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1 / 57 Rehab Addict Goes to Akron Nicole Curtis and son Ethan took their renovation skills to Akron, Ohio to help the NBA star LeBron James and the LeBron James Family Foundation Promise Project do a top-to-bottom renovation for a deserving family. Go behind the scenes as Nicole, LeBron and volunteers work!
What happens behind the scenes of Rehab Addict?
Curtis has teamed up with James and the LeBron James Family Foundation to rehab some homes in the Akron area. “LeBron James has this great foundation out of Akron and out of the blue they gave me a...
Is Rehab Addict based on a true story?
Aug 11, 2014 · Riley was selected during a drawing, and for seven full days people from the Akron community, HGTV’s “Rehab Addict” and LeBron worked diligently on the renovations. It was described as non-stop...
What happened to Rehab Addict's Renee Curtis'grandparents'house?
NBA MVP LeBron James helps Nicole Curtis The Rehab Addict with an exterior face-lift on a home in Akron, Ohio. LeBron James Works With ‘Rehab …
Who is the host of Rehab Addict?
Nicole Curtis, host of Rehab Addict will work together with LeBron James, countless volunteers and the LeBron James Family Foundation staff to renovate this entire home in nine days. Refinished Hardwoods & New Furnishings. Nicole Curtis removed the old carpet to reveal beautiful, original pine floors.
Who renovates the Akron house?
Renovation guru Nicole Curtis teamed up with NBA star LeBron James and his charitable foundation to make over a deserving Akron family's run-down house. See all the before-and-after photos here.
Who removed the old carpet from Riley's dining room?
Nicole Curtis removed the old carpet to reveal beautiful, original pine floors. The refinished hardwoods plus the new furnishings work together to make the living and dining rooms comfortable, functional and stylish. Before: The Riley Family Dining Room. As seen on Rehab Addict, the Riley dining room before renovation.
Who gutted the Riley family's kitchen?
Nicole Curtis poses in the ready-to-be-gutted kitchen of the Riley family. After: Bright White Kitchen. As seen on HGTV's Rehab Addict, Nicole Curtis completely gutted this family's kitchen, adding new white cabinets, black granite countertops and a subway tile backsplash.
Who helped rehab older houses in Akron?
When LeBron James and his LeBron James Family Foundation asked Curtis to help rehab older houses in Akron, she jumped at the chance. "I have a 16-year-old son and as soon as I said 'LeBron James' on the phone, because he was in the car since we were on our way to school, that was the end of it," she told Fox 8. "This is a dream come true for me, but as a mom, it's been nice to be kind of the coolest mom right now ever."
What is Curtis' passion for rehab?
"The most important thing is that these homes are one of a kind," she told the Boston Globe. "We're never going to be able to rebuild them. We don't have the tradespeople anymore to do it, we don't have the materials that these houses were built out of, and you know, like anything else, once it's gone it's gone."
Did Curtis ever rehab her grandparents' home?
Fortunately the story of her grandparents' home doesn't end there. Curtis was eventually able to purchase the home and rehab it herself! She even dedicated the entire seventh season of Rehab Addict to this home. It was the biggest kitchen rehab she had ever completed.
Did Nicole Curtis clean houses?
She worked her way through college as a waitress at a few different restaurants including IHOP and Hooters. Not only that, but she cleaned houses before her shifts at the restaurant just to make ends meet. Once her son Ethan was born, Curtis continued cleaning houses to support the two of them. She actually owned her own cleaning business so she could set her own hours and always be there for her son. "I never regretted giving up a corporate job to clean houses so that I could make Ethan's second grade Halloween party happen," she told People.
Does rehab addict follow her real life?
Curtis is very open about the fact that Rehab Addict just happens to follow her real life. Rehabilitating old homes is what she was doing before the show, and it's what she'll continue to do if and when the show ends. "With my first house, I bought an old house and it needed work.
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