Leading TV DIY Expert Kristan Cunningham Talks About Easy Summer Home Projects

Kristan Cunningham is an interior designer, DIY Expert and one of the most recognizable faces in design television. After running showrooms and working with several well-known designers, she landed at a small upscale firm in the heart of Los Angeles’ design district. In 2001, she competed on HGTV’s “Designer’s Challenge” and one year later, she kicked off the first of 10 seasons as part of the HGTV “Design on a Dime” family. Later, Kristan returned to the network as a judge and mentor for “HGTV’s $250,000 Challenge” and “Bang For Your Buck”. Kristan then joined the “Rachael Ray Show” as the resident design guru, where she tackled hundreds of assignments. She currently serves as host, mentor and judge on the competition series “Super Saver Showdown”, premiering this July on OWN. Kristan has become the go to designer for a variety of talk shows and her work has been featured in top publications. Kristan studied interior design at The University of Charleston in West Virginia and resides in Los Angeles with her fiancé Scott and their dogs Floyd and Bean.