About The Program:

Building by Design is an educational TV program whose goal is to provide the residents of the Quad City Areas of Prescott with information and insight as to design and building practices as well as local resources, craftsmen and trades which are established in our area. Building by Design will bring you a new Episode every month containing exciting information pertaining to remodeling, new construction, commercial projects, residential projects, and current real estate issues; including remodeling tips for resale. The Producers of this program are dedicated to bringing you educational and informative subjects with actual coverage of design and construction projects in progress. We welcome your comments and questions. Our 1st Episode which aired in October 2010 titled "The Planning Participants" covered the importance of putting a "team" together early on in your design process. This episode can still be viewed as a Video on Demand. All current episodes air at 6:30pm every Sunday and at 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday on Access13 which can be viewed on Channel 13 if you are a CableOne subscriber or on the web at www.access13.org. For more information on our upcoming Shows simply click on the "Episode" tab at the top of this page. Archived Eposides are available for purchase in DVD Format. Please contact us at info@buildingbydesigntv.com for any inquiries.

About BBD's Host: Janet Bussell-Eriksson

With over 18 years of experience in the Interior Design and Building Industry Janet brings a wealth of knowledge to the Quad-City Area. As a college educated Interior Designer she graduated at the top of her class from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 1992 and then set out to hone her skills as a Project Manager; Construction Consultation and later obtained her general contractor's license in California when her career took her from the East Coast to the West Coast. While working in California Janet had the opportunity to participate in and appear on a few episodes of HGTV's Designer's Challenge as well as TLC's "Faking It" series. Janet moved to Prescott full time in 2006 after she met and married Dan Eriksson who has been a resident of Prescott for almost 16 years. Upon moving to Arizona, Janet obtained her Arizona Residential General Contractor's license ROC233985 [www.azroc.gov]. She is also a member of the Yavapai County Contractor's Association. From time to time Janet has been a guest on AZTV's AM Arizona with Tonya Mock and Lew Rees as well as the locally produced home improvement radio show "We've Got You Covered" with hosts Sally and Roger Barton of Badger Roofing which airs every Saturday on AM1490.
If you ask Janet what some of her favorite projects have been in her career thus far she'll tell you those where the client likes to participate in the planning and selection process. "I feel that your environment {whether home, office or business} needs to be a reflection of your personality and lifestyle and truly the only way you can achieve this is to work with a professional who will help to guide you in the right direction to ensure that you are "Building by Design"; not by chance. Janet further maintains that projects should be undertaken with a purpose; not solely on a whim and she felt that by producing a local TV program that can help to educate the community as a whole with regard to design, construction, planning and aesthetic issues while making known all of the wonderful trades, craftsmen, talent and professionals available in our own backyard would promote awareness while also helping to take away some of the "unknown" when venturing forward in a remodeling project or new construction.

About BBD's Producer: Jim Liberti

Jim has been producing programs for Public Access TV for 10 years. His programs include the Double-Award Winning Series "Wine 101", the Prescott Senior Olympics, and the Prescott Special Needs Program (SNAP) series "Something Special". For questions or comments Jim can be reached via email at producer@buildingbydesigntv.com.