta him by his fiancée is even better. "Ils not s0 much the fumiture. it's Uiat Sara wouid go tbrougbal] this (for me). Couid I be any luekier than that? li's a aonus that 1 have a beautifui living raom." Aithough it's not yct known when duis cpisode wiii air, season two of Arresting Design wiii stani on W-Ncîwork September ai 10 p.m. and wiii air weckly. Stepltaîiu Thiessen can he reaîlîed at tÏe.sseuî6dinhitonî.aniadiaî<.îîa,ip<î,t.ni. Hasts Tammy Schnurr and Jeftrey Fisher, of the W- Network's TV show Arresting Design, are more than just pretty faces. The pair warked their magic last week ta transform a ho-hum Victoria Avenue living roomn (belaw) into an elegant country-style room with a modem edge (bottom). The make-over was a surprise gîft from Sara Lancaster ta her unsuspecting fiancé, Brian Storzuk. --------------- x ------------ (# --------------- g-odu.. .» - -- 9