The Evolution of Ty Pennington

Like many of you North Carolinians out there, Bec and I enjoyed the latest episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The focus of this weeks episode was the demolition and rebuilding of a family's home in downtown Raleigh. As usual, Ty and the design gang did a fantastic job making a new home for a deserving family.

There's an interesting undercurrent to this family show, however. We're talking about the gradual evolution of Ty Pennington himself. When we first met Ty on the set of Trading Spaces, he quickly became recognizable by his propensity to never wear a shirt while doing carpentry, as seen here:



As time went by, Ty joined the cast of EM:HE as team leader and began sporting the hippy/granola hemp necklace, as seen here:



Then, we see Ty as we know him today, having graduated to a greater hippy/granola status with several more necklaces:



Due to the miracle of modern technology, forensic artists have rendered a speculative image of what Ty Pennington will look like in 20 years, assuming the same trend continues unabated.



We here in the Cooper household hope that Mr. Pennington gets the help he needs before the damage to his neck becomes irreversible.