Charismatic, affable and enviably spikey-haired, Ty Pennington carved out a comfortable niche for himself as the lovable, hunky, off-the-wall carpenter and home design guru of such TV home improvement series as "Trading Spaces" (The Learning Channel, 2000 - ) and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC, 2004 - ). Pennington spent most of his youth in Atlanta. Following high school, he attended Kennesaw College, focusing on art and history. After one year his art professor suggested a career in graphic design, so Pennington started working as a carpenter by day and attending classes at the
