Building Wild

Building Wild premiering January 14, 2014, is a reality construction series for National Geographic Channel. The network's first-ever "do-it-yourself" series, Building Wild features the work of Paul DiMeo and Pat "Tuffy" Bakatis, collectively known as The Cabin Kings.[1]Each week on the series, The Cabin Kings meet a new client who dreams of a backwoods getaway. In seven days or less, The Cabin Kings build their clients a custom cabin; the landowners must provide some materials and manpower in order to get the job done before the deadline. The cabins featured on the series each included an unexpected design element: A cabin that rotates 360 degrees, a cabin that floats, a cabin that features its own winch elevator, etc. Promoted by the network as "The most rugged construction series ever built,"[2] all episodes were filmed in the area surrounding Bennington, Vermont. The show was created by and is Executive Produced by George Verschoor and William Spjut.[3]

Season Two premiered on February 24, 2015.[4] The final episode of the series aired on April 21, 2015

Series Format

Paul DiMeo (frequently referred to as "Paulie" on the series) spent nine seasons as a designer on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Partner Pat "Tuffy" Bakaitis is a master fabricator from rural New York.[5] Together, they are The Cabin Kings, a construction "Odd Couple" that specializes in dream off-the-grid getaways. In each episode, The Cabin Kings meet a new client with a dream of a backwoods retreat.[6] The Cabin Kings agree to provide a design and the know-how to get the cabin built in seven days or less. The clients must pitch in materials that can be repurposed as part of the build and manpower in the form of friends and relatives willing to lend a hand. Each episode becomes a race against the clock, as The Cabin Kings often must first build a road to access the remote building sites. Toward the end of each build, the landowner is sent away while the Cabin Kings make finishing touches on the cabin, so that each episode can culminate in a dramatic "reveal" with that week's clients seeing his or her newly built cabin for the first time.

Repurposing

Each client must contribute materials that can be recycled into the new cabin's design; this "repurposing" became a fan-favorite element of the series, and often provided dramatic or humorous reveals. A reclaimed tractor cab became an outhouse. An 800-gallon milk tank helped turn a dairy operation into a new microbrewery. A vintage camper is lifted into the trees to become a treetop guest house.

Episodes

Season One

EpisodeTitlePremiere DateSynopsis
101Dirty Dozen Deer LodgeJan 14, 2014The Cabin Kings have one week to help a hard-working farmer and his eleven best friends (who call themselves “The Dirty Dozen”) convert an old falling-down barn into a hunter’s paradise.
102Movable BeastJan 21, 2014An ex-Navy SEAL and his best friend realize their dream of building a multi-purpose military-inspired camp on their vast 1200-acre property. The Cabin Kings convert a 1963 military cargo truck into a mobile wing of the cabin that can be driven anywhere on the property.
103Spinning CabinJan 28, 2014The Cabin Kings plan to build a rustic Italian getaway for the Cangiano family, but when John Cangiano insists the cabin face the sunset, and his wife demands a view of the sunrise, Paul and Tuffy create a revolving cabin design set on an excavator base that can spin 360 degrees.
104License To MillFeb 4, 2014A retired equine veterinarian realizes his lifelong dream of having an isolated cabin on his vast property, built entirely from materials found on his land.
105Log JamFeb 11, 2014The Cabin Kings crank up dueling chainsaws and reinvent the term “log cabin” when they build a woodpile-inspired getaway for a father and son logging team using materials from dad’s junkyard.
106Backwoods BusFeb 18, 2014The Cabin Kings help a small-town schoolteacher build the off-the-grid log cabin of his dreams, converting an old school bus into a sleeping porch.
107Tuff EnuffFeb 25, 2014The Cabin Kings transform an everyday shipping container into a wilderness cabin with a lookout tower and a winch elevator.
108Double Decker CabinMar 4, 2014The Cabin Kings must conquer a water-logged build site to build a double-decker cabin for a "redneck podiatrist" and his lifelong best friend.
109Float My CabinMar 11, 2014A bird-loving biologist gets a cabin in the swamp with its own floating duck blind and a human-sized bird nest on the roof.
110Top Of The WorldMar 18, 2014The Cabin Kings build a one-of-a-kind snowboard cabin with its own snowboarding ramp on top of an abandoned ski resort.

Season Two

EpisodeTitlePremiere DateSynopsis
201Tailgating ParadiseFeb 24, 2015The Cabin Kings tackle their biggest-ever cabin build for a football-crazy client: A 1350 sq ft mountaintop tailgating paradise for a lifelong NY Jets fan.
202Waterfall CabinMar 3, 2015A two-mile treacherous mountain road separates a young married couple from the cabin site of their dreams: a mountaintop with a million-dollar view of the Hudson River Valley. To conquer this project, the Cabin Kings will have to haul their supplies straight uphill, build a bridge over a waterfall and build an unforgettable cabin for the Meracle family.
203Floating GetawayMar 10, 2015Father and son fishing fanatics demand a cabin that can sail out onto their family pond and be used as a fisherman's headquarters year-round.
204Marble GetawayMar 17, 2015It’s the Cabin Kings’ heaviest build ever! Tuffy and Paulie must build a cabin deep in an abandoned marble quarry, using the enormous marble slabs that have been resting there for a century.
205Hilltop HangarMar 24, 2015A professional pilot wants to achieve his boyhood dream by building an aviation-themed cabin, complete with control tower.
206Treehouse CabinMar 31, 2015The Cabin Kings race against the clock to deliver the ultimate treehouse cabin to their recently engaged client in time for his upcoming bachelor party.
207Maple Syrup Motor ClubApr 7, 2015The Hynick family loves making their own maple syrup and hitting the highway on their Harleys. The Cabin Kings are combine those two loves in a cabin that doubles as a biker hangout and a syrup-making "sugar shack."
208Brewhouse CabinApr 14, 2015A dairy farmer and his microbrewing son want the Cabin Kings to build them a backwoods brewery using repurposed items like an 800-gallon milk tank, a dilapidated corn crib, a broken-down table saw, and some repurposed skylights.
209Collector's CabinApr 21, 2015The Cabin Kings build father/son auctioneers Kyle and Ron Seifert the Collector’s Cabin of their dreams, featuring selections from 50 years’ worth of the family’s collecting: a 1956 classic car, vintage memorabilia, building materials and even an old gas pump.
210Demolition Derby CabinApr 21, 2015A dad with a "need for speed" gets his dream of a car-inspired cabin that comes complete with a convertible second story with a retractible roof so he can sleep under the stars.

References

  1. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil. "Manifest Destiny: Into The Wild With A Tool Belt". NYTimes.Com. New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ National Geographic Channel. National Geographic http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/building-wild/about/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ O'Connell, Michael. "Nat Geo And Wild Build Original Slate, Order More Cesar Milan". HollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Stockly, Ed. "Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Italian Americans' on KOCE". LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Parker, Rolf. "Man And Machine As One: "Building Wild" Star Has Years Of Experience". Deerfield Valley News Online. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ Pitts, Byron. "King Craftmen Build One-of-Kind Cabins From Scratch". ABCNews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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