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HGTV Goes Greek

Angelo Sourmelis

By Jim Ballas

This summer marked the debut of HGTV’s newest design show, Rate My Space. Premiering mid-June, Rate My Space takes someone’s room, which was chosen via their room pictures on HGTV’s website, and completely transforms it with the designs by Greek Angelo Surmelis. In the end, the newly renovated room has pictures put back online and the viewing audience gets to rate the new look, generally to a much higher number.

Angelo Surmelis was born in Germany to Greek parents and subsequently lived in Greece. When he was six years old, his family moved from Greece to Chicago, and he discovered his passion for design by simply moving around his parents’ furniture.

When he got older, Surmelis attended Columbia College in Chicago, studying fine art and theatre. He also studied acting as a member of Steppenwolf and improv as a member of Chicago’s Second City. He began acting in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, appearing on shows such as Angel and Port Charles.

While he was acting, Surmelis began his own design company, Swell Space, which is now one of Los Angeles’ premiere designing firms. Thanks to his acting and designing experience, Surmelis launched Clean Sweep on TLC and Merge on Lifetime, both of which ran for three seasons. He moved to HGTV next, where he designed for 24 Hour Design for four seasons.

Surmelis began a new show this past June with Rate My Space. The show was inspired by HGTV’s “Rate my Space” website in which users post pictures of their remodeling jobs and have them rated. Rate My Space takes some of the lowest rated rooms and has them remodeled for the show. Surmelis offers a unique combination of design and humor as the host of the show, as well as his own unique philosophy on design. According to his website, he is a firm believer of “change your space and change your life.”

To see Angelo Surmelis in action, tune into HGTV Thursday nights at 9/8c for Rate My Space. To learn more about Surmelis and his design company, visit his website at Swell Space, and to “rate the spaces” from his show, be sure to visit Rate My Space.

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