27 Facts About Ty Pennington

Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington was born on Gary Tygert Burton; October 19,1964 and is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, and former model and actor.

Ty Pennington's rise to prominence began with his role as carpenter on the TLC home improvement reality show Trading Spaces, and continued when he hosted the ABC reality series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where he won two Primetime Emmy Awards.

On September 13,2017, it was announced that Ty Pennington was joining the revival of Trading Spaces, which began airing on April 7,2018, on TLC.

Ty Pennington was born Gary Tygert Burton, the son of Yvonne Vickery.

Ty Pennington paid his way through college by taking night classes and working during the day, first working in landscaping before moving into construction.

Ty Pennington parlayed his hands-on skills and design acumen into a career in the entertainment industry, becoming a set designer, including for Leaving Las Vegas in 1995.

Ty Pennington was featured as one of the show's original carpenters, and quickly became a show favorite.

In 2003, when ABC began developing a show that would rehab the homes of deserving families in seven days or less, Ty Pennington was chosen as the leader of the eight-person design team.

Ty Pennington was extremely dedicated to the show, spending on average 240 days of the year working, and was known to have fought off anything from pulled muscles to heatstroke to food poisoning to keep doing his job.

Ty Pennington stated that his career on the show resulted in the channel's commissioning Ty Pennington's Great British Adventure, in which he worked with communities including Portreath, Cornwall to restore a run-down town park in a week and Portishead, Somerset to renovate the town's derelict outdoor pool into a community-run Lido.

When Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ended in 2012 with its ninth season, Ty Pennington had helped rebuild more than 200 homes for the show.

In January 2021, HGTV debuted Ty Breaker, a show that features Ty Pennington helping families struggling to make their homes work for their changing lives.

Ty Pennington joined the HGTV renovation competition series, Rock The Block, as host for its 2nd season, which premiered on March 8,2021, and has continued in that role since.

Ty Pennington is currently hosting the 5th season of the show, which premiered in March of 2024.

Ty Pennington is the host of HGTV show Battle on the Beach, a competition real estate show with 3 teams that renovate a beach home room by room, alongside Alison Victoria, and Taniya Nayak.

Ty Pennington lends his name to Sears, with their design team guiding the design of every item in the Ty Pennington Style line of bedding, tabletop items, bath accessories, furniture, patio furniture, and other miscellaneous home decor.

Ty Pennington published Ty's Tricks: Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap and Easy Projects to Transform Any Room, a do-it-yourself guide on home improvement.

In September 2008, Ty Pennington became the spokesperson for Abbott Nutrition and their baby formula packaging innovation called Similac SimplePac.

Ty Pennington was involved with the Similac Custom Nursery Design Contest and Ty's Nursery Guide that were part of the new product marketing.

In September 2011, Ty Pennington appeared in an episode of Disney's Take Two with Phineas and Ferb.

In February 2014, Ty Pennington became the spokesperson for Guaranteed Rate and has been featured in a series of commercials and ads for the Chicago-based mortgage lender.

Since April 2024, Ty Pennington is a brand ambassador for Karndean Designflooring.

Ty Pennington discussed his ADHD with Glenn Beck and in the movie The Disruptors.

Ty Pennington has partnered with Shire plc to raise awareness of ADHD in adults and promote the use of Vyvanse for the treatment of adult ADHD.

Ty Pennington has been criticized for promoting the use of ADHD medications such as Adderall without disclosing his sponsorship.

Ty Pennington pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3 years probation.

In July 2021, Ty Pennington announced his engagement to his girlfriend of one year, Kellee Merrell.