From the Ground Up with Debbie Travis was a Canadian reality television series, which aired on Global, HGTV and TVtropolis.
The show's 12 protégés were then challenged to turn the building's remaining skeleton into a fully decorated home to be sold.
Contestants in the first season were Cory St. Croix, Jodi Fernandes, Lynsey Bennett, Robert Rames, Ryan Lucier, Stephanie Parris, Jacqueline Lahaise, Leah Thurston, Mike Fournier, Ryan Anderson, Sheldon Robertson and Tran Nguyen.
Dvira Ovadia, an interior designer from Toronto, was the winner of Season 2.
This cycle originally aired on Global Television in the spring of 2007 and then HGTV in 2008, as well as in the United States on Fine Living in the summer of 2008.