Paul DiMeo Biography

Paul DiMeo is an American television personality, building designer, philanthropist, and carpenter . DiMeo was a regular cast member of the reality television series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

He graduated from Penncrest High School, in 1976, where he was quite active in student activities such as play production to student council.

Paul DiMeo Age

He was born on February 12, 1958 in Media, Pennsylvania, United States. He is 65 years old as of 2022.

Paul DiMeo Height

DiMeo stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Paul DiMeo Family

DiMeo was born to his loving parents in Media, Pennsylvania, United States, he is the youngest from a family of five children. 

Paul DiMeo Wife

He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Kelly, and runs his marketing/labor company, High Meadows Production, Inc.

Paul DiMeo Net Worth

DiMeo has an estimated net worth of about $5 million which he earns from his career as a television personality, building designer, philanthropist, and carpenter.

Paul DiMeo Career

He was the organizer of a renovating project entitled “Loft Living” which they work to renovate lofts and brownstones in and around New York City. Later, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he continued the “Loft Living” project.

DiMeo worked on the restoration of the Landmark Brownstone of Aaron Burr together with master carpenter Rob Hickman.

DiMeo is sometimes spoofed on Saturday Night Live due to his tendency to cry frequently and repeatedly during each episode of Extreme Makeover.

In 2011, he was asked by Major League Baseball to design the MLB Fan Cave, where Mike O’Hara and Ryan Wagner watched every baseball game of the 2011 season. He hosts an infomercial for the WORX Trivac.

He is an actor and producer, known for Building Wild (2014), Jack & Jill (1999), and 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996).

Currently, DiMeo stars in the reality show Building Wild on the National Geographic Channel.

Paul Dimeo Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EM:HE) is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show was hosted by former model, carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington.

According to DiMeo himself, he was invited to join the cast of EM:HE because the casting department was amused by his “grumpy” demeanor on the day of his audition.

First episode date: December 3, 2003
Network: American Broadcasting Company
Original network: ABC
Executive producers: Tom Forman, Brady Connell, MORE

Paul Dimeo Building Wild

Building Wild is a reality construction series for National Geographic Channel. It features the work of Paul DiMeo and Pat “Tuffy” Bakatis, collectively known as The Cabin Kings.

As one of the lead designers for nine seasons on ABC’s Emmy-winning “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” DiMeo encountered his share of next-to-impossible construction projects. So building wilderness retreats is a walk in the park by comparison, right? Not so fast. Paulie, as he is known, and master fabricator Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis are partners in a cabin design and construction business called Cabin Kings, and in “Building Wild,” the duo create unbelievable rustic getaways, transforming discarded materials into eye-catching contraptions and overcoming outrageous building challenges along the way.

In each episode, Paulie and Tuffy provide the big ideas and construction know-how to a client looking to build a backwoods paradise on a challenging property. To keep costs low, the landowners supply some materials, bring together a workforce of friends and family and agree to do the entire build in one week.

Network: National Geographic
Genre: Home improvement
Cast: DiMeo, Pat “Tuffy” Bakaitis